Markham Municipal Building / Bâtiment municipal de Markham
1986
Markham, Ontario, Canada- Public building
- Building
- Town hall
The new Markham Municipal Building is intended to house activities associated with municipal government and the provision of municipal services.
It is intended that the Markham Municipal Building will become an integral part of the everyday life of its citizens, as well as a place for special Town-wide events. The design of the Municipal Building should accommodate and encourage open and accessible government, promote everyday and incidental public use and support assemblies, receptions, public action and civic ritual. The program included a number of public facilities, which are neither legislative nor administrative, and which should contribute to diverse public use of the building. It is important to provide for a circulation system to promote public penetration into, and use of, the building.
The importance of public interaction with government and civic awareness is reflected in the visible location of the Municipal Building at the intersection of Highway No. 7 and Warden Avenue. The grounds will include places for assembly, exhibitions, and recreation; the lobby of the Municipal Building is expected to be its indoor equivalent.
As a symbolic representation of the Town, the Municipal Building should present a coherent and identifiable image.
Because the Town is in the process of growth and change, the question of an appropriate representation of the Town is both particularly important and particularly difficult. It must set the precedent and act as a catalyst for future development in this Town centre, and - at the same time - acknowledge its existing site context.
Finally, Town Council has called for a design which takes account of the dual facts that the Town comprises a series of historic communities, at the same time that it now also houses an important group of contemporary technological industries. It should also accommodate the functions of government with appropriate dignity and public presence.
(CCC text)
It is intended that the Markham Municipal Building will become an integral part of the everyday life of its citizens, as well as a place for special Town-wide events. The design of the Municipal Building should accommodate and encourage open and accessible government, promote everyday and incidental public use and support assemblies, receptions, public action and civic ritual. The program included a number of public facilities, which are neither legislative nor administrative, and which should contribute to diverse public use of the building. It is important to provide for a circulation system to promote public penetration into, and use of, the building.
The importance of public interaction with government and civic awareness is reflected in the visible location of the Municipal Building at the intersection of Highway No. 7 and Warden Avenue. The grounds will include places for assembly, exhibitions, and recreation; the lobby of the Municipal Building is expected to be its indoor equivalent.
As a symbolic representation of the Town, the Municipal Building should present a coherent and identifiable image.
Because the Town is in the process of growth and change, the question of an appropriate representation of the Town is both particularly important and particularly difficult. It must set the precedent and act as a catalyst for future development in this Town centre, and - at the same time - acknowledge its existing site context.
Finally, Town Council has called for a design which takes account of the dual facts that the Town comprises a series of historic communities, at the same time that it now also houses an important group of contemporary technological industries. It should also accommodate the functions of government with appropriate dignity and public presence.
(CCC text)