Architecture Design, the Royal Ontario Museum

The museum is currently undergoing a major renovation and working out project, dubbed Renaissance ROM, located at the corner of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, conglutination of Queens Park and on the east side of Philosophers Walk in the University of Toronto. The centrepiece is the recently-opened Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, ended by architect Daniel Libeskind and Bregman + Hamann Architects episode of exhibits in the addition pull up stakes continue over a decimal point of months. Existing galleries and buildings are also being modified. Renovated galleries in the historic buildings will reopen in stages, and all work is scheduled to be absolute by 2010. The final cost of the project will be $270 cardinal CAD.The Libeskind design, selected from among 50 entrants in an international competition, saw the award winning provide Galleries torn down and replaced with a Deconstructivist crystalline-form clad in 25 percentage glass and 75 percent aluminium. The building is named af ter Michael Lee-Chin, who donated $30 million towards its construction. It houses the new main entrance to the museum, a gift shop, a restaurant (C5 Restaurant and Lounge), a cafeteria (Food Studio), seven additional galleries and Canadas largest temporary arrangement hall in the lower level.The Crystals behindted walls do not touch the sides of the existing heritage buildings, save for where pedestrian pass over occurs and to close the envelope between the new form and the existing walls. Although designed to conform to existing height restrictions and maintain sight lines along Bloor Street, the Crystal, at certain points, cantilevers over the setback and into the street allowance.The buildings design is similar to some of Libeskinds other works, notably the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre, and the Fredric C. Hamilton Building at the Denver artwork Museum. The steel framework was manufactured and assembled by Walters Inc. of Hamilto n, Ontario. The extruded anodized aluminium cladding was make by Josef Gartner in Germany, the only company in the world that can produce the material. The company also provided the titanium cladding for Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.