General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Printable Version +- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com) +-- Forum: Land Development and Real Estate (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Urban Areas (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=5) +--- Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours (/showthread.php?tid=8) Pages:
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RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - nms - 04-15-2021 (04-14-2021, 05:41 PM)Acitta Wrote: 91 Moore Ave. Transformation An unfortunate interpretation of "Modernized look", though the building that they are transforming isn't exactly something to write home about either. It's too bad that they could not come up with something that looked more like a meaningful place where the ashes of the ones you loved are kept and less like that self-storage place where you keep your stuff from your early adult years (ie college/university) because you can't be bothered to throw it out. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 04-15-2021 (04-15-2021, 10:31 PM)nms Wrote: An unfortunate interpretation of "Modernized look", though the building that they are transforming isn't exactly something to write home about either. It's too bad that they could not come up with something that looked more like a meaningful place where the ashes of the ones you loved are kept and less like that self-storage place where you keep your stuff from your early adult years (ie college/university) because you can't be bothered to throw it out. As I read it, I don't think they will store ashes there: it's for memorial services and other events. I don't know what such a building is supposed to look like, but I personally don't think this looks any worse than a random funeral home or community centre. And it's really a reno/reclad of an existing building, so that in itself places constraints on the design. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - jwilliamson - 04-16-2021 (04-15-2021, 10:39 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I don't know what such a building is supposed to look like, but I personally don't think this looks any worse than a random funeral home or community centre. Some ornamentation would help. It looks like there are hardly any features on the building smaller than about half a meter. I think the fundamental question is whether not looking worse than a random funeral home is the most we can ask from the architect. Maybe we don't need to demand excellence, but we should at least hope for more than bland mediocrity. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - LesPio - 04-16-2021 This means they will store ashes in the building (at an added cost) ...."When complete, the building will feature indoor niches for urns" RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 04-16-2021 (04-16-2021, 07:48 AM)LesPio Wrote: This means they will store ashes in the building (at an added cost) ...."When complete, the building will feature indoor niches for urns" Yep, gotta keep those ashes out of the rain. Living mall walkers, not so much! RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-16-2021 The design could definitely be better as I think the façade is so boring, but there's nothing wrong with a modern looking funeral building in general. It's clean and neutral. I don't think every building relating to funerals needs to have some sort of Judeo-Christian faux traditional ornamented design to the building. A modern looking building looks just fine...examples: Cor Asociados Arquitectos, Jesus Olivares, Miguel Rodenas - Funeral Home in Pinoso, Spain: https://divisare.com/projects/312533-cor-asociados-arquitectos-jesus-olivares-miguel-rodenas-david-frutos-funeral-home-and-garden-in-pinoso Hulpia Architechten - Van de Velde Funeral Center in Zomergen, Belgium: https://divisare.com/projects/423528-hulpia-architecten-alejandro-rodriguez-hulpia-architecten-van-de-velde-funeral-center RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - LesPio - 04-16-2021 91 Moore Ave Transformation RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - mastermind - 04-16-2021 (04-16-2021, 09:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: The design could definitely be better as I think the façade is so boring, but there's nothing wrong with a modern looking funeral building in general. It's clean and neutral. I don't think every building relating to funerals needs to have some sort of Judeo-Christian faux traditional ornamented design to the building. A modern looking building looks just fine...examples: That's some nice concrete work on that second one. We don't do that kind of thing much around here, in my opinion we should do more. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 04-16-2021 (04-16-2021, 04:09 PM)mastermind Wrote:(04-16-2021, 09:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: The design could definitely be better as I think the façade is so boring, but there's nothing wrong with a modern looking funeral building in general. It's clean and neutral. I don't think every building relating to funerals needs to have some sort of Judeo-Christian faux traditional ornamented design to the building. A modern looking building looks just fine...examples: We have a lot of people who don't like brutalist architecture. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - dtkvictim - 04-16-2021 (04-16-2021, 09:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: The design could definitely be better as I think the façade is so boring, but there's nothing wrong with a modern looking funeral building in general. It's clean and neutral. I don't think every building relating to funerals needs to have some sort of Judeo-Christian faux traditional ornamented design to the building. A modern looking building looks just fine...examples: I quite disagree. I'm not religious in the slightest, but I find that religious artwork and aesthetics are very emotionally and spiritually compelling and comforting. Certain aspects of those make it into most of even the most poorly done "faux traditional" funeral homes, and these modern buildings completely lack any of that. I think these are quite desirable qualities to have in funeral related buildings. Personally, I would hate to attend a funeral in either of your links, even if I don't hate the buildings. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - danbrotherston - 04-16-2021 (04-16-2021, 07:47 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(04-16-2021, 09:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: The design could definitely be better as I think the façade is so boring, but there's nothing wrong with a modern looking funeral building in general. It's clean and neutral. I don't think every building relating to funerals needs to have some sort of Judeo-Christian faux traditional ornamented design to the building. A modern looking building looks just fine...examples: I think it is possible to have meaningful ornamentation that isn't Religious. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - jamincan - 04-17-2021 I also think it's possible to have modern, minimalist spaces that evoke a somber, spiritual feeling. I haven't visited it personally, but the Memorial Hall at the Canadian War Museum seems like a really good example of this. 91 Moore looks like a generic office building. There's nothing wrong with it if it were medical offices or something, maybe with a pharmacy downstairs. But it's not the first place I'd choose to have a funeral, and I certainly wouldn't want a loved one interred there. RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-17-2021 Yeah it's definitely possible. Le Corbusier designed some beautiful churches and other religious buildings that were very modernist/brutalist in appearance and they evoked a good feeling of the somber and yet a feeling of sublime at the same time. He used the minimalism of the concrete to emphasize the asceticism of monks and religious belief. Here's an example...look how beautiful those interiors are: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ktmbtsmrt - 04-17-2021 I was cycling along Charles today and saw that 218 Charles St E is for sale. Would be a great spot for something other than a parking lot!!! RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - danbrotherston - 04-17-2021 (04-17-2021, 05:16 PM)ktmbtsmrt Wrote: I was cycling along Charles today and saw that 218 Charles St E is for sale. Would be a great spot for something other than a parking lot!!! I don't know what the zoning rules are in that specific location in terms of parking minimums, but the real shame is that in far too many places, things legally must be mostly parking lots. |