Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Won't it all fill in eventually? In 30 years Place Desjardins might feel central.

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Since Bonaventure metro is directly under Le 1000 and is directly connected to gare centrale via tunnel, I could totally see the lower downtown area getting busier.

Both are true. We’re just not there yet and I’m talking about the foreseeable future.

[Hybrid247]

https://twitter.com/uOttawa/status/1105544060889112576

[isaidso]

Looks like a very small campus.

[mcminsen]

Vancouver, March 31 '19, my pic

[TorontoDrew]

[IMG]Purple Haze by Franklin McKay, on Flickr[/IMG]

027 -1vib1stpf by citatus, on Flickr

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Looks like a very small campus.

It's a pretty compact urban campus, sandwiched between residential Sandy Hill to the east and the Canal to the west.

It's a triangle of roughly 400x950x1100 with a little spill over all around the edges.

The university also has the Lees Campus to the south. Both campuses are connected via the Confederation Line (and Transitway for 25+ years before then). A third campus is at the General Hospital a few kilometers south in Alta Vista.

Here's the master plan over the next few years, with existing buildings in yellow and planned (some built since) in white.





https://www.csla-aapc.ca/awards-atlas/university-ottawa-campus-master-plan

[Hali87]

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[Marshal]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

https://www.csla-aapc.ca/awards-atlas/university-ottawa-campus-master-plan

Google Earth is fine, but I for one would pay good money for an atlas of Canada, or of the major cities and towns, with the graphic clarity of these renderings. In some countries, such an atlas would be a national government project akin to the info generated by StatsCan and other agencies.

[rbt]

Originally Posted by Marshal

Google Earth is fine, but I for one would pay good money for an atlas of Canada, or of the major cities and towns, with the graphic clarity of these renderings. In some countries, such an atlas would be a national government project akin to the info generated by StatsCan and other agencies.

That looks like Open Streetmap data with height data either from the Lidar or OSM Buildings; some of the foot trails don't match Google map output so it probably isn't sourced from them.

If you asked nicely they might tell you what platform/settings they used for rendering so you can apply them and kick out your own tiles/renderings world wide.

[TorontoDrew]

The fifth-greatest of the Great Lakes, Lake Ontario by Richard Eriksson, on Flickr

[Martin Mtl]

Source: REM Twitter

[begratto]

^^ the white railway viaduct under construction at the bottom of the picture if for the future REM (light-metro)

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

It's a pretty compact urban campus, sandwiched between residential Sandy Hill to the east and the Canal to the west.

It's a triangle of roughly 400x950x1100 with a little spill over all around the edges.

The university also has the Lees Campus to the south. Both campuses are connected via the Confederation Line (and Transitway for 25+ years before then). A third campus is at the General Hospital a few kilometers south in Alta Vista.

Here's the master plan over the next few years, with existing buildings in yellow and planned (some built since) in white.





https://www.csla-aapc.ca/awards-atlas/university-ottawa-campus-master-plan

That's super compact and looks like they'll be nowhere to grow after the next expansion. Btw, they have a football team but I don't see a stadium. Is it off campus?

[q12]

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https://twitter.com/GhizPhotography/status/1113244598363672577

[Hybrid247]

Originally Posted by isaidso

That's super compact and looks like they'll be nowhere to grow after the next expansion. Btw, they have a football team but I don't see a stadium. Is it off campus?

You can see it at the bottom. It's wedged between the highway and the river. It's a very small venue, but I think they sometimes play at Lansdowne for big games.

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[Marshal]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Well, since this is a skyline thread, on a skyscraper site... yes.

That's about as reasonable as saying "this is a skyline thread, on a skyscraper site... " so we all agree that all buildings should be skyscrapers - up up and away, as high as we can go. Extrude it all, even the detached houses. Nonsense.

So, Calgarian, how about trying again with some thoughts about cities having different characters relative to high rise construction. Example: central Richmond has become a unique high density environment which, by restricted heights, has developed a somewhat unique typology which relates in different ways to street space and the public realm (parks, squares, entries) as compared to the typical suburban high-rise clusters that dot Metro. It is not interesting so much because its 'different,' but because its difference is producing its own kind of urbanity. In fact, it is probably established to a degree that could accommodate taller buildings; they would likely take a form that was a bit different than the approach being taken at Metrotown, Brentwood, Coquitlam Centre . . .

[Coldrsx]

A former architect in the city recently painted our skyline.


https://www.westendgalleryltd.com/images/frontwindow/WalterdaleWest.jpg

[TorontoDrew]

Downtown Toronto by Franklin McKay, on Flickr

002 -1crpvib1stpfvib by citatus, on Flickr

Toronto Skyline by Angus Duncan, on Flickr

Toronto night by 74prof, on Flickr

Toronto East by Lee Abernethy, on Flickr

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Hybrid247

You can see it at the bottom. It's wedged between the highway and the river. It's a very small venue, but I think they sometimes play at Lansdowne for big games.

Ahh thanks. It's in the tiniest spot imaginable.