Ugly, uninspired design by CORE Architects
I sincerely hope Toronto Community Housing’s eight-storey, 128-unit building located at 589 King Street East designed by CORE Architects will look better than the current renderings, because right now the building (and building behind it) looks like a hospital, government building or library of the 1970s.
If we're calling the area 'Toronto of the future', 589 King Street East had better undergo a redesign to reflect some more architectural innovation and uniqueness.
Given CORE Architects' portfolio, why has Toronto Community Housing accepted a design that looks like a brown box? Behind the brown box is a four-story building that resembles a cheap and outdated apartment complex of the 1960s. It makes me wonder whether CORE Architects outsourced the design to a North Korean firm to save money. I don't mean to be facetious, but what happened to the architectural flare and inspired designs we expected from prospective vendors when planning the new West Don Lands neighborhood?
I am a home owner and tax payer, and I live directly across the street from this new development. The adjacent River City development will look stylish and spectacular. In contrast, Toronto Community Housing’s buildings next to it, in their current design, betray attempts to modernize and beautify this area in Toronto we call Corktown.
Can someone please assure me the renderings are not final depictions of the brand-new 'buildings of the future'' at 589 King Street East.?
Crossing my fingers,
Eugene