I don’t really see the similarity. This building is basically opaque. The “blanket” is the cladding. The AGNS design – which has not been built - has a façade layer of glass that wraps internal corridors inside which are separate volumes.

https://www.kpmb.com/project/art-gallery-of-nova-scotia/

The design of the Toronto library is really going to turn on the material quality of the blanket. In the renderings, it has that magical shimmering render quality. This is hard, if not impossible, to achieve.

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New plans submitted here March '23 and a C of A app. for minor variance also submitted subsequently.

The latter has a letter of objection from someone in the area. (not enough parking..... yes, and also no housing)

Renders in the new docs:

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Material Board:

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The revisions have to do with addressing the Design Review Panel's concerns over the mess of hydro wires and guy wires for some poles.

The choice of how to resolve this conflict did not follow the DRP's recommendation and my hope that these would be buried.

Cover Letter:

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Also not addressed was the issue of a road diet/bumpout for the side street here (Chapman)
 
The height changed from 16.40m to 16.45m. I also updated any missing info in the database.
 

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