I like the KPMB/Omar Gandhi design the most too. Beautiful and distinctive design that also seems like the best fit for the site/context. And the public spaces (exterior and interior) look the most convincing.
The Dialog proposal seems like they were more interested in creating an iconic building/sculpture/spacecraft than contributing to the surrounding city fabric. The Architecture49 scheme is not bad, but definitely not as unique as the KPMB design. The massing feels like a lot of other art museums around the world.
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Originally Posted by Summerville
Seeing the layout of all 3 proposals, I was struck at how they take up the whole site. Wasn't it originally proposed that NSCAD would share the site?
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According to the competition website, the design brief stated that: "Space in the southeast corner was meant to be left for a future development at the Arts District." So I guess this area is reserved for NSCAD.
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Originally Posted by Keith P.
I think the future of NSCAD itself may be very much in doubt within govt circles. The ongoing debacles there both with facility decisions and Board/management/staffer intrigue might result in it being disbanded as a separate institution. Might not be a bad thing.
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I hope it remains a separate institution. It's the only independent art school east of Toronto and definitely adds to the province.
But the reaction of the university community to the firing of the last president has been shameful. Fuelled by a lazy piece by Tim Bousquet, based entirely on hearsay and speculation, that heavily implied that the board of governors is composed of racists who are also in the pocket of big developers. Meanwhile the board members can't openly defend themselves against the onslaught of vitriol because it's actually a private personnel issue.