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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
Diamond Schmitt and KWC Architects Modernization and Restoration Cross-Section
1media/Section1_thumb.png2019-12-06T16:30:23-08:00Syenne Holderbd07c02fc3584149c60c18cba5a5699db6f5eff3358168A building cross-section displaying the new spaces within the heritage building.plain2023-09-24T07:36:36-07:00Maegen Sargentf8c37f900ecb77afe0a6ed383bd0b77ea6c1266b
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1media/Title2.jpg2019-11-27T13:47:58-08:00A Passage Through Time32Syenne Holder - P2timeline2023-08-29T15:07:03-07:00Constructed from 1909-1912 as Ottawa’s Union Station (Government of Canada 2019, par. 6), the building originated as a central railroad station for the city. The station included a connection to the Chateau Laurier which was also constructed around the same time, creating a unified travel destination in Ottawa's developing downtown. It was designed by Bradford Lee-Gilbert, an architect based in New York, but later was taken over by Ross and MacFarlane firm from Montréal (Government of Canada 2019, par. 11). Its form was inspired by the Beaux-Arts style with reference to Roman Classical baths, including elements like tall Doric columns on the façade and barrel-vaulted coffered ceilings in the General Waiting Room and Concourse. After the station’s closure in 1966, the government slated the building for demolition. It was saved, however, by the people because of its architecture and history, and became the Government Conference centre in 1968, with renovations completed in 1973 (Government of Canada 2019, par. 7). It served this title until December 2018, hosting many conferences for the development of Canada like the G20 conference in 2001, but it was also debated to be used for other unfulfilled functions like as a Sports Hall of Fame (Government of Canada 2019, par. 10). In 1989, it was designated as a Federal Heritage Building (Government of Canada 2019, par. 5), and in 2014 it began modernization and restoration under the government’s Long-Term Vision for the Parliamentary Precinct (Government of Canada 2019, par. 4). When Public Services and Procurement Canada started planning the 10-year rehabilitation of the Centre Block in the early 2000's, the Government Conference Centre was chosen to be the new temporary home of Canada’s Senate (Government of Canada 2019, par. 11). It opened to the public as the Senate of Canada Building in 2019, and is planned to serve this purpose until the Centre Block's completion.
The modernization and restoration was designed by Diamond Schmitt and KWC Architects ("Senate of Canada Building", par. 1). The idea was to preserve the building's heritage, while improving the structure and updating to modern designs and technology. A section of the building, imaged below, shows the relationships between the new interior spaces within the historic building.
