Sharp Centre for Design
photo by arvin
One aimless night, as I was walking along unfamiliar Dundas West, I was totally blown away. I had seen it before in pictures and from far distances but seeing it up close, the OCAD building (aka the Sharp Centre for Design) can take your breath away. It was also the first time I had seen it at night and the colours, though faded and subdued in the dark, still struck and contrasted with the empty night sky. The structure itself, of course, struck and contrasted with the other buildings around it. After two years, I wonder how people feel about it.
As I walked underneath it, awestruck by its sheer massiveness, all I could think about was “I wish I had my camera” as it was just… awesome.
Along with the new Canadian Opera Company building and the transformation of the AGO and of the ROM, there is definitely an ardent revitalized resurgence of modern architectural art in the our city.
A cavalcade of new architecture is reinvigorating the city.
One question: Do you like any of it?
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I’ve been “under the OCAD” - I just wish it wasn’t tucked away on a side street but on Queen where people could ride the streetcar past it every day. That said there is something to coming on it by chance as we did.