{"id":8392,"date":"2009-12-18T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=8392"},"modified":"2009-12-18T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T20:43:21","slug":"fort-york-visitor-centre-winning-design-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/12\/18\/fort-york-visitor-centre-winning-design-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort York Visitor Centre winning design announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"400\" data=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622951678648%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622951678648%2F&amp;set_id=72157622951678648&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>As we wrote two weeks ago, the For York Visitor&#8217;s Centre design competition <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/12\/08\/fort-york-visitor-centre-renderings\/\">included four detailed schemes<\/a>. &#8220;Submission A&#8221; was chosen for the site and is by the Vancouver architecture firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patkau.ca\/\">Patkau<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmai.com\/\">Kearns Mancini Architects<\/a> of Toronto. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/culture\/museums\/pdf\/Scheme_A_fyvc.pdf\">download a PDF<\/a> to have a more refined look at the team&#8217;s ideas for the Visitor Centre. From the press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In the recommended design, the Visitor Centre forms a new escarpment of weathering-steel, re-establishing the original sense of a defensive site. The jury noted that the success of the Patkau\/Kearns Mancini collaborative design lies in the use of the steel-escarpment and a simple foreshore of grasses, which when combined with the recently launched multi-media art installation Watertable, interpret the historic site condition of the original Lake Ontario shoreline bluff, and provide a strong visual presence for the Fort.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From a field of 31 architectural firms who originally expressed interest in the Visitor Centre design, five teams were invited to make conceptual design proposals. In December 2009, four teams submitted designs. After being displayed at a public open house, the anonymous designs were reviewed by a jury, which included George F. Dark, Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Rick Haldenby, Rocco Maragna, Marianne McKenna, Charles Pachter and Anthony Tung. As part of their evaluation, the jury considered a summary of public comments gathered at the open house.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The centre is slated to be open for the start of the War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations, so it will be be a busy two years of construction, but also fundraising, as the Friends of Fort York have embarked on an ambitious fundraising campaign for the centre. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortyork.ca\/\">their site<\/a> for details and donation information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrote two weeks ago, the For York Visitor&#8217;s Centre design competition included four detailed schemes. &#8220;Submission A&#8221; was chosen for the site and is by the Vancouver architecture firm Patkau and Kearns Mancini Architects of Toronto. 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