Toronto OCAD U: Rosalie Sharp Pavilion | ?m | 3s | OCADU | Bortolotto

[Contra]

Yep, that's more like it. Although, by contrast, that north face.... whoa.

Aren't the cladding the upper part of the north face? You can see the open spots ready for the brackets.

 

[Lenser]

Good! Was just commenting on the visual discrepancy... the sheer lopsidedness of it.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

The curved glass at the corner is nice too. You don’t really see it in the photos but when you walk by it’s definitely a nice touch

 

[Contra]

The curved glass at the corner is nice too. You don’t really see it in the photos but when you walk by it’s definitely a nice touch

Would love to see a photo of that!

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Contra]

Not like the render by a long shot but a huge improvement from what was there before.

 

[interchange42]

Sorry, hard to see well, but as of last night there are still several of the scrim panels to attach:

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[AlbertC]

 

[Contra]

Lovely harmony with the waves of the AGO when looking westbound.

 

[MetroMan]

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I love how it continues the theme of Frank Gehry’s AGO but this has clearly and unfortunately been victim of The Cheapening™. ?

Compare:

 

[Contra]

Think it really would have benefited from the second layer behind. Would have given this a lot more depth instead of feeling like it's tacked on.

 

[Lenser]

Agreed, although it remains a massive improvement over what it's covering up.

 

[jje1000]

I actually like the tectonic quality of the final built screen more than the strange eggshell-like structure in the renderings, which felt sort of overly fussy.

I do also agree that more should have been done with the building, as the underlying building's still a jumbled mess behind the screen. Don't know what they could have done on a budget, but maybe specifying a dark paneling for the ground floor walls could have helped?

I wonder if painting the columns black could help in reducing their visual prominence and disturbance of the horizontal flows?

 

[Lachlan Holmes]

I actually like the tectonic quality of the final built screen more than the strange eggshell-like structure in the renderings, which felt sort of overly fussy.

I do also agree that more should have been done with the building, as the underlying building's still a jumbled mess behind the screen. Don't know what they could have done on a budget, but maybe specifying a dark paneling for the ground floor walls could have helped?

I wonder if painting the columns black could help in reducing their visual prominence and disturbance of the horizontal flows?

I agree. I personally would've darkened the underlying building with blacker paneling and then made the the fancy panels a bit whiter. I like the formation of them quite a bit, reminds me a bit of looking down on a city, but the silver doesn't work for me.

EDIT: Here's a quick, basic, rough Photoshop of what I mean:

 

[ADRM]

This is actually looking quite good in-person.