Museum Subway Station Toronto Building, Canadian Architecture Images
Museum Subway Station Toronto
Building on Line 1 Yonge?University, Ontario, Canada – design by Diamond Schmitt Architects
28 Jun 2018
Museum Station Toronto
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Location: Toronto, ON M5S 2C5, Canada
Museum Subway Station Toronto Building
TEN YEARS OF TIME TRAVEL IN THE TORONTO SUBWAY
It has been a decade since Diamond Schmitt Architects transformed the quotidian into a time travel experience on the Toronto subway at Museum station. To celebrate the rich collections of the Royal Ontario Museum as well as to engage the public, a sequence of archeologically inspired columns lines the platform like so many commuters waiting for their train. TTC Bear Post and Sign:

photo : Elizabeth Gyde
Based on artifacts from the Royal Ontario Museum and the Gardiner Museum, which are directly above the station, these iconic symbols of Canada?s First Nations, Ancient Egypt, China?s traditional culture, Mexico?s Toltec culture and Ancient Greece also represent load-bearing artifacts from their era, lending authenticity to their role of ?supporting? the train station?s ceiling.

photo : Tom Arban Photography
The Museum is acknowledging the first decade of this re-imagination of what a subway station can be in a feature article in ROM Magazine. Read the fully illustrated article, ? Art on the Tracks: The story behind the sculptures at Museum subway station‘.

photo : Tom Arban Phot...