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Old City Hall, 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. “Considered one of Canada’s most significant International Style buildings, it won the Massey Medal for design in 1959. It underwent considerable and controversial additions in the early 1990s by architect Moshe Safdie, who also designed Habitat 67 in Montreal and the National Gallery of Canada.” [1] “Ottawa City Hall is located on Green Island in the Rideau River, perpendicular to the ceremonial route linking Parliament Hill and the residence of the governor general. Safdie’s competition-winning design integrates the existing City Hall, a landmark of Canadian modernism, while tripling its area. The complex contains two new wings at a 90-degree angle to the existing City Hall, extending east on Green Island and linking a series of indoor and outdoor spaces to create a new public realm. Transparent and metallic forms punctuate the roof line of the complex, creating dramatic light-filled interior rooms and marking important exterior spaces. Inscribed stainless-steel and glass roofs rise from a base of solid masonry walls. Precast columns and beams frame the public thoroughfares and, on the south-facing colonnade, support stainless-steel brise-soleils. The public enters through a glazed pavilion directly on the city’s ceremonial route. Beyond the 1958 tower block, low pavilions create a new municipal precinct. A subtly curving colonnaded promenade to the south forms the spine of the new building. From the west to east, it opens onto the community hall and city departments, culminating in the Council Chamber and the Mayor’s Pavilion. Departments requiring moderate public access are located along a secondary colonnade to the north. Between the two colonnades, a terraced garden lies at the heart of the new complex. Beginning in a formal paved courtyard to the west, the garden ends with a cascade of water into the Rideau River to the east. The new building’s northern walls rise dramatically out of the river—cylindrical shapes at the water’s edge offsetting a tall, rectangular observation tower.” [2] Sources: [1] Bruce Deachman, Islands of Ottawa: Green Island a historical microcosm of the city. Available at <a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/islands-of-ottawa-green-island-a-historical-microcosm-of-the-city" rel="nofollow">ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/islands-of-ottawa-green...</a> [2] The Moshe Safdie Archive. McGill University Library. Available at <a href="http://cac.mcgill.ca/moshesafdie/fullrecord.php?ID=10843&d=1" rel="nofollow">cac.mcgill.ca/moshesafdie/fullrecord.php?ID=10843&d=1</a> |
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Source | Pyramidal Power |
Author | joanne clifford |
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Author | JOANNE CLIFFORD |
Copyright holder | JOANNE CLIFFORD |
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ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 12:27, 12 November 2018 |
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File change date and time | 14:08, 12 November 2018 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 12:27, 12 November 2018 |
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APEX aperture | 6 |
APEX brightness | 8.98 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2 APEX (f/2) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
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Flash | Flash did not fire |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
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Sharpness | Hard |
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