urbottawa
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Landscaping is progressing
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Landscaping is progressing
After the flight around Odenak, they fly around Adisoke. Solar panels are all up. There are a few piles of something on the roof top cut-out where the patio was supposed to be, but now it's suppose to just be a green roof.
I think there may be a roof top patio facing Albert because I see a door.
I think there may be a roof top patio facing Albert because I see a door.
Took a tour of the current LAC for Doors Open yesterday. The place has kept its original 60s glory.
Sounds like they will be moving everything on the first 4 floors (the public facing parts) out of there and keep the storage on the upper floors.
LAC actually leases the building from the Feds. They don't know what will happen to it once they move to Adisoke. I do hope they keep the building around since the interior is so original. Would make an excellent museum, maybe of 1960s Canada.
Sounds like they will be moving everything on the first 4 floors (the public facing parts) out of there and keep the storage on the upper floors.
LAC actually leases the building from the Feds. They don't know what will happen to it once they move to Adisoke. I do hope they keep the building around since the interior is so original. Would make an excellent museum, maybe of 1960s Canada.
ponyboycurtis
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Yeah, I went there last year after the Supreme Court. Pretty impressive time capsule.
The Britannia water plant is similar in its lobby and stairwell. Everything is original except the handrails and lightwells/T-bar ceiling.
The Britannia water plant is similar in its lobby and stairwell. Everything is original except the handrails and lightwells/T-bar ceiling.
Same with Lemieux Island water treatment plant. It's sad when building owners strip out the original interior to modernize. Place de Ville and WEP come to mind as recent travesties. Constitution Square did some modernization, but they did a better job, keeping a lot of the blue granite but lighting the lobby with some light wood. I'm afraid that Parliament will lose its nice 1920s washroom finishes.
ponyboycurtis
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Terrazzo floors with brass fillets? yes please.
thenewguy
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In the second picture - look very carefully at the top right of the building and you can see the green roof install in progress. Need a drone shot!
A few shots from Monday.
rtrembla
New Member
I love the museum idea. Ottawa history museum? Anything Ottawa?
ponyboycurtis
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Maybe it was on SSP but there was another commenter saying saying they didn't like the roof and it was too busy. I read it as mechanically busy but I may have just been interpreting it wrong. There aren't any type of systems on the roof are there?
Regarding the repeating lightwells I don't really have a problem with that. I don't think it interferes with the lines of the building. Certainly not when you figure they will be lighting a massive atrium. The solar panels just make sense to be as well. I'm willing to give up some aesthetics for function there.
I suppose there could have been a stadium style lattice glass ceiling but I would imagine that would affect the cost and heating/cooling in a negative way.
Losing the patio area seems like shame though given that the entire section of roof is cut out and designed for it. Maybe there is something we don't know.
Regarding the repeating lightwells I don't really have a problem with that. I don't think it interferes with the lines of the building. Certainly not when you figure they will be lighting a massive atrium. The solar panels just make sense to be as well. I'm willing to give up some aesthetics for function there.
I suppose there could have been a stadium style lattice glass ceiling but I would imagine that would affect the cost and heating/cooling in a negative way.
Losing the patio area seems like shame though given that the entire section of roof is cut out and designed for it. Maybe there is something we don't know.
I'm not a huge fan of the skylights. The original design seemed less intrusive, but it's worth that small irritant for the solar panels.
I agree, I'm more disappointed that the roof top patio was removed. I'm not sure how a green roof is cheaper than a patio, unless live load on that small section made a huge cost difference.
My biggest gripe is the theatre being on the west side facing the plaza instead of the east side facing the the parking entrance. That spot would have been better for a restaurant or café (which will be on Albert) and the theatre would be better off in an area with less sunlight.
I agree, I'm more disappointed that the roof top patio was removed. I'm not sure how a green roof is cheaper than a patio, unless live load on that small section made a huge cost difference.
My biggest gripe is the theatre being on the west side facing the plaza instead of the east side facing the the parking entrance. That spot would have been better for a restaurant or café (which will be on Albert) and the theatre would be better off in an area with less sunlight.
From the core sector area plan, some idea of what will happen with the Wellington LAC.
CapitalSeven
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Something in that piece on the Library and Archives doesn't make sense. They are abandoning the current 300,000 square foot building for about 85,000 feet at Adisoke? It's already difficult enough for serious researchers to access the collections. Moving everything but a few shiny objects to the boonies will just make it harder. I've sent a request for clarification.
Are the first four floors 300k square feet? LAC staff said during Doors Open that they are keeping the archives levels of the building.
In any case, there's a lot of wasted space in the current publicly accessible areas. I could see how shrinking that to a third the size would work pretty easily.