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3D
Aggregate Living, 2010
204 Bloor Street, Toronto; Mixed-use
Aggregate is a mixed-use development. The site has many presences: due Southeast is the beloved ROM (museum) by Libeskind, due Southwest is the beautiful RCM (music) by KPMB, but due East will be an undesirable condo, standing 100m tall and sitting 5.5m away. To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.
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Schematics
Presentation Poster
Principle 1: the development must fit into the diverse collage of culture at Bloor Street -Toronto's High Street
Principle 2: Break the horizontal boundary of Modernism, and explore a three-dimensional landscape of community spaces
The 4 presences of site: due Southeast is the beloved ROM (museum) by Libeskind, due Southwest is the beautiful RCM (music) by KPMB, but due East will be an undesirable condo, standing 100m tall and sitting 5.5m away.
To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.
To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.
To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.
To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.
The Parti Diagram
Programmatic Section Diagram
The result is 25 floor plate modulate
View on Bloor Street, with Libeskind's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in the front left
Design Development
Will Alsop and I
Will Alsop and I
Will Alsop and I
Will Alsop and I
Building Envelope Detail
Building Envelope Detail
Building Envelope Detail
Building Envelope Detail
Building Envelope Detail