Months of planning and countless hours of creative energy came to fruition today with the unveiling of design concepts for the new Fort York National Historic Site Visitor Centre. City Hall Committee Room 1 was packed for a lunch hour presentation that included remarks by Mayor David Miller and Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone. Special guest, Burlington MP Mike Wallace (far left), announced $4 million in federal funding for the project. The public is invited to view the designs and to comment on their favorites December 4 – 6 from 12 – 6 pm. Public reaction will be weighed along with the opinions of a panel of experts who will announce the winning design in mid-January. The short deliberation period is necessitated by the tremendously tight timeline: the $18 million Visitor Centre will help mark the bicentenary of the War of 1812, which means it must be realized in a little over two years.
Five design teams were shortlisted from a field of 31 candidates: Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc., du Toit Allsopp Hillier / du Toit Architects Limited, Patkau Architects with Kearns Mancini Architects Inc., Raw Design with Gareth Hoskins Architects. Of those five, one team bowed out of the competition, which means four designs are presently on display.
Said Mayor Miller, “The new Visitor Centre will help us further understand the place where urban Toronto began, while connecting Fort York National Historic Site to the new communities that continue to emerge around it.”
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