Renovation to the Royal Ontario Museum
Cladding continues...
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Toronto, Ontario
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Professor :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Renovation to the Royal Ontario Museum Cladding continues... Studio Daniel Libeskind Toronto, Ontario
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Design
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind "Crystal Clouded by Delays, Glitches". Val Ross. Globe and Mail, November 18. 2006. link |
Project
Images: cladding continues, Summer 2006
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Accessing the cladding process
by lift.
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A view of the wall panels that lie beneath the final cladding finish and that provide insulation for the wall. |
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Where the structural
steel was erected with one central crane, the cladding requires numerous
smaller ones.
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A detailed view of the closure strips on the cladding pieces and the devices to which the finished surface will be attached. |
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Overall view
of the north side of the project.
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At
the roof showing one of the apexes. |
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Interior view
of the main court with cold rolled steel studs being installed, ready
to receive the drywall finish.
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Interior view
of the court. |
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from the interior court up through the unfinished roof.
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View from the
interior court up through the unfinished roof. |
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Mechanical systems are installed.
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View of the under support system for the exterior panels. |
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View up the roof showing the grid in
place and ready to receive the panels.
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Workers tighten the connectors on the
panels and ensure that weather seals are in place. |
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Overall view of the north side of the
building.
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Ironworkers Local 721 was also responsible
for the structural steel diagrid. |
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A view from the terrace at the Hyatt Hotel. |
A view from the Hyatt. |
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Here you can see the issues that will arise in finishing
the many interior valleys on the roof. |
A view through the diagrid to the top floor of the addition. |
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Workers installing the roof panels. |
Workers stand on scaffolding as they work on readying the roof grid to receive the insulating panels. |
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A panel makes its way to the workers via crane assist. |
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Working
on the frames prior to erection. |
A complex job... |
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A view from the Hyatt, July 2006. |
The crane comes down. |
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Working on the wall. |
Overall view of the grids on the north side of the building. |
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Prepping the window enclosures in the
roof.
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What are all of those come-alongs doing? |
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Updated February 11, 2021
