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Project Description

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Size:
Completion: 2011
The expansion of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto reflects the school’s vision to redesign business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in downtown Toronto, and one of the world’s most diverse cities, the design was conceived to directly support the Rotman School’s educational mandate to foster a new way to think and innovate on creative business.

The new structure will be fully integrated with the existing Rotman School, and will house the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, the Lloyd and Delphine Martin Prosperity Institute, and other research programs and Institutes for Excellence, classrooms, study space and event facilities. The new building will aspire to LEED certification, and make a significant impact on the vitality of the St. George campus.

looks interesting

meh, very plain...

You'd think, even with it being a business school that UofT would put a bit more effort into this.

If ever there was a place that could use some revivalist architecture it's UofT.

It's sort of refreshing to see the old CIUT house gone--a clean slate design. There's a very deep hole dug, looks like crane will arrive any day now. I was too lazy to cross the street to get a better shot, so this will have to do:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9900/dsc01295h.jpg

They should have cleared away the other house too rather than incorporate it awkwardly into the new complex à la Bahen Centre. There doesn't seem to be anything remarkable about it.

I'm glad they kept it. It's nice to keep parts of the campus as it appeared in its early years. The house has nice red brick details they don't make anymore.

http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?rm=show_top10_project&id=b405473b46a681fe15a15db296c9eeb7aa9dc982&projectid=9073396&region=ontario

EDUCATION BUILDINGS, OFFICES Proj: 9073396-11
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON NEGOTIATED/START
Rotman School of Management Phase One ADDN & ALTS, 101 St. George Street, M5S 2E8
$20,000,000 est
Start: March, 2010 Complete: May, 2012
Note: Sub trade pricing is being reviewed by the Const Mgr. Sub trades are being awarded sequentially as needed. All trades will be secured Summer, 2010. Further update at that time.
Halsall Assoc Limited is the LEED Consultant for the project.
Project: structural steel frame, fuel fired heating system, proposed redevelopment of the Rotman Complex. Proposed for this project is a new 15,000 sq meter addition to the existing building for office and classroom space. The new building will be nine storeys above grade that includes one storey of mechanical penthouse space. The project will house the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, the Lloyd and Delphine Martin Prosperity Instititute and classrooms, study space, event facilities, and public areas, including dining facilities. These are expected to be located on lower levels with faculty, student, administrative and research functions clustered together on higher levels. Also included will be renovations of approximately 725 sq meters of existing buildings including reorganization of functions within the existing building, particularly on the ground and second levels. Phase two, proposed interior renovation and fit-out of approximately 1,000 to 1,500 sq metres and exterior renovation projects in the existing building can be followed under report number 9077361. This project will be LEED certified.
Scope: 15,000 m²; 9 storeys; 2 storeys below grade
Development: Addition/alterations
Category: Educational bldgs
First report Fri Nov 09, 2007. Last report Tue Oct 20, 2009.
This report Mon Apr 12, 2010.

Absolutely keep the house. We should rejoice the fact that it is still there and that it still has warmth and charm a century later. I am not sure if that can be said of any modern structure that would replace it. If we bulldoze them all, then we will lose the scale and character of these large, ambling Victorian/Edwardian family houses. Look what has happened on St Thomas, with sweeping away all the Edwardians (in some cases for a condo project that seems to have been cancelled), in each case the rationale being that the individual house or apartment block was not of any outstanding historical value. Once we sweep them all away we realize too late that it is their gentle scale and warm materials/craftsmanship that brings a human touch to a neighbourhood. That is what makes them remarkable.

Website:

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/expansion/

Webcam:

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/expansion/liveWebCam.htm

Absolutely keep the house. We should rejoice the fact that it is still there and that it still has warmth and charm a century later. I am not sure if that can be said of any modern structure that would replace it. If we bulldoze them all, then we will lose the scale and character of these large, ambling Victorian/Edwardian family houses. Look what has happened on St Thomas, with sweeping away all the Edwardians (in some cases for a condo project that seems to have been cancelled), in each case the rationale being that the individual house or apartment block was not of any outstanding historical value. Once we sweep them all away we realize too late that it is their gentle scale and warm materials/craftsmanship that brings a human touch to a neighbourhood. That is what makes them remarkable.

Agree. It's not so much that these are over the top stunningly beautiful buildings we're saving, for the most part, but they are nice. And the best part is, they look so great when combined with sleek and modern new additions. I love that combination, when it's done right. It's a nod to the past, but the focus is still the (usually) much larger new portion anyway. Like Taller, for me it's partly about maintaining a nice scale to a neighbourhood. Big institutional buildings can be overwhelming and these old homes are a nice way to make the scale feel more human.

I like that they kept the house for historical reference.

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Renders:

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Source: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/expansion/gallery/#

Very nice U of T almost always goes with top shelf designs. Did anybody else notice that there's a window under the chimney on that old building???????

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By androiduk on UT.

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto10/rotmanaug1.jpg

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto10/rotmanaug2.jpg

By androiduk on UT.

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto11/rotmann1.jpg

By greenleafon UT

Built on the premise of integrative thinking using both horizontal and vertical connections, the new construction for the Rotman Expansion is almost topped out.

From their website (http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/expansion/newbuilding.htm): "“KPMB’s design expresses our core mission to pursue scholarly excellence and promote the power of creativity and Integrative Thinking,” says the Rotman School’s Assistant Dean, Integrative Planning & Chief Operating Officer Mary-Ellen Yeomans. “Their design emphasizes strategic connectivity, both inside and out. The architecture draws on the value of what surrounds it and expands that value beyond the site, well into the campus and the city of Toronto.”"

Here is the render for the site:
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/expansion/gallery/images/24.jpg


A close up of workers on the structural supports for the upcoming green roof:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5278292995_0096d2961e_z.jpg


A look at the site from the corner of St. George and Hoskin:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5278904392_d3ca392592_z.jpg


The U of T has numerous midblock connections. Here's the view from Massey College towards St. George Street:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5278286607_571bc25b13_z.jpg


And a closer look at the backside of the building and what appears to be the loading dock:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5278889572_986f052335_z.jpg


Along the back is a piece of cladding and glass which appears much, much, much darker than what is shown in the above render:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5278898646_94d06ff15c_z.jpg

By androiduk on UT

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto12/rotmanf05a.jpg

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto12/rotmanf05b.jpg

Along the back is a piece of cladding and glass which appears much, much, much darker than what is shown in the above render:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5278898646_94d06ff15c_z.jpg


In the render it looks like the back is supposed to be that dark.

http://andrewfare.com/UTB/mytoronto10/rotmanaug2.jpg

Thanks for posting the pictures btw. I almost always love anything that U of T builds

One of my professors is just livid with this new building, because it blocks his view of Trinity from his office :lol:

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March 5th
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May 12, 2011.

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This building looks much darker than what the rendering depicted. Hopefully it'll be a little brighter when they turn on the lights inside.

What's up with SQUARE?

Seriously? Do architects in Toronto know what a curve is?

How about colour?

walked by the building two days ago and it is really dark glass is nice but if it was blue it would look much better

Really? Now people want more blue??? Hahaha people are so funny.

Really? Now people want more blue??? Hahaha people are so funny.

the glass is extremely dark but its not finished so we'll have to wait and see, someone should post some pictures

This building is all but done now. Time for some new pics I think.

The finished building looks nice, although I think UW's new Quantum Nano Centre looks better.

where are updated pictures