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Today: Didn't even know about this new main building being constructed. Oh and the historic building at Kipling and Lakeshore houses Humber's fashion department. Hopefully at some point they'll restore the exterior.
It's a pity the entire HC campuses weren't just built here--bonus for the economy of the area and the community feel of the college.
Perhaps this site is for student residences with retail-related stuff at the ground level and parking below?
Re: the new addition going up. Had I been the lead architect, I'd have created a negative space--a walkway--mimicking the shed-like building in the centre-front cutting through the middle of the new addition. I'd have used red brick and also feature stylized pitched roofs to match the older structures. I'd break up the mass of the site into three shapes, with narrow bricked alleys between them to ensure older buildings would easily be viewed from within the addition and keeping the historic scheme of the site intact. I do think perhaps I'd cantilever the buildings over the driveway for the Canadian reality of cold weather and to maximize the size of the plot.
Would I make a fantastic architect or just another dreamer?
It's a pity the entire HC campuses weren't just built here--bonus for the economy of the area and the community feel of the college.