Tours
ryerson image centre tour
Session Code: ST03
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Fee: $55/$65
CEU: 0.1
Location & Meeting Place: MAP
Designed by internationally renowned Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the Ryerson Image Centre is situated within the newly expanded School of Image Arts with its much sought-after undergraduate and graduate programs in photography, film and new media. The Ryerson Image Centre will house the famous Black Star Collection at Ryerson University, featuring historical photojournalistic prints covering major events of the 20th century, and the Mira Godard Collection of fine art photography from the 19th to the 21st century. The University currently boasts holdings of almost 300,000 photographs, with a potential growth of up to 1,000,000 images over the next five to 10 years. Both the vault and the gallery are designed to meet international preservation and exhibition standards. Expanding its collections will remain an important focus for the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre.
In consultation with the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Moveable Cultural Property Board, the program and design was developed to house the photography collection in a climate controlled “Class A” exhibition environment that enables the handling of all collections for research and exhibition purposes. The gallery is divided into three spaces: an Introductory Gallery that introduces visitors to the collection and provides information about current exhibitions; a student Gallery where Ryerson students can showcase their talent to a broader audience; and a flexible open space Main Gallery which can be freely arranged and subdivided to accommodate a broad range of exhibitions.
The print vault will house the entire collection in a safe and highly climate-controlled environment. The space is equipped with compact storage shelves and hanging racks, to maximize the available storage space.
Tour LeaderS:
Doina Popescu is the inaugural Director of the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC). She oversees its academic, administrative, exhibition and outreach functions, and is responsible for maintaining its national and international profile. She is engaged in developing and executing a vision for the new Centre that addresses its three major interrelated areas of activity: exhibitions, research and collections. Each of these areas is being developed to interact with the multidisciplinary academic communities across campus, to dialogue with the arts in Toronto and across the country, as well as to engage in international partnerships. Popescu was previously the Deputy Director of the Goethe-Institut Toronto, where she managed the Gallery and Kinowelt Hall, organising international photography, video and new media-based exhibitions and film events. For more than 25 years she has been deeply involved with both Canadian and international artists and scholars in the visual arts, film, literature, music, cultural theory, history and philosophy.
Peggy Theodore is an Associate at Diamond Schmitt Architects and a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. She joined Diamond and Schmitt in 1997 bringing over 15 years of specialized design and management expertise to the firm. Peggy has extensive experience in all phases of project programming, planning and design with a particular interest in sustainability. She is a LEED Accredited Professional. Peggy has been project director for numerous institutional projects including the Centre for Disease Modeling at the University of British Columbia, and the Ryerson University School of Image Arts building expansion, including the Ryerson Image Centre. She completed programming and design work for the new School of Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, as well as for the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel University in Philadelphia, which opened in 2011. She is currently completing the final stage of the Windsor School of Medicine in Windsor, Ontario.
historic church conversion tour - 510 college street
Session Code: ST04
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Fee: $55/$65
CEU: 0.1
Location: MAP
Meeting Place: Attendees to meet at the North-West corner of College Street and Palmerston Avenue.
The Portuguese Seventh-day Adventist Church is located on College Street just west of Bathurst. Built in 1889, it was recently sold to a developer who is turning the church into 4 ultra-luxury freehold houses.
Take this one hour tour with the developer and designer of the project – Joe Brennan. Joe hopes that his efforts to create one of the most unique residences in the city will spur more rejuvenation of the area. College and Palmerston used to be one of the key addresses for the upper-middle class of Toronto and the new owners hope that work like this will continue to push the area back to where it should be. The Brennan Team is working to restore the rain-damaged carvings, the worn windows and leaky roof to resurrect the building’s original glory and completely update the interiors.
TOUR LEADER:
Joe Brennan has been designing and building custom homes and condominiums for 35 years in Canada, US and Bahamas. With offices in Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida, the Brennan Team focuses on both traditional and contemporary design. The Brennan Companies have designed and built hundreds of custom homes.
BRIDGEPOINT HARD HAT TOUR
Session Code: ST01
Date: Friday, September 21, 2012
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Fee: $55/$65
CEU: 0.1
Location: MAP
Meeting Place: The tour bus will be departing from Direct Energy Centre, In front of the east Entrance to Hall B at 3:30PM and will return attendees to the Direct Energy Centre upon conclusion of the tour.
For those attending the tour, participants are encouraged to bring their own safety boots as there are limited quantities of sizes. If participants choose to use steel inserts, the inserts must be CSA approved in order to enter the construction area.
The new state-of the-art Bridgepoint Hospital opening in 2013 will be a testament to 21st century thinking on wellness. Bridgepoint Health is a 680,000 square feet (63,174 square meters) hospital positioned at the corner of Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue in Toronto. Overlooking Riverdale Park and the city skyline, Bridgepoint Health is in the position to be Canada’s leader in complex chronic disease as the building is specifically designed for people with multiple, lifelong illnesses.
In the spacious patient rooms, every person will have a window – with a front-row seat to the breathtaking view. The new hospital will undoubtedly make a huge difference in the lives of patients and their loved ones.
Part of the new Bridgepoint Health will feature a new beginning for a historic gem. Built in 1864, the historic Don Jail is one of the few remaining buildings of its time. Bridgepoint Health is preserving the exterior of the jail and will link it to the new hospital by a modern glass bridge. On the interior, the main focal point of the building, the rotunda, will be restored to its original architectural beauty. As a LEED-certified facility, the new Bridgepoint Hospital will incorporate environmentally-friendly features in every aspect of its design. Bridgepoint Health is committed to the health and wellbeing of people living with chronic illnesses. Within this new build, Bridgepoint Health’s more than 1100 staff members, students and volunteers will be ready with the skills, understanding and compassion to respond to the varied, and changing, needs of complex chronic disease patients.
Tour Leaders:
Greg Colucci is a Principal at Diamond Schmitt Architects. He has coordinated the design and implementation of numerous large projects, particularly in health care, recreation and resort residential developments overseas. He was project architect for the award-winning Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Apotex Centre, Toronto, and Cawthra Community Centre, Mississauga. He leads the Diamond Schmitt team on Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto as well as the redevelopment of the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital in Alberta.
Antra Roze is an Associate at Diamond Schmitt Architects with 25 years of experience in design, development and construction of large commercial and mixed-use projects. Previous work includes the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Performing Arts Centre, Corus Quay and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital. As Project Architect for Bridgepoint Health, she manages Diamond Schmitt’s role within the large and complex group of owners, architects, consultants and contractors working towards project completion in 2013.
trump tower tour
Session Code: ST02
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Fee: $55/$65
CEU: 0.1
Location: MAP
Meeting Place: Meet in the lobby of Trump Tower at 311 Bay Street
Named as one of Forbes most internationally anticipated hotel openings of 2012, the Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto encompasses 850,000 square feet of true luxury accommodations and amenities. Responsible for designing the interiors of both the residence and hotel, II BY IV Design will be leading a rare tour of the impressive hotel. II BY IV’s contemporary styling mixed with traditional details plays upon a Champagne and Caviar palette to deliver sophisticated spaces reminiscent of eras gone by. Such high end materials and this level of craftsmanship is rarely seen today, and has resulted in creating an intimate atmosphere capped with elegant and seductive detailing that prevails throughout all areas of the hotel and tower. Onyx-clad walls, hand crafted plaster mouldings, Czech crystal chandeliers, intricate patterned granite flooring repeated in screens and even vent covers- the standard of finishing is truly remarkable and includes many custom designed heirloom quality pieces.
Tour Leaders:
Dan Menchions, BAA, Partner, II BY IV Design. Dan’s belief in ending a project with the same enthusiasm with which it began has resulted in 27 years of creating award-winning interiors. Dan is also a leader among his peers, as a past member of the Board of Governors for the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO), a member of the Advisory Board of Food Service and Hospitality magazine, and nominee for The Premier’s Awards for Graduates of Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, which honour the important social and economic contribution college graduates make to Ontario.
Keith Rushbrook, BAA, Partner, II BY IV Design. Keith’s work has received many awards internationally as well as in Canada, for innovative designs for residences, stores, restaurants, night clubs, exhibits, showrooms, offices, furniture and furnishings. Design and Display Ideas profiled him as an international Design Influencer and the magazine has already named II BY IV Design Associates as one of the top 100 design firms, worldwide.Before co-founding II BY IV Design Associates, Keith’s career focused on the design of hospitality interiors and promotional exhibits around the world.
