[Moncton] Centre Avenir Centre | 26.65m |~6 Fl | Completed
After going through the threads I feel its time we have a thread dedicated to the Events Centre, especially since we are going to seeing more plans and more happening in the next year on this project.
NADEAU SOUCI ELLIS http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3f0731a5.jpg EXP. ARCHITECTS INC. http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8bcd055b.jpg ARCHITECTS 4 http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps157a58d4.jpg ARCHITECTURE 2000 http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...psa4461204.jpg http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps224c4c71.jpg The location chosen for the proposal http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps95202820.jpg All the images are taken out of the Moncton Downtown thread and all photos from the Moncton City Website. |
You may be right, but this is still nothing more than a proposal at the present time, so if you don't mind, i might request one of our new mods (ahem Myles, Greg) to change the title of the thread to something like:
[Moncton] Downtown Events Centre (proposal) :) While you're at it guys, for the sake of maintaining naming conventions, perhaps you could change the Moncton Ideas thread to: [Moncton] Ideas Here's the URL for the webcam at the events centre construction site. Enjoy. :) http://www.moncton.ca/Visitors/Web_C...own_Centre.htm |
Agreed
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Ahhh! :D Specific project threads for Moncton, I love it!
Is this the incredible shrinking event centre you joked about, MonctonRad? MonctonCore, you should dig up whatever information has been posted in other threads and consolidate it here. And get a picture (even just a Google Street View capture) of what the site looks like today. Here's the thread for ours, just to show you what I mean. And if you have any ideas how we can make ours better, easier to read, whatever, please don't hesitate to comment there. |
That is the ever shrinking Event Centre. At this rate, it'll be built sometime in 2120, and it will consist of an unpaved parking lot and a park bench in the middle of it. :)
Until then though, there was a lot of discussion about it in the Inside Wheeler thread, including the proposals that were made for it. |
As far as i'm concerned if it holds any less than a capacity of 10,000 it's a letdown.
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Probably about 40% of the posts in the [Moncton] Centre (inside Wheeler) thread are about the events centre, so I don't think it is practical to move them all here, but I agree that some of the more important posts should be moved. I will do that tonight or within the next couple of days. BTW, with this new thread, I am worried about some confusion with the name of the existing [Moncton] Centre thread. I am therefore proposing the following change: That the [Moncton] Centre (inside Wheeler) Developments thread be renamed to the [Moncton] Downtown (inside Wheeler) Developments thread. I have already PM'ed Myles about this. Greg handled the other change quite expeditiously.... It's so great having local moderators! :banana::banana::banana: |
Removed the (Inside Wheeler) portion of the thread title. I think we all know where Downtown Moncton is. :tup:
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My bad haha. Form autocomplete gets a bit ambitious sometimes!
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I thought a definition was necessary because some people would have a very narrow view of where "downtown" Moncton is. For example, some would claim that downtown is bounded by Vaughan Harvey, Mountain Rd and King St. North of this you would have "north central Moncton" and west of this you would have the "west end". I just didn't want to get too neighbourhood specific. Still, the original title of the thread was pretty cumbersome, and as long as everyone maintains the understanding that "downtown" means "within the confines of Wheeler Blvd", then I am cool with changing the name of the thread to [Moncton] Downtown Developments :tup: |
OK - I will select a few posts from the Moncton Downtown thread dealing with the events centre proposal.
#1 - regarding my impressions from attending the intial presentation at Moncton City Hall chambers nearly a year ago: Quote:
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#2 - pierremoncton posted this, including a link to a city hall website with numerous architectural renderings for review:
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#3 - mctnguy provided this link to a youtube video of the presentation (very informative, a must see really):
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#4 - further thoughts by myself regarding each of the four different proposals:
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#5 - pierremoncton posted this additional flyover animation of the Architecture 2000 proposal:
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The thing I do like Architects 4's idea because its affordable design, but some changes would be, one the plaza, I find its just really bland, it doesn't look like a place people would want to gather around, I would like to see some color, it could use maybe a restaurant area/bar facing the plaza, some more statues and art work. Two The street presence isn't attractive at all needs entrances form Main st.... actually I guess i'm not a fan of it , if we could just incorporate bits of each would be awesome.
Architecture 2000's is by far the best, I think that it would be affordable if it was done in phases ( except the rail ). The whole project wouldn't be exactly the same, change the transit hub to something similar to the go transit rail crossing in Pickering. http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/...ps348379da.jpg Bring that across to a redeveloped lot or parking garage/transit hub Codiac Transpo and it would look great. Basically my point it Architecture 2000's render is affordable especially if its tweaked a bit, but keeping the beautiful colours and art work like in the video. Photo from the Pickering Go transit site. |
I find the North facing view of the Architects 4 proposal really telling. In the bottom right corner across Highfield you can see stairs leading down (underground parking / tunnel under the tracks?), also there appears to be some sort of patio features included in the design - on the upper level of the arena, on the roof of the convention centre space, and as well in the corner of the large plaza facing Highfield (possibly promoting the concept of a sports bar/restaurant). Overall a very practical concept and fitting to the area. I think I find the others unnecessarily flashy to the point of being unrealistic (but this is coming from a modest SJer). The designer also clearly put their attention on the arena alone, whereas my feeling on the others is that the add-ons (surrounding condos/transit centres/etc) are a bit of a distraction from the central purpose of a downtown events centre.
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