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Design is an ongoing process, an evolution.
The function of a building may not be the same throughout its lifetime. Ever changing needs seek to influence design at every turn altering and moulding it until a perfectly adapted outcome is left. Albeit only for a while. As functions and requirements change, so too must the architecture, for change is the only true absolute.
Construction is the means, a realisation. While architects may
conceptualise abstract projects, building and prototyping these ideas is fundamental to creating architecture. Once a concept is able to transgress from paper to built form, is the architects vision finally justified. Understanding details is key to designing components great and small, that constitute the finished form and in so doing reveals to true mastery of the architect.
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RESIDENTIAL
CULTURA CONDOMINIUMS
TYPOLOGY : Residential/ Mix-use ADVISORS
: Dr. Russell Richman John Cirka
DATE
: Winter 2010
LOCATION
: Toronto, Ontario Canada
AWARDS
: Ted Libfeld Bild Scholarship -Awarded for outstanding student with overall academic excellence and with a career objective in the Housing Industry.
Site plan of the Cultura Condominiums.
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ICONOGRAPHY
The Cultura, an expression of the building as a living organism, for buildings in this day and age perform differently from their predecessors. Complex systems keep the building at a constant temperature and yet other systems ensure the flow of vital fluids to all areas. Waste is drained out and away to prevent pestilence and exterior skins help protect the inside from the harsh hand of Mother Nature. But this is only the beginning, for newer systems are taking common place as sources of renewable energy seeking to harvest the power of the sun and the wind much like plants do to survive and thrive in their environments.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL
AMENITY
RESIDENTIAL
OFFICE
RETAIL
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
AMENITY
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS RESIDENTIAL
Living area of north unit with green house/solarium in view Living/dining area of south unit Typical floor plan with 2 units per floor.
Penthouse recreation area Living/dining area of penthouse suite
PENTHOUSE UNIT
28th Floor plan (upper penthouse)
ENVELOPE PROTOTYPE RESIDENTIAL
Close up view of custom ‘double sided’ spider connection that connects overlapping layers of the skin. 1:10 scale prototype model of a section of the outer skin and exploring the relation between the multiple layers of skin and its connection to the building proper. Orthographic section of typical ‘double sided’ spider connection.
Detailed axonometric section located at the retail level of the building facing Bloor street. This detail explores the end condition at the south western corner. Exploded detail showing the individual components of a typical ‘double sided’ connector.
ENVELOPE DETAILS
3D rendition ‘double sided’ spider connection at a corner detail
VERTICAL PROSPERITY
TYPOLOGY : Urban Communial Farm ADVISOR
: Dr. June Komisar
DATE
: Winter 2009
LOCATION
: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Brazil Build SIte Brasilia Belo Horizonte
Favela
An issue - cycle of poverty - high crime rate - lack of materials (cost) - congestion - poor excess to clean water
The mountainsides of many Brazilian cities are dotted with numerous shantytowns or favelas as they are referred to locally. These favelas resulted originally as accommodations for freed African slaves and quickly became a type of suburban settlement for the poor. Favelas are built on the edges of the main city and continue to grow despite government efforts at public housing. Conditions within the favelas are generally poor with pollution and diseases rampant in the worse areas. Clean water and food are not easily available, and with the lack of financial stability, inhabitants are forced to turn to crime as a means of survival. The population in favelas are not exclusively poverty stricken urbanites but also consist migrating rural people looking for better opportunities in the city. These rural folk theoretically bring with them skills that could be useful, though lacking the means to utilise them. Communities also exist within favelas and as such provide a positive environment wreaked with problems. A solution to the problem faced by those living in the favela would have to address two main issues. The first is sanitation, and finding a way to attain clean water and proper waste disposal without the use of existing infrastructure that in some areas may not even exist. The answer would also have to use locally available materials in order to keep cost low.
A PROBLEM TO ADDRESS
City Center
URBAN FARM