Re-energising the Royal Ontario Museum| Hariri Pontarini Architects

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto has announced a sweeping architectural transformation of its main floor and Bloor Street entrance with a design by Siamak Hariri, founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects. The multi-faceted initiative called OpenROM will dramatically open the Museum to the public, making it an even more welcoming and accessible space, creating a thriving cultural and civic hub for the city and the 1.4-million visitors a year to Canada’s preeminent museum. “Introducing a design that, in effect, turns the museum inside out and dissolves boundaries between the public realm and the interior,” says Siamak Hariri. “We’re […]