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AndrewJM3D
May 30th, 2011, 04:02 AM
This might just be a fantasy, who knows?
New Music Center for Toronto’s Waterfront


http://design-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/New-Music-Center-for-Toronto%E2%80%99s-Waterfront-4.jpg

Mirko Daneluzzo unveiled his proposal for a music center to be located on the waterfront in Toronto, an evident part of the city’s skyline, representing the vibrant on growing music scene. The project uses the preexisting Canada Malting Silos industrial building to convert it into the contemporary form of a cultural contamination beacon. The project is defined by a series of layers that have different performative qualities embedded that modify the character of the building as a person flows seamlessly through the space and experiences the curated environment of the building.

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The layer system generates a collection of musical experiences, from the strong typology of the theaters characterized by a clean geometry, to the eroded geometry that conforms the spaces in-between, research and education institutions, and knits the project to the surrounding context. The place gives you something to build the script to design something unique: Toronto is characterized by severe winters and hot summers, then the external layer works as a protective skin in winter thanks the slow formation of an artificial ice barrier in between the fissures, and wind catchers to allows a natural ventilation in summer.

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The eroded geometry is dealing with the aesthetic idea of “matte”: matte is the finishing of dull and flat, without a shine surfaces. Matte stores the time’s patina, it absorbs the context, it becomes the context. [Source: eVolo]

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http://www.modto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Squid-Music-Centre-Toronto-Waterfront-3.jpg

Travis007
May 30th, 2011, 07:50 PM
The interior looks pretty cool. The exterior is different but I'm not too fond of it. It reminds me of spaghetti spillage, overflowing from a pot.

Innsertnamehere
May 31st, 2011, 01:52 AM
+1

i agree with it looking like some spilled spaghetti. its interesting, but a bit too ugly for my likes.

isaidso
May 31st, 2011, 01:34 PM
Love it. Perhaps a little too gorgeous for Torontonians, but I hope it gets built anyway.

Coral Builder
June 3rd, 2011, 03:36 AM
absolutely stunning. i thought i would never see this in toronto, but finally architects are starting to use natural forms. this will be a fantastic cultural meeting place if it ever gets built. congrats to the architect.

Jeremyy
June 3rd, 2011, 03:44 AM
Nice interior, but I'm not too sure about the exterior. Cool idea, though.

Looking/Up
June 11th, 2011, 05:00 PM
absolutely stunning. i thought i would never see this in toronto, but finally architects are starting to use natural forms. this will be a fantastic cultural meeting place if it ever gets built. congrats to the architect.

+1

urban 2.0
June 14th, 2011, 06:58 AM
IT's Centre ... not Center.

Learn your Canadian English.

AndrewJM3D
June 15th, 2011, 03:56 AM
IT's Centre ... not Center.

Learn your Canadian English.

It's not from a Canadian publication. http://www.capperspicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/no-canadian-players-accepted-150x150.jpg

InTheBeach
June 28th, 2011, 04:27 AM
Which Silos are they converting here? The Canada Malting ones, or the ones further in the east bayfront?

Also, they have cleared (removed trees, stumps, grass) out the tent city land (old attempted Home Depot site), so something might be happening there soon.

Almenac-SS
June 28th, 2011, 06:00 AM
i like it a lot
looks like there's something weird growing out of the old silos

Mollywood
July 1st, 2011, 12:52 AM
I like the fact that it's original and kind of organic looking. I wouldn't mind seeing this on our waterfront. We do need more major attractions down there. All we seem to get are condos and parks. What about something fun to do? Give us some major tourist attractions.

Taller, Better
July 1st, 2011, 02:53 AM
"kind of" organic looking? I'd say it is completely organic looking! :eek:

yyzer
July 1st, 2011, 03:11 PM
mo' info......he's labeling it "sensitive flesh"

http://3ddreaming.blogspot.com/2011/04/sensitive-fleshmusic-center-toronto.html

yyzer
July 1st, 2011, 03:15 PM
don't know if this is simply someone's vision or what.....

http://www.mirkoshandgrip.it/nomadthought/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/toronto2.jpg

yyzer
July 1st, 2011, 03:17 PM
pretty amazing stuff.....

http://www.mirkoshandgrip.it/nomadthought/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/thesis_p1.jpg

Taller, Better
July 1st, 2011, 04:05 PM
Can you imagine the technical difficulties in building something like that? Wtf would you construct it out of? Plasticene? :?

If that designer is living in Toronto, it is sort of surprising he hasn't figured out we spell it "Centre" here, by now.

yyzer
July 1st, 2011, 04:37 PM
Can you imagine the technical difficulties in building something like that? Wtf would you construct it out of? Plasticene? :?

If that designer is living in Toronto, it is sort of surprising he hasn't figured out we spell it "Centre" here, by now.

For sure.....:)

urban 2.0
July 6th, 2011, 07:20 PM
pretty amazing stuff.....

http://www.mirkoshandgrip.it/nomadthought/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/thesis_p1.jpg

.. that is disgusting.

More suitable for a Sewage Museum.

Hope this gets canned. "Oh, look at me, I'm the next hotshot architect"

crooked soul
July 9th, 2011, 04:49 AM
^ I know !!!

I am all for architecture - but this is a fuckin' joke..
looks like a scene of a B alien movie- tacky as hell.

Looking/Up
July 9th, 2011, 04:09 PM
I think it's incredible.

koolio
July 9th, 2011, 07:11 PM
Is this even a serious proposal though?