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, northern 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, knowing by architect Daniel Libeskind and Bregman + Hamann Architects readiness of exhibits in the addition result continue over a stop consonant 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 realized by 2010. The final cost of the project will be $270 billion CAD.The Libeskind digit, selected from among 50 entrants in an international competition, saw the award winning patio Galleries torn down and replaced with a Deconstructivist crystalline-form clad in 25 per centum glass and 75 percent aluminium. The building is named after Michael L ee-Chin, who donated $30 jillion towards its construction. It houses the new main entrance to the museum, a gift shop, a eating house (C5 Restaurant and Lounge), a cafeteria (Food Studio), seven additional galleries and Canadas largest temporary order hall in the lower level.The Crystals sack upted walls do not touch the sides of the existing heritage buildings, save for where pedestrian get 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 imposture Museum. The steel framework was manufactured and assembled by Walters Inc. of Hamilton, Ontario. Th e extruded anodized aluminium cladding was fictive 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.