U of A Ring Houses

[TimETown]

From yesterday



Two photos of Ring House 1, one of Ring House 2, two of Ring House 3, and one of Ring House 4, in case you're interested

 

[TimETown]

I was glad @_Citizen_Dane_ mentioned the houses on 89 Avenue, east of HUB, are also cited for demolition . One of them was the first International Centre on campus, in the 80s, before the space under HUB mall was filled in (it used

used to be student parking, in case you didn't know), and now the International Centre has moved again





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[Edmcowboy11]

I so wish I had the space and money to buy the houses.

 

[IanO]

Reimagine the Ring Houses
Conceptual Proposal for Adaptive Reuse University of Alberta Ring Houses Coalition (RHC) June 2021

• Some possibilities for the Ring Houses in the future—the results of the creative thinking of Edmonton architects, artists, designers, developers, entrepreneurs, academics, community residents (Windsor Park) and Ring House coalition members, facilitated by architect Shafraaz Kaba of Ask* for a Better World.
• The conclusion: The Ring Houses are valuable to any redevelopment planned for the NW quadrant of North campus—the historic anchors in under-utilized space, providing a friendly connection to the community and the river valley.
• This is a starting point for discussion (not as the final word) to for a once-in-a-generation shift suited to the University of Alberta for Tomorrow vision.

https://edmontonheritage.ca/wp-content/uploads/Reimagine-the-Ring-Houses-Proposal_Public_June-30-2021.pdf

 

[Avenuer]

Still there and Ken’s signs are up:

Not part of the Ring Houses but still historically significant and being disassembled by Ken (I assume):

 

[IanO]

U of A Ring Houses will be used for community development in McCauley - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

A site at 95 Street and 106 Avenue is being redeveloped into an arts and community hub using components of six historic houses bought from the University of Alberta.

globalnews.ca

 

[IanO]

Any more word or update on these?

Ken?

 

[kcantor]

The brick is inventoried and palletized and in storage and the houses were photo surveyed prior to commencing demolition. There is also a sea can of interior millwork and plumbing fixtures etc. although most of that was from the two Campus East Village craftsman houses as there wasn’t much left in the ring houses themselves. None of them were in particularly good condition architecturally or structurally.

 

[archited]

Seems like the Rings have been wrung out. Your plan earlier, Ian, seems to have been the better option (although I don't know if it was sellable to U of A).

 

[kcantor]

^
It was Shafraaz Kaba’s concept done for Friends of the Ring Houses and it was neither feasible nor sellable.

 

[archited]

Then why not simply admit that the Ring Houses will be no more except in the watered down form of reusable bricks and corbels and interior appointments in a new, unrecognizable form that has nothing (or very little) to do with restoration.

 

[ChazYEG]

At least someone came with the money AND a feasible solution.