Location: Toronto, Ontario

Architecture Practices: NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd. in association with Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.A.S.

The Ontario Court of Justice Toronto was developed by RPBW and NORR to carefully integrate into the larger urban context and internally organized to effectively support the delivery of justice.

Responding to historically significant landmarks, including the Toronto City Hall and Osgoode Hall, the courthouse seeks to complete and unify the surrounding civic and judicial precinct through its massing, alignments, materials, details, and public spaces. 

The design promotes a dignified, open, transparent, and welcoming visitor experience that is inclusive and meets the highest standards of accessibility while also achieving the complex and high security requirements of a modern courthouse. 

Jury Comments

“This project’s refined, lightfilled interior brings a sense of calm to the high tensions and high stakes of the courtroom. Also noted are the planning and technical features that create a continuous public realm on the ground plane. Locating the security screening area within the building’s main mass has freed up room for an enlarged public plaza. The glass facade system fulfils security requirements while allowing for a spacious atrium contiguous with the plaza.”

 

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Publish Date : 2024/Jun/21