Ādisōke [Ottawa's New Central Library] | U/C

[Davis137]

Great shots everyone, this building only get's better with each passing week...

[zzptichka]

Today's update:



I hope they make Commissioner street narrower and the sidewalk wider.

[zzptichka]

Looks close to getting done.

[kwoldtimer]

That is one heck of a complicated roof.

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

That is one heck of a complicated roof.

Like a old timey British factory. Dickensian.

[J.OT13]

From urbottawa on Skyrise last week:


https://skyrisecities.com/forum/thre...t.30848/page-7

[SL123]

Looks good! I'm secretly gonna miss the green looking library. its made it pop from so many angles from around the city.

[Harley613]

The glazing looks fantastic. Very thin mullions make the curtain glass walls really sharp, it's going to look so amazing at night when you can see the warm woody interior behind the window walls.

[J.OT13]

When the glass started going up, I was a bit worried. It looked kind of basic and very dark. Had the same thought with Relevé initially. Both have turned our great.

Not seeing any major value engineering so far.

[zzptichka]

[zzptichka]

They narrowed the Commissioner street. I hope it's not the final form and they will actually make it look more permanent than that.

[Uhuniau]

As a user and big fan of both the National Library and OPL, I still don't quite understand the use case.

I hope the National Library side of things is... quiet.

[urbanforest]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

They narrowed the Commissioner street. I hope it's not the final form and they will actually make it look more permanent than that.

Love to see that. A good first step, but hopefully not the final form.

[zzptichka]

Originally Posted by urbanforest

Love to see that. A good first step, but hopefully not the final form.

I wonder if the Commissioner street rebuild and landscaping is in the Library budget. Given that the Library is an OPL-LAC joint facility, it should be well-connected with the LAC building. But I have a feeling it's not.

[SL123]

Some images of the interior from the Adisoke Website

[DTcrawler]

Originally Posted by SL123

Some images of the interior from the Adisoke Website

Coming along nicely and looking great! Random thought, why is Ottawa so averse to installing escalators in buildings like these, where they'd seem like a perfect fit? Apart from shopping centres, the Shaw Centre, and (some) O-Train stations, seems like we're a bit of an escalator desert compared to other cities.

[SL123]

Taken August 5th

Cladding on the front facade with some bronze metallic accent?!?!

[Davis137]

Alright, this just might be a world-class facility when it's done...Ottawa, you actually did something worthy of recognition (positive) for once...

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by DTcrawler

Coming along nicely and looking great! Random thought, why is Ottawa so averse to installing escalators in buildings like these, where they'd seem like a perfect fit? Apart from shopping centres, the Shaw Centre, and (some) O-Train stations, seems like we're a bit of an escalator desert compared to other cities.

Good question. Never really thought of it (beyond a lack of down escalators at some O-Train Stations). The library may not have any sort of rush hour with high volumes of people. The elevators will probably be enough who won't want to or can't walk up the stairs, and the heights aren't too extreme.

If there's a good place to cut the budget in a facility like this, it's the escalators.

Originally Posted by SL123

Taken August 5th

Cladding on the front facade with some bronze metallic accent?!?!

Apparently, those are solar cells (or something to that effect).

[SL123]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Apparently, those are solar cells (or something to that effect).

Interesting. I didn't notice any of those bronze panel on the east facade probably because its a mostly shaded side of the building so that would add up.