UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW

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1 VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM HOSKIN AVENUE AND PHILOSOPHER S WALK UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects September 00 Consultant Team Phillips Faarrevaag Smallenberg Goldsmith Borgal Architects Greenberg Consultants Inc Transolar Genevieve Cadieux

2 Bloor Street Clarifying the Precinct 9 8 Queen s Park 0 Future Development Site UofT Faculty of Music Hoskin Avenue THE PRECINCT Charles Street West UofT Faculty of Law The proposal represents a greening of the Precinct and creates a new urban clarity that enhances the image and visibility of both the faculties of Law and Music, and clarifies the ROM expansion site. Servicing, loading and parking, is removed from the surface to below grade and shared by both faculties and the ROM. The proposal distinguishes the University faculties from the Museum development, and re-establishes a new level of accessible pedestrian routes from Queen s Park through to Philosopher s Walk without the encumbrance of vehicular traffic. The scheme builds on the traditions of the The Faculty of Law and retains the historic Flavelle House as its formal entrance and major conference spaces. The expansion of the existing Bora Laskin Library gives contemporary expression to the faculty. A new entrance from Philosopher s Walk draws students and faculty from the University precinct to the west and south. Falconer Hall, shifted south and east and now a component of the Faculty of Music, presents a new more visible image on Queen s Park. The new Glass Music Room creates a new dramatic lobby for a new Recital Hall and the existing Edward Johnson Building. Queen s Park UofT Trinity College UofT Birge Carnegie Library UofT Annesley Hall Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Park Hyatt Hotel Intercontinental Hotel 8 Royal Ontario Museum 9 Royal Conservatory of Music 0 UofT Varsity Arena Flavelle Court Arrival Courtyard Glass Music Room 0

3 Historic Tattle s Creek Historic Tattle s Creek Falconer Flavelle A Sustainable Approach to the Urban Landscape Queen s Park Circle 909 GOAD S ATLAS: TATTLE CREEK PHILOSOPHER S WALK TODAY RE-ESTABLISHING GREEN URBAN FABRIC Over the last one hundred years, the green landscape of Philosopher s Walk has been reduced as buildings expand and encroach on this treasured exterior space of the University of Toronto. Our proposal for the redevelopment of the precinct takes a dramatic step in reversing this trend as the landscaped precinct is expanded and activated vertically at a number of levels as the green space of Philosopher s Walk is drawn and into Flavelle Court and through to the shared Arrival Courtyard for Law and Music, and into Queen s Park. PHILOSOPHER S WALK RE-ESTABLISHING PHILOSOPHER S WALK 0

4 909 GOAD S ATLAS: THE 909 GOAD S ATLAS SHOWS AN ARRIVAL COURT CLEARLY DEFINED AT THE FRONT OF FLAVELLE HOUSE. THIS COURT SETS UP A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES WHICH EXIST TODAY. LEGEND ARRIVAL COURT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS VEHICULAR DROP-OFF SURFACE PARKING TRUCK SERVICING FACULTY OF LAW AND MUSIC TODAY: ARRIVAL COURT AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO PHILOSOPHER WALK DISRUPTED BY TRUCK SERVICING AND SURFACE PARKING. RE-ESTABLISHING THE ARRIVAL COURT AND PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIANS: A NEW RAMP, FOR BOTH PARKING BELOW GRADE AND TRUCK SERVICING TO MUSIC, LAW AND THE ROM, IS STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED BETWEEN FALCONER HALL AND THE ROM DEVELOPMENT SITE. THE LOCATION ALLOWS LAW AND MUSIC TO RECONNECT ACROSS THE ARRIVAL COURTYARD AND RECREATES A SAFE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE ARRIVAL COURTYARD BE USED FOR FOR- MAL DROP OFFS TO LAW AND MUSIC. THE TWO ORIGINAL EAST WEST PEDESTRIAN ROUTES MOVE ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY AND MUSEUM CAMPUSES RESPECTIVELY WITHOUT CONFLICT OF VEHICLES. A GRADUAL LANDSCAPE STAIR ASCENDS FROM THE WALK TO THE NEW GREEN COURT, AND THE PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE FROM PHILOSOPHER S WALK BETWEEN MUSIC AND THE ROM INCREASES THE POROSITY FROM CITY TO NATURE. RE-THINKING SITE ACCESS - CREATING STRONGER PUBLIC SPACES 0

