New National Gallery of Canada / Nouveau musée des beaux-arts du Canada
1976
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada- Architecture for culture, research, sport or leisure
- Building
- Museum
The new National Gallery will be located in the planning sector of the National Capital referred to as Wellington Street West. This sector is bounded by Parliament Hill to the east, Wellington Street to the south, the Portage Bridge to the west and the Ottawa River to the north.
The basic organizational concept for Wellington Street West provides for a linear communication system linking Parliament Hill to Hull via the Portage Bridge. The new National Gallery site and building complex must complement this general objective, as well as providing easy access to the vistas associated with the Ottawa River.
Development of the new National Gallery, in conjunction with the parliament buildings, the judicial buildings and the cultural buildings, must complement the general planning objectives for the Wellington Street West sector, as stated in section.
There are two predominant sets of users in the Wellington Street West sector: (1) public servants and (2) visitors to the area. Significant numbers of these visitors will arrive by chartered bus on tours. In addition, it is anticipated that the new National Gallery, the National Library and the recreation activities proposed for Richmann Lanrling and Victoria Island will form a network of visitor attractions within the planning sector that must be accessible to all pedestrians, including the physically and handicapped.
Visitor amenity areas for resting, viewing and obtaining information are noticeably lacking in the planning sector, and future projects should provide appropriate areas for these amenities, wherever possible.
The functional activities of the Wellington Street West sector are organized into three distinct precincts: the parliamentary precinct, the judicial precinct and the cultural precinct. Development of the new National Gallery complex must complement the following functional objectives for these precincts:
a) To develop a coherent circulation system linking the three precincts and the entire planning sector to the governmental, commercial, residential and cultural facilities in the core area of the National Capital.
b) To encourage year-round public use of the sector without diminishing its symbolic importance;
c) To accommodate necessary vehicular traffic and to eliminate long-term surface parking areas.
d) To ensure that the sector is organized and serviced efficiently and economically.
(From competition program)
The basic organizational concept for Wellington Street West provides for a linear communication system linking Parliament Hill to Hull via the Portage Bridge. The new National Gallery site and building complex must complement this general objective, as well as providing easy access to the vistas associated with the Ottawa River.
Development of the new National Gallery, in conjunction with the parliament buildings, the judicial buildings and the cultural buildings, must complement the general planning objectives for the Wellington Street West sector, as stated in section.
There are two predominant sets of users in the Wellington Street West sector: (1) public servants and (2) visitors to the area. Significant numbers of these visitors will arrive by chartered bus on tours. In addition, it is anticipated that the new National Gallery, the National Library and the recreation activities proposed for Richmann Lanrling and Victoria Island will form a network of visitor attractions within the planning sector that must be accessible to all pedestrians, including the physically and handicapped.
Visitor amenity areas for resting, viewing and obtaining information are noticeably lacking in the planning sector, and future projects should provide appropriate areas for these amenities, wherever possible.
The functional activities of the Wellington Street West sector are organized into three distinct precincts: the parliamentary precinct, the judicial precinct and the cultural precinct. Development of the new National Gallery complex must complement the following functional objectives for these precincts:
a) To develop a coherent circulation system linking the three precincts and the entire planning sector to the governmental, commercial, residential and cultural facilities in the core area of the National Capital.
b) To encourage year-round public use of the sector without diminishing its symbolic importance;
c) To accommodate necessary vehicular traffic and to eliminate long-term surface parking areas.
d) To ensure that the sector is organized and serviced efficiently and economically.
(From competition program)