The ground floor of the Ryerson Image Centre has been made as transparent as possible to link it to the street, and adjoin public spaces with the primary public spaces of the new building.
At night the façade comes to life via the portion of the façade: programmable LED backlit panels that change color.
During the day, when the LED panels are not in operation, they read as a white glass fritted curtainwall.
One of the many color variations for the illuminated portion of the façade.
Another color variations for the illuminated portion of the façade.
The building’s west elevation seen during the day.
The building at night overlooking the plaza.
The façade bathed in magenta light.
A detail of the LEDs behind the glass panels.
Testing the LED panels.
The building before the new addition.
Full-scale mock-ups of the panels were reviewed prior to installation.
Phases of the LED panel installation.