5 A Dramatic New Image for the Faculty of Law VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM HOSKIN AVENUE AND PHILOSOPHER S WALK The Faculty of Law is expanded vertically, building over the footprint of the Bora Laskin Library. A new entrance from Philosopher s Walk enters into a double height Student Hall and the classroom level, with naturally-lit smart classrooms and a large lecture hall/moot Court. The Library remains on the second and third floors, shifted to the north and east, as a new wide promenade corridor with sweeping views to the Flavelle Court and Philosopher s Walk wraps the west and north elevations. A full fourth floor footprint and a two-storey bar building, set back from Philosopher s Walk, are added and house faculty and administrative offices. A series of engaging new social spaces are visible from the exterior, and include lounges, wide corridors with benches and views, a cafe with a terrace and amphitheatre type stairs, and outdoor terraces at the green roof level for discussion, gathering and reading. Double height living rooms at the south end of the bar offer faculty and graduate student lounges, meeting and reception spaces with unparallel views to the south. This double-wall elevation onto Hoskin creates a striking new image for Law from the University and the City. 0 HONOURING THE FACULTY HISTORY OF LAW EXPANSION - FALCONER AND FLAVELLE

6 APPROACH FROM QUEEN S PARK ENTRANCE TO ARRIVAL COURT APPROACH FROM WITHIN PHILOSOPHER S WALK SITING THE FACULTY OF LAW 0

7 HONOURING HISTORY - FLAVELLE 0

8 GROUND FLOOR PLAN PHILOSOPHER S WALK ENTRANCE - CLASSROOM LEVEL Philosopher s Walk Entrance Lobby Auditorium 00 seats / Moot Court Robing Room Green Living Wall Classroom 0 Seats Classroom Seats Classroom Seats Lounge Lockers and Student Lounge Clubs, Journals, and Associations Washrooms / Service Storage Law Loading / Shipping & Receiving 0 Ramp to LAW / MUSIC / ROM Loading & Servicing and Future Development Parking Garage Future Development Drop Off Area ROM Servicing (Below Grade) 0 EAST WEST SECTION 0 9 View 8 open to above Entrance from Philosopher s Walk Classroom Level Library Graduate Offices Dean and Faculty Offices Faculty Offices Outdoor Court The Philosopher s Walk entrance comes into a double height Student Hall. The ground floor classrooms are fully renovated and the floor plate is expanded and natural light is introduced into this teaching level. A large lecture hall and Moot Court occies the south corner. A circular stair leads to the terraced cafe above, while a straight run stair leads to the library entrance and Flavelle at the second level. Flavelle House basement, now accessible for loading, is converted to service and storage, and mechanical space. Two levels of parking are provided, with a drop-off for the ROM development at the P level. The ramped truck access continues to the P level for loading INFORMAL ENTRANCE TO THE FACULTY OF LAW 08

9 ND FLOOR PLAN FLAVELLE ENTRANCE LEVEL CONFERENCE CENTRE, LIBRARY, STUDENT SPACES, AND CAFE open to below Flavelle Entrance Lobby Conference Centre Reception / Lounge Conference Room 0 Seats Conference Room 0 Seats Reading Room Library Entrance Circulation Desk 8 Library Offices 9 Storage 0 Skylight Above Lounge Clubs, Journals, and Associations Washrooms / Service Green Living Wall Cafe Servicing Cafe Outdoor Terrace 8 Shipping / Receiving / Catering 9 Ramp to LAW / MUSIC / ROM Loading / Servicing and Future Development Parking Garage The Flavelle House historic rooms are restored for meeting and conference spaces of the Faculty of Law. The new cafe, with an outdoor terrace occies the south end of the second floor and is easily accessed from the student classrooms below and Flavelle House. The cafe, its terrace and exterior landscape stair become a social hub of the Faculty of Law. New reading rooms, accessed from the promenade circulation, have sliding glass walls so that they can be used for lounges, reading and informal meetings of students and faculty. FORMAL ENTRANCE TO THE FACULTY OF LAW 09

10 0 th FLOOR PLAN DEAN AND FACULTY OFFICES View VIEW - AT GROUND FLOOR LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD HOSKIN AVENUE Dean and Faculty Lounge Offices Dean s Reception Dean s Office and Meeting Rooms Washrooms / Services Reception Room Catering Outdoor Court 8 Skylight to Library 9 Flavelle Offices 0 Mechanical rd FLOOR PLAN LIBRARY AND GRADUATE STUDENT OFFICES Graduate Student Lounge Students Meeting Room Graduate Offices Reading Room Washrooms / Services nd Floor of Library Flavelle Offices 8 9 THE FACULTY OF LAW th / th FLOOR PLAN FACULTY OFFICES Faculty Lounge Meeting Room Offices Washroom / Services Rooftop Deck View VIEW - AT TH FLOOR LOOKING EAST INTO TH FLOOR OUT- 8 NORTH SOUTH SECTION Classroom Level Lounge Library Beyond Cafe Graduate Student Lounge and Atrium Graduate Student Offices Beyond Lounge VIEW - AT RD FLOOR LOOKING WEST TOWARD PHILOSOPHER S Dean s Office Faculty Offices Dean and Faculty Lounge Faculty Offices Faculty Lounge 0

