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• Fonds: Fonds Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg, 1984-2003
•    Série(s): Architectural projects, 1984-2003
•      Projet: Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto (1991), 1991-1997

Personnes et institutions:

• Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

Titre:

Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto (1991)

Date:

1991-1997

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 203 drawings
  2 paintings
  1 magazine
  0.01 l.m. of textual records

Présentation du contenu:
This project series documents the master plan for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto in 1991. The office identified the project number as 9107.
This project consisted of long-range planning for renovations and additions to the music school, located in Victorian-era McMaster Hall on Bloor Street and originally built in 1881. This plan came in preparation of the Conservatory's separation from the University of Toronto in 1987. The program recognized the need for 73,450 square feet of space for the school to carry out its teaching, administrative, public, and performance duties. The building had a basement, six floors above grade and two levels of parking. The work was to focus around public spaces for socialization and to create grand spaces for the performance of music. Smaller teaching and practice rooms, along with administrative spaces, were also to be included. The plan proposed the restoration of McMaster Hall, the restoration of Memorial Hall to the east of the building as a 220-seat recital hall, the creation of a new enclosed courtyard surrounded by cloisters, and renovations to the South Pavilion as a cafe. A new West Wing was also proposed to accommodate teaching and practice areas, while a new East Wing would contain a 550-seat concert hall. These changes were to be carried out in phases, with 3 phases proposed as the most effecient and cost effective.
The project is recorded through drawings, presentation paintings, a magazine, and textual records dating from 1991. The drawings include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations and sections. The magazine is a special issue of the Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence, featuring this project, and the textual records present the complete project proposal.

Numéro de référence:

AP056.S1.1991.PR07

Mode de classement:
Materials in this project series have been compiled from multiple accessions and/or arranged by material type.

Localisation:

Toronto Metropolitan Area Ontario Canada

Sources complémentaires:

• Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP056.S1.1992.PR06, Royal Conservatory of Music, Historic Roof Restauration, Toronto; AP056.S1.1995.PR06, Royal Conservatory of Music, Memorial Concert Hall Renovations, Toronto.

Contient:

• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.001, Sketches including sections, plans, perspectives and elevations, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, circa 1991-1995
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.002, Sketches including sections, plans, perspectives and elevations, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991-1996
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.003, Presentation elevations, sections, site plans and floor plans, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.004, Presentation painting of bird's-eye view, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.005, Presentation watercolour of perspective, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.006, Floor plans, site plans and elevations, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.007, Floor plans, elevations and sections, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991-1996
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.008, Floor plans, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, circa 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.009, Site context study and sketch surveys, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1997
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.010, Project proposal book, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991
• AP056.S1.1991.PR07.011, Award of Excellence article in The Canadian Architect, Royal Conservatory of Music, Master Plan, Toronto, 1991