Architect:
Alsop Architects
Completion:
2004
Description:
Affectionately called a tabletop, though un-affectionately called worse, Alsop's over-the-top design (no pun intended) is a colorful and gravity-defying statement for the Ontario College of Art & Design college. Raised on colorful and slanted pilotis above one of the school's existing buildings, this decision was generated by the desire to keep a connection to neighboring Grange Park.
While the exterior of the raised box was originally glass, it was executed in corrugated metal, painted over in a pixelated pattern. A bright-red exit stair stands out, indicating that life-safety concerns were met. While the interior isn't open to the public, the fact that the potential vertigo-inducing effect isn't carried to the interior makes the limited access acceptable.
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Address:
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, Ontario
416.977.6000
Map/Directions/Info:
The building is located 26 meters (85 feet) above the ground at 100 McCaul Street, between Dundas and Queen Streets, just north and west of downtown Toronto.
Train: University Line Subway to St.Patrick Station
Street Car: Dundas Street Car to McCaul Street; Queen Street Car to McCaul Street
The building is private, though the lobby is accessible. The general public are invited periodically to OCAD for special exhibitions.
Links:
Ontario College of Art & Design
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