Glenbow Museum | 43m | 9s | DIALOG

[UrbanWarrior]

 

[The Familia]

So painfully slow this one....I just want to see the exterior finished, especially the top corner. It looks like it will have to be spandrel as there are interior walls behind it. Does not appear that it will be fully transparent.

 

[luk_o]

So painfully slow this one....I just want to see the exterior finished, especially the top corner. It looks like it will have to be spandrel as there are interior walls behind it. Does not appear that it will be fully transparent.

Massively disappointing. The other facing sides of this one, ok, I get it to go spandrel save money - don't mess around with this NE corner though!

 

[potatopizzafan]

 

[Roaring Flames]

fake windows are so lame

 

[CalgaryTiger]

fake windows are so lame

Are they fake? Some of them will function they just decided to not have them be a set of square windows. I can get behind that.

 

[The Familia]

As expected…disappointing.

 

[1875]

 

[trtcttc]

I fear this will turn into another National Music Centre. I know the sun isn’t great for museums, but most modern museums have light filled hallways with darker rooms for the actual art. Like the Royal Alberta Museum looks so much more welcoming

 

[Roaring Flames]

There's a central skylight feature (labeled the tornado below) that they're adding where the stairs used to be. It should help spread some natural light into what was previously a very dark museum

 

[trtcttc]

There's a central skylight feature (labeled the tornado below) that they're adding where the stairs used to be. It should help spread some natural light into what was previously a very dark museum
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Haven’t seen this before and I think it’s great! Too bad the exterior looks kind of like a box

 

[The Familia]

So only 2 1/2 floors out of 8 are actual exhibits?

 

[YYCALGARY]

So only 2 1/2 floors out of 8 are actual exhibits?

That’s pretty normal for these types of places. A ton of space is required to store collections, and produce exhibits. It’s just a big theatre, with a big backstage area.

Those education and production spaces will host many students and lectures, and the remaining living room/theatre/lobby and exhibition spaces are equally as important to the experience of the space, and will also play host to likely more interactive installations.

The Gallery areas are likely demarcated as more formal, quiet spaces. And only 1 floor for office is actually unusual. You’d be surprised how large the office components are to other large scale museums/galleries.

 

[Roaring Flames]

The upper two storage levels will reportedly have visible storage racks