Canadian City Proposals II

[MonkeyRonin]

The original Science Centre is an icon of Canadian post-war architecture. Completed in 1969 and designed by Raymond Moriyama, it's Brutalism at its best: organic, raw, and at home in its landscape - evocative of an ancient ruin sprouting out of the forest. The original design has been somewhat compromised by unsympathetic additions over the years, but it still holds up.

The Snohetta design is competent enough architecture, but is placeless, generic, and devoid of context. It could just as well be a shopping mall in Miami.



https://robertmoffatt115.wordpress.c...or-technology/


https://www.azuremagazine.com/articl...mond-moriyama/


https://twitter.com/moriyamateshima/...68961627787264


https://mtarch.com/projects/ontario-science-centre/


https://mtarch.com/projects/ontario-science-centre/


https://www.archpaper.com/2023/05/ra...lopment-plans/


https://mtarch.com/projects/ontario-science-centre/

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

The original Science Centre is an icon of Canadian post-war architecture. Completed in 1969 and designed by Raymond Moriyama, it's Brutalism at its best: organic, raw, and at home in its landscape - evocative of an ancient ruin sprouting out of the forest. The original design has been somewhat compromised by unsympathetic additions over the years, but it still holds up.

The Snohetta design is competent enough architecture, but is placeless, generic, and devoid of context. It could just as well be a shopping mall in Miami.

Sad we'll soon be losing a few of Raymond Moriyama's early works. In Ottawa, the we'll be losing the Civic Centre, the unique combination hockey arena/football grandstand, in favour of a smaller, generic (Rexall Place with a green PVC roof looking) arena taking up a chunk of green space.