Yea, as I posted in this thread earlier the Edward Johnson Building needs a ton of work if it's going to continue to exist as the Faculty of Music's main space. If they're going to demolish or undertake a serious renovation of it, the time is before a huge new building is plunked in front of it...
I believe it's part of a new strategy to lease out university space for greater revenue, they kind of hint at it here. I'm assuming it's going to be lab or office space rented to the ROM through UofT?
(Quick addition while I remember)
There’s an interesting article here where the Dean (Don McLean, came from McGill in 2011) was considering a full-scale renovation of EJB’s main theatre, practice space including the old planetarium site a couple years ago—he was in discussions with KPMB (!)...
Personally not a huge fan of Grad house, but I love this design (and it feels appropriate for where it is on Harbord).
Wonder when they’re going to get around to a reno or revamp of the Athletic Centre across the street? That’d really clean the area up :P
At least they have the two nice back campus field behind UC still, but I guess Trin is losing their own :(
I walk behind Trinity a fair amount and it's not super frequently in use—get you what you mean about losing playing space though. At least they’re keeping some green space in the courtyards.
I don’t mind the design and principle behind the building, but something I worry about after going through the application is how the Edward Johnson Building (EJB) will be treated in the process.
In a portion of the application it mentions that a modernization/ co-renovation of EJB was...