ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM summary notes ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC & UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO walking tour prepared by instructor Marta O'Brien See the world through a different angle! www.skope.ca We began this tour with a controversial addition to a century-old museum: MICHAEL LEE-CHIN CRYSTAL 2003-08 Daniel Libeskind with Bregman+Hamann • Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) dates from early 1900s & had major additions in the 1930s & 1980s (part of 1980s addition was demolished for the Crystal) • Crystal is steel structure; cladding is 25% glass & 75% extruded aluminum • controversial due to angular form & the way it connects to the heritage buildings Then, we toured inside a music school & performance centre: ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (RCM) & TELUS CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE & LEARNING 2005-08 KPMB; lead designer Marianne McKenna 2005-08 restoration of heritage building Goldsmith Borgal & Co Architects • founded 1886, RCM provides education for 21 different musical instruments plus voice, curriculum design, assessment, performance training, teacher certification, & arts-based social programs • complex attracts up to 10,000 people weekly to classes & performances • extension state-of-the-art centre for performance & learning with new studios & performance spaces • Box Office is low-iron glass; performance space above clad in Spanish slate with hand-cut rough finish to complement rough masonry of heritage building • 1m deep soundproof windows formed by pairing 2 standard curtain-wall systems around generous air space; mahogany surrounds give polished finish • elegant connection of new construction to heritage building with atrium • above, walkways connect new & old buildings • in terms of construction, 1,135-seat Koerner Hall effectively a separate building • floats on thick rubber pads that isolate it from subway almost directly below site, & from noisy mechanicals for hockey arena next door • 50 mm gap between Hall & rest of building for acoustic decoupling • Hall's walls are 30-60 cm thick; dark stone cladding from Turkey • multi-level lobbies with low-iron glass & limestone floors overlook Philosopher's Walk & also serve as venues for social, business, & academic events • softly undulating plaster sidewalls provide textured, shaped surfaces for acoustics • double-layered oak balcony fronts slightly curved & finely scraped to disperse both light & sound waves; veil of twisting oak "strings" ascends from stage • has highest possible acoustic rating – N1 See the world through a different angle! www.skope.ca We then walked through part of the University of Toronto's St. George campus to discuss some if its outstanding contemporary architecture: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO founded 1827 • Canada's largest University has approximately 87,000 students in 3 locations • main campus downtown has nearly 43,000 undergrads; 16,000 grad students • two other campuses were added in the 1960s outside of downtown Toronto GOLDRING CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT 2013-14 Patkau Architects with MJMA (MacLennan Jaunklans Miller Architects) • serves high performance varsity athletes & wider campus community • building includes Sports Medicine Clinic & sport science research labs • Strength & Conditioning Centre & upper floors suspended above from 55 m long Vierendeel trusses on steel hangers • all behind frameless cable-net glazing • green features: cistern collects water for building & landscape use, roof 40% green & 60% high albedo, climate controls & some operable windows • competition-standard basketball & volleyball courts & seats 2,000 spectators • too large to fit within permissible zoning envelope, so below grade • north block is loading dock designed to have additional storeys above • 14-storey Academic Wood Tower announced 2018; same architects (tall wood buildings were made legal through the Ontario Building Code in 2017) University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower (same architects as Goldring Centre; construction to begin end of 2019) See the world through a different angle! www.skope.ca WOODSWORTH RESIDENCE 2004 architectsAlliance • 17-storey tower clad in clear & fritted glass houses almost 400 students • U-shaped 4-storey brick podium respects scale & materials of surrounding buildings WOODSWORTH COLLEGE 1992 KPMB with Barton Myers • renovation of 3 existing buildings (1891 Victorian house, 1939-41 Officers' Quarters & Drill Hall) plus new addition & connection to 1880s mansions • materials include brick, Quebec granite, steel, & teakwood MAX GLUSKIN HOUSE 2008 Hariri Pontarini Architects • see course book for details INNIS COLLEGE 1975 Jack Diamond • includes renovated Victorian house & encloses rear courtyard ST GEORGE STREET REVITALIZATION 1996-97 Brown & Storey Architects joint venture with van Nostrand DiCastri Architects • dividing line between east campus & post-1960s west campus • City, U of T, & other user groups decided to revitalize • roadway narrowed to 2 lanes from 4; sidewalks widened • new grass verges & boulevards accommodate 200 trees • pedestrian crossings & pedestrian-scale lighting installed JOHN P. ROBARTS RESEARCH LIBRARY 1968-73 Warner Burns Toan & Lunde (American) with Mathers & Haldenby • see course book for details • University's main humanities & social sciences library; occupies entire block • one of world's largest academic library buildings • provides approximately same space as 56-storey TD Tower (see tour 1) • north & south are 6-storey Faculty of Information & Fisher Rare Book Library • 21st century: open connecting areas enclosed & new glass addition on west side for more study space (under construction in 2018) ROTMAN EXPANSION 2010-2012 KPMB • addition to business school; see course book for details See the world through a different angle! www.skope.ca.