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The president of an Ottawa architectural firm says the Canada Science and Technology Museum has organized its new construction without a clear strategy, and is “slapping some money at something and hoping it will do.”
Toon Dreessen of Dreessen Cardinal Architects took to Twitter Tuesday to argue that the Crown corporation is building an undersized Collections Centre (for storage) with no clear idea of when or how it will enlarge it.
“What this suggests is there’s a general lack of strategic planning on how we’re going to do something,” he said in an interview Wednesday.
Plans for the Collections and Conservation Centre, a new $156-million storage building that’s being constructed next door to the main museum on St. Laurent Boulevard, were scaled down, largely because costs exceeded estimates, this newspaper previously reported. The Collections Centre could run short on space five years after it opens.
Dreessen said there is often a need to build major projects in phases to spread out the cost.
“Then you set up a plan and say we are going to spend $200 million today, and then part of our investment is that we are going to design phases two and three. And then we are planning for phase two to happen in three years and phase three to happen in five years.
“And so you set up a plan, and come up with something, and you stick to it. And you have the money … earmarked in federal budgeting and you know what is coming.
“That’s the basis of city-building. That is the basis of how we design anything — a condominium tower or a museum or a hospital. You would plan how you are going to approach something. And to not do that, to say ‘Oh well, some day we might, maybe, put something up over there,’ well in what way? In what era?”
This approach leads to projects that don’t get built, he said.
He also criticizes the location, which is part of an older debate.
In his series of posts on Twitter on Tuesday, Dreessen said the Collections building began with a “stupid” low estimate of costs, then a “stupid budget,” which forced the museum’s board of directors to scale down the building and not install laboratories.
Initially, plans called for a 51,000-square-metre building. Now, in order to stay on budget, the museum is constructing a 35,800-square-metre building, a document obtained through access-to-information law revealed.
As well, Dreessen said there was a rush to build the main museum building in time to open during Canada 150. By the time they wanted to add a Collections Centre the main building could not make it fit with the first building the way they wanted.
“(That) means we’ll have spent hundreds of millions on two buildings that aren’t quite what we need,” he tweeted. (The Collections Centre cost is $156.4 million, the main building $80.5 million.)
“(The) key though is that this needs a bit of strategic thinking, not slapping some money at something and hoping it will do,” he tweeted.
“Because, clearly, we’ve done that twice now, and it’s not working. Strategy takes time, takes leadership, takes vision. Don’t get me wrong: love the science/tech museum, and all their arms, affiliated bits, but this has been a nonsense project from the start.”
(The affiliated bits are other federal museums and galleries. In particular, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and Canada Agriculture Museum operate as a single Crown corporation with the Science and Technology Museum.)
Means that we’ll have spent hundreds of millions on 2 buildings that aren’t quite what we need. Maybe a bit of strategic thinking: what if (maybe) the gov was actually interested doing this right, then spend somewhat less $ and get into the business of making museums 5/
— Dreessen Cardinal (@ArchitectsDCA) March 13, 2018
The museum has shown drawings of possible future expansions of its Collections Centre, all based on extending it west toward St. Laurent Boulevard.
In one version, the building would grow from the current 35,800 square metres to 60,000. In another version it would reach 75,000 square metres and extend over Gladwin Crescent.
Drawings of a possible extension of Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
A rendering of the possible extension.
The museum hasn’t released dates or budget details, but says it will continue to work with the federal government. Dreessen calls this “kind of vague.”
The museum emailed this statement:
“Although a successful architect, he does not have the full details of this project.
“That being said, we are confident in the work being done by our engineers and architects and will continue to ensure that the overall project stays on track until its successful completion.”
tspears@postmedia.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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Toon Dreessen of Dreessen Cardinal Architects took to Twitter Tuesday to argue that the Crown corporation is building an undersized Collections Centre (for storage) with no clear idea of when or how it will enlarge it.
“What this suggests is there’s a general lack of strategic planning on how we’re going to do something,” he said in an interview Wednesday.
Plans for the Collections and Conservation Centre, a new $156-million storage building that’s being constructed next door to the main museum on St. Laurent Boulevard, were scaled down, largely because costs exceeded estimates, this newspaper previously reported. The Collections Centre could run short on space five years after it opens.
Dreessen said there is often a need to build major projects in phases to spread out the cost.
“Then you set up a plan and say we are going to spend $200 million today, and then part of our investment is that we are going to design phases two and three. And then we are planning for phase two to happen in three years and phase three to happen in five years.
“And so you set up a plan, and come up with something, and you stick to it. And you have the money … earmarked in federal budgeting and you know what is coming.
“That’s the basis of city-building. That is the basis of how we design anything — a condominium tower or a museum or a hospital. You would plan how you are going to approach something. And to not do that, to say ‘Oh well, some day we might, maybe, put something up over there,’ well in what way? In what era?”
This approach leads to projects that don’t get built, he said.
He also criticizes the location, which is part of an older debate.
In his series of posts on Twitter on Tuesday, Dreessen said the Collections building began with a “stupid” low estimate of costs, then a “stupid budget,” which forced the museum’s board of directors to scale down the building and not install laboratories.
Initially, plans called for a 51,000-square-metre building. Now, in order to stay on budget, the museum is constructing a 35,800-square-metre building, a document obtained through access-to-information law revealed.
As well, Dreessen said there was a rush to build the main museum building in time to open during Canada 150. By the time they wanted to add a Collections Centre the main building could not make it fit with the first building the way they wanted.
“(That) means we’ll have spent hundreds of millions on two buildings that aren’t quite what we need,” he tweeted. (The Collections Centre cost is $156.4 million, the main building $80.5 million.)
“(The) key though is that this needs a bit of strategic thinking, not slapping some money at something and hoping it will do,” he tweeted.
“Because, clearly, we’ve done that twice now, and it’s not working. Strategy takes time, takes leadership, takes vision. Don’t get me wrong: love the science/tech museum, and all their arms, affiliated bits, but this has been a nonsense project from the start.”
(The affiliated bits are other federal museums and galleries. In particular, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and Canada Agriculture Museum operate as a single Crown corporation with the Science and Technology Museum.)
Means that we’ll have spent hundreds of millions on 2 buildings that aren’t quite what we need. Maybe a bit of strategic thinking: what if (maybe) the gov was actually interested doing this right, then spend somewhat less $ and get into the business of making museums 5/
— Dreessen Cardinal (@ArchitectsDCA) March 13, 2018
The museum has shown drawings of possible future expansions of its Collections Centre, all based on extending it west toward St. Laurent Boulevard.
In one version, the building would grow from the current 35,800 square metres to 60,000. In another version it would reach 75,000 square metres and extend over Gladwin Crescent.
Drawings of a possible extension of Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
A rendering of the possible extension.
The museum hasn’t released dates or budget details, but says it will continue to work with the federal government. Dreessen calls this “kind of vague.”
The museum emailed this statement:
“Although a successful architect, he does not have the full details of this project.
“That being said, we are confident in the work being done by our engineers and architects and will continue to ensure that the overall project stays on track until its successful completion.”
tspears@postmedia.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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