Toronto St Lawrence Centre Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | CreateTO | Hariri Pontarini

[UtakataNoAnnex]

i dont get these 'outdoor theatre plazas'. when complete, they almost never have outdoor performances of any kind, leaving them barren in use. And there is never enough public activation (ie. an adjacent cafe or retail in the cultural building) to help promote their use when there is not a performance going on inside. So they end up just being empty and sterile. Re-render that first image without the performance and you'll get an entirely different result. If Scott St will be closed, make it worthwhile and a playful extension of Berczy Park

The Julliard School in NYC is actually one of the better ones of these, but still each time i'm there, it's almost always empty. View attachment 551491

Can we move that building here? I know of a spot where Hooters currently sits…so we can stick it there! <3

 

[toast_and_tea]

Did they not learn anything from Social?

 

[Northern Light]

Did they not learn anything from Social?

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I laughed; but great point, and the typical mitigation (spike belt laid on top) would be particularly unattractive here.

 

[jje1000]

Per the above:

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The original facade is entirely gone by the looks of it, and that's for the best.

Lmao as I expected, Hariri Pontarini evolves the design à la Christopher Wren and Old St Paul’s.

“Alas I have found that none of the fabric of the original theatre/cathedral could be kept, it was in a truly ruinous state!”

 

[AlbertC]

New piece on this from Azure:

A New Vision for Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

Hariri Pontarini presents its radically transparent proposal for a cultural venue that would replace a building past its prime.

www.azuremagazine.com

 

[Northern Light]

New piece on this from Azure:

A New Vision for Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

Hariri Pontarini presents its radically transparent proposal for a cultural venue that would replace a building past its prime.

www.azuremagazine.com

Ha!

Love this:

"It puts forth a vision in brilliant contrast to the inscrutable concrete slab that currently sits at the intersection of Front and Scott Streets"

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...but, but they're converting the said slab to a glass one! Different materials, same bunker!