Toronto Ontario Court of Justice Toronto | 95.7m | 17s | Infrastructure ON | Renzo Piano

[Red Mars]

Sat Oct 31, 2020

 

[Johnny Au]

nice facade. looks like stapler pins.
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Goes well with the Staples nearby

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Is there an ecological reason for doing the windows that way, or is this purely a design decision? Either way, they look gorgeous!

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Not to be a debbie downer but what is going on with these giant diagonal steel awning supports? The renders showed the awnings would appear to float with no visible support and this kind of kills that illusion.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not to be a debbie downer but what is going on with these giant diagonal steel awning supports? The renders showed the awnings would appear to float with no visible support and this kind of kills that illusion.

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It was always in the plans - even back in 2019

(IO/RPBW/NORR - Architectural Plans, Podium Elevation West, July 2019)

AoD

 

[russelldcunha]

 

[Contra]

That is some spectacular glass.

 

[DtTO]

Looks incredible, but from an ergonomics perspective, the decision to arbitrarily block off corner views when there is no structural reason for doing so, is an odd one.

 

[Yegger]

Love not only the quality of the glass but the decision to use 2 different glass panel widths. It adds texture to what otherwise could be large expanses of glass

 

[Contra]

Looks incredible, but from an ergonomics perspective, the decision to arbitrarily block off corner views when there is no structural reason for doing so, is an odd one.

Keep in mind it's a Provincial court house. There's some rooms that are probably hard to peer into for a reason (there's a lot of redacted elements of the planning docs for instance).

 

[LUVIT!]

I agree with Contra and was thinking the same. Security and safety here will be a priority.

 

[DtTO]

Keep in mind it's a Provincial court house. There's some rooms that are probably hard to peer into for a reason (there's a lot of redacted elements of the planning docs for instance).

That's a good point, but I'm not really sure it explains why the corners, specifically, are opaque when the building is almost entirely wrapped in vision glass. This building has a large enough footprint that anything that needs to be concealed will be placed well within the perimeter of the floorspace, surrounded by walls. My guess is that it's a stylistic touch that simply wouldn't have been accepted in the private sector. I'm all for it; it looks great!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That's a good point, but I'm not really sure it explains why the corners, specifically, are opaque when the building is almost entirely wrapped in vision glass. This building has a large enough footprint that anything that needs to be concealed will be placed well within the perimeter of the floorspace, surrounded by walls. My guess is that it's a stylistic touch that simply wouldn't have been accepted in the private sector. I'm all for it; it looks great!

Nevermind the opaque corners - less than 50% of the curtain wall units are actual windows. No class A office building in the current cycle would have accepted that.

AoD

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Nevermind the opaque corners - less than 50% of the curtain wall units are actual windows. No class A office building in the current cycle would have accepted that.

AoD

I've always wondered why this was the case - I've worked in a few of these all glass buildings and everyone who works in them kind of hates it? The blinds end up shut all the time anyways making the exterior of the building look cluttered and as a designer the lack of consideration for screen glare is always obvious. I don't know who is making the call on all glass spaces but they clearly aren't in touch with what employees would like from their workspaces.

 

[Benito]

Today.