Steel Project Case Study Gallery: Renovation to AGO, Toronto

Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP
Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo

Renovation to the Art Gallery of Ontario

CISC Fall Tour - October 23, 2007

Frank Gehry Architect

Toronto, Ontario

Project Information:

Design Architect: Frank Gehry
Local Engineer: Yolles Halcrow
Steel Fabrication: Benson Steel, Mariani Metals
General Contractor: EllisDon
Cladding: Flynn

preparation - fall 2005-summer 2006	fall 2006 - winter 2007	facade - june 07	erecting "arm" - june 2007	erecting "beam" - june 2007	south facade - june 2007	steel stairs - june 2007
exterior - sept 2007	exterior - oct 2007	cisc fall tour oct 23, 2007	ssef tour - feb 2008	april 2008	june 2008

Project Images: June 2007
The Rear Knuckle Stair

Standing on the scaffolding over the Grange House roof.	View looking down the rear stair.


View looking up through the steel framing of the rear knuckle stair.	Looking at the side of the stair.


View from the scaffolding platform looking up through the stair.	The CISC group on the tour - the OCAD Addition visible.


View of the side of the steel stair.	View looking up at the underside of the framing for the stair sections.


The connection of the stair to the main building. The wood you see is the curtain wall framing.	View of the inner portion of the stair.


Alternate view of the underside of the stair.	Scaffolding is in place to provide working platforms for the ironworkers to finish the connections.


Welded connection.	View down the rear facade looking past the glulam window frames.
The Central Stair through Walker Court

The top surface of the spiral stair through Walker Court showing the plate steel sections - all bent.	View up through the main feature stair.


View from the gallery to the feature stair in Walker Court.	View up the centre of the stair showing the steel framing underneath.


View from the main gallery to the feature stair..	.View up through the centre of the rear knuckle stair. Its radius is far greater than the stair at Walker Court.


View inside the feature stair.	Looking over the top of the feature stair to the city.
The Gallery along Dundas Street - getting a bit dark by this time of the tour...

View inside the gallery space along Dundas Avenue - looking east.	View inside the gallery space along Dundas Avenue - looking west.


View from in front of the building looking up at the gallery.	Night view inside gallery looking east.