Thanks for the different site photos above - the updates are appreciated. It looks like there will be some noticeable progress on one of the roots this month:
"The Canadian Museum for Human Rights job site continues to be a site of transition from underground foundation work to above ground concrete structure work this week. Sixteen precast concrete piles were driven in the early part of this week and four large caissons were completed as well. There is concrete activity under both tower cranes now. The exterior walls continue to progress as section nine was poured on Tuesday. A section of grade beam was poured on Wednesday as well. Root A is also the sight of work on the job’s first section of elevated slab. The slab is partially formed and will be poured around Christmas."
humanrightsmuseum.ca
From the same source:
Total area of site: 24,166 M2 (260,123 square feet)
Total area of building: 24,154 M2 (260,000 square feet)
Number of floors: 12
Average floor-to-floor height: 5.2 M (17 feet)
Height of the Tower of Hope: 100 M (328 feet)
Number of concrete caissons: 134
Number of pre‐cast piles: 378
So the tower should extend about 37.5 metres above the top of the main building (right?) -
It's interesting that some of the architectural submissions either didn't have a tower or maybe incorporated one in a non-literal sense (not necessarily referring to the second two here, as it looks like there could be towers in those).
http://archidose.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_archive.html
If the jury was 'literal' about this requirement, you'd think that would have eliminated those ones from the running, as the Specifier article suggests:
"The competition brief specified a tower as an iconic, Statue of Liberty gesture above the city. Many of the entries failed the tower test, while for Predock it was his greatest moment: a Tower of Hope, with controlled views of the sky and the city, a light-filled crystalline 'cloud' soaring 300 feet above the ground."
In any case, it certainly is different from what this article says was the proposal Predock and others put in for a similar institution in the U.S. (although both have an obvious organic feel):
The design for Atlanta's new Center for Civil and Human Rights by Moody Nolan, Antoine Predock, and Goode Van Slyke
Courtesy Center for Civil and Human Rights
http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=3271
As a couple of side notes, I got an alumni letter from the U of M Faculty of Law, saying they will be focusing on four core research areas of excellence - one of them being human rights. So obviously the 'museum' is in mind there, in terms of how to tie into its presence locally. That will be a true measure of its role, i.e. re human rights dialogue/conferences, research and a very current affairs/future focus.
Also, looks like a couple of the naming rights have been reserved:
Naming opportunities
Space Minimum Donation Amount Years for Naming of Space Years for Recognition (i.e. on donor 'wall')
Tower of Hope $10 million Reserved Perpetuity
Great Hall $6 million Reserved Perpetuity
Garden of Contemplation $5 million 25 Perpetuity
Theatre $5 million 25 Perpetuity
Floors 2,3 & 4 (3) $5 million 25 Perpetuity
Temporary Gallery $4 million 25 Perpetuity
Exhibition Rooms (4-L,3-Med, 2-Sm) $2 - 4 million 25 Perpetuity
Glass Elevators (2) $3 million 25 Perpetuity
Wetlands $3 million 25 Perpetuity
Lobby / ticketing $3 million 25 Perpetuity
Restaurant $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Retail store $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Lower theatre level $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Library $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Stairs in Tower (to Observatory) $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Amphitheatre – exterior $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Bridge over entrance – interior $2 million 25 Perpetuity
Upper theatre level $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Universal access entrance $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Group entrance – exterior plaza $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Group entrance - interior $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Café patio – exterior $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Elevator lobby areas (5) $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Classrooms (3) $1.5 million 25 Perpetuity
Programs various Perpetuity Perpetuity
The following is a list of naming opportunities available to $1 million donors.
The naming of the space will be for a period of up to 25 years with recognition (i.e. on the donor ‘wall’) in perpetuity.
Archival area
Artifact preparation area
Boardroom - Reserved
Classroom lobby
Earth garden
Exterior pathway segments (6-10)
Lounges & terraces - interior & exterior (5)
Native grass areas (9)
Office floor levels (3)
Ramp segments (approx. 25)
Training room
Wedge Pond
VIP waiting room
Naming opportunities for endowed funds will be offered in perpetuity.
friendsofcmhr.com
I guess you can see some of those areas in the side diagram: