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Oshawa University Studios | ?m | 8s | Podium | Wallman Architects
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Superstar
It's in Oshawa actually.
GeneralGrievance
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Our first story, introducing the project:http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/12/university-studios-residence-brings-urban-character-oshawa
Komiksulo
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I think this is going to be in the place of the EMCO plumbing-supplies (?) company just south of the college-owned residences on the west side of Simcoe.
GeneralGrievance
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Rudy Wallman weighs in on the design in our latest front-page story: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/01/spatially-efficient-living-coming-oshawas-university-studios
Should turn out quite nice.
Northern Light
Superstar
A lot more needs to happen here for this area to be walkable or attractive.
Streetview of the front of the building. Not too bad, unfortunate about the parking though.
Context from the north:
Context from the south:
Striking to me is that a relatively recently built up area lacks any green boulevard at roadside in either direction.
The room could be found by nixing the centre turning lane.
Streetview of the front of the building. Not too bad, unfortunate about the parking though.
Context from the north:
Context from the south:
Striking to me is that a relatively recently built up area lacks any green boulevard at roadside in either direction.
The room could be found by nixing the centre turning lane.
canarob
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I appreciate the photos, but that building and street are pretty hard on the eyes.
condovo
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Both are giving me a headache.
The street is pretty depressing. They made a mistake putting the University out here and not downtown. Downtown could have used the help.
UtakataNoAnnex
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One of those odd effects where the buidling does more "interesting" things the further you are away from it...
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Northern Light
Superstar
Agreed; I believe this was the site of Durham College before; and they just grafted the University on to it.
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Worth noting, the Uni that now call itself Ontario Tech University, does in fact have a downtown campus now.
PS.....I think of Cal-Tech; and wonder if ON-Tech would have been better branding?
The Sururban (main) Campus:
The downtown Oshawa campus is considerably smaller: (5 buildings)
It's not much of a 'Downtown Campus' when it's three solitary clumps of buildings. There's certainly no campus feel.
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Northern Light
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The suburban 'campus'.........has a Masterplan that envisions very substantial growth:
