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ARTH3810 2019F Class Projects (Publication)Main MenuThe Tent Room at Rideau HallKyle Kreutner, Page 1 of 6The Webley Shacks: Unconventional Furniture Use in the Context of Ceaseless SurveillanceJose BawaganImperial Theater By Munawar MobinKeagan F - CSTM Sound HistoryIntroductionThe Mayfair TheatreSimran S.An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on Patients144 Loretta Avenue North, Aidan MacNaullAidan MacNaull 144 Loretta Avenue NorthWest Block - Canada's New House of Commonsby Devon RudykRideau Street Chapel: The Effects of Relocation on the Experience of an Interiorby Ty FollisThe Church of St. Andrew's OttawaDavid Bastien-AllardMaking the Past Present: Union Station Restoration – A Political Facelift?by Vivian AstroffDelegation of the Ismali ImamatThe National Arts Centre: Reflecting on its Past and PresentSaint Paul University - A Shift in ValuesReem SiageFilm in Ottawa: The Mayfair theatreby Giovanna Maria SangCGM -An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on PatientsThe Chateau LaurierBy Jessica El-GhazalReusable Space: The Senate of Canada Buildingby Syenne HolderNational Gallery of Canada - Seeing the Colonnade Through a Semiological Lens by Ricky TongRickyTHE OTTAWA STATIONEhidiamen Iyamabo, HomePageAVRC81ff8dad33b7fe77eee9a543209e890531c75438
NAC Hidden Staircase
1media/Hidden Staircase_thumb.jpg2019-12-05T13:00:45-08:00AVRC81ff8dad33b7fe77eee9a543209e890531c75438358162Hidden Staircase under the Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Staircaseplain2019-12-05T16:18:48-08:00Jo-Anne Joseph-Francoisf2e256467f55e45c8988d66cec383a6f942c6d75
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12019-12-05T12:40:08-08:00NAC - The Interventions12plain2019-12-06T14:46:33-08:00It will finally be in 2011 that the proposal for revitalizing the NAC will be approved. The project finalized in 2017 went to a Toronto based firm named Diamond Schmitt Architecture known for projects such as the Ryerson Image Centre and School of Image Arts. DSA’s interventions were mostly based on the previously mentioned criticism. On their website, they explained their intentions regarding the added entrance on Elgin street as well as their use of glass in the overall extension:
“A glass and steel addition re-orients the building to the city with a new front door, announcing an address and also revealing the creative activity within, in a way that the original precast concrete building never did.” (Diamond Schmitt Architecture, National Arts Centre Rejuvenation)
The curtain walls embellished with LED displaying advertisements related to the NAC attracts passengers nearby on Elgin street.
The Vestibule
The vestibule on Elgin street contains a red carpentry similarly used in the public spaces of the original building. Where glass is not used, white paint is introduced. A low ceiling gives visitors this sensation of being crushed, a feeling that extends when you enter the brand-new Equator Coffee. However, the café compensates with multiple table and seats as well the curtain wall opening the area.
The Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Staircase
As visitors continue marching in the atrium area, the Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson staircase gives its back to the viewer where under it is an information desk as well as another hidden staircase that leads to the box office on a lower level. The ceiling height above the white flight of stairs finally liberates the visitors from the claustrophobic feeling of the entry as a void is formed. The ceiling above the stairway replicates the equilateral triangles of Lebensold though DSA’s triangles are made from Douglas Fir wood coffers. The Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson staircase with a wood finish serves as a place for visitors to work in need be, but also to relax. It had also been used as a performance space where the curtain walls allow people to view the Château Laurier.