11 Below Slab Heating Exterior Interior HIGH ABOVE THE CANOPY: the glazing of the bar building is covered in a ceramic frit, proposed as an ivy like integrated pattern Helix Hedera by artist Genevieve Cadieux. The pattern in office areas is a light dot matrix, while in open areas translucent silk screened images introduce colour and texture NATURAL VENTILATION AND DOUBLE WALL SYSTEM Outer Wall Inner Wall Green Roof Material Roof Terrace A MIRROR TO THE TREES: vertical louvers, syncopated to the orientation of light and view, wrap the rd and th floor perimeter, and evoke the tree trunk patterning of the adjacent landscape. The louvers provide solar shading and texture. GREEN ROOF AND ACCESSIBLE TERRACE Interior Exterior Sunlight (AM) A FRAME TO THE LANDSCAPE: the glass at the second floor level emphasizes transparency from both inside to outside, and from the exterior landscape spaces to the occied spaces within. The interconnected views and visibility projects the energy of Law to the University precinct. VERTICAL LOUVRES, FRIT AND SOLAR SHADING Sunlight (PM) ENGAGE THE GROUND: steps are scaled for gradual ascent, for lounging and reading, and an engagement of the landscape. Green terraces provide amenity spaces for gathering and performance. THE GREEN WALL THE WINTER GARDEN SUSTAINABILITY METRICS INTEGRATING ARCHITECTURE WITH LANDSCAPE WEST FACING FACADE: CERAMIC FRIT INTEGRATED ART WALL SUSTAINABLE METRICS

12 The renewal of the overall precinct for Law, Music and the ROM is a statement of academic engagement and city building. This proposal is about revitalizing the precinct, creating dramatic new architecture that engages the University in the energy of the cultural renaissance, reconnecting and expanding the unique landscape of Philosopher s Walk within the University precinct, and making visible the active vitality of both Law and Music within the city. The new composition of the Faculty of Law engages the site in a dialogue. Accessibility, transparency and openness at both Queen s Park and Philosopher s Walk levels express the distinctive qualities of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH EAST FROM PHILOSOPHER S WALK

13 FALCONER, 90 ARCHITECT: SPROTT & ROLPH FALCONER ADDITION, CIRCA 9 EDWARD JOHNSON MUSIC BUILDING, 9-9 ARCHITECT: GORDON ADAMSON & ASSOCIATES THE FUTURE OF MUSIC FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITE When Falconer Hall was originally constructed as a private residence, its footprint was considerably smaller. Later additions are not of historic merit and muddy the elegance of this Sprott and Rolph house. The proposal is to reduce the house to its original footprint, and shift it to the south and east to make way for the truck and parking ramp. FALCONER, 90 FALCONER, 90 FALCONER TODAY EDWARD JOHNSON MUSIC BUILDING TODAY DISCONNECT BETWEEN FLACONER AND EDWARD JOHNSON HONOURING HISTORY - FALCONER

14 MUSIC GROUND FLOOR PLAN Faculty of Music Entrance Lobby Glass Music Hall Recital Hall Faculty of Music Access to Music Library Ramp to LAW / MUSIC / ROM Loading / Servicing and Future Development Parking Garage Music and Law Drop off Area The Glass Music Room bridges between Falconer Hall and the Edward Johnson Building, and creates a stunning new entry hall for both buildings and lobby for a new Recital Hall. Falconer Hall is shifted east and south and provides a new visibility for the Faculty of Music on Queen s Park. Falconer is restored for administrative and formal functions of the faculty, and the existing offices in EJB are renovated as faculty offices/teaching studios. A green garden and meeting space for Music floats above the new ramp entrance on Queen s Park. A new access to the Library from the Glass Music Room allows for the removal of the later addition of elevator and stair on the south side of the EJB. A NEW FACE FOR THE FACULTY OF MUSIC

15 MUSIC BELOW GRADE PLAN LIBRARY AND PHILOSOPHER S WALK ENTRANCE LEVEL Music Library Music Library Entrance Ramp to LAW / MUSIC / ROM Loading & Servicing and Future Development Parking Garage Music Servicing (Below Grade) ROM Servicing (Below Grade) Future Development Drop Off Area The new entrance to the Library allows for direct access from the Music lobby above. New skylights in Flavelle Court above reintroduce and augment natural light into the Library. RETHINKING THE MUSIC LIBRARY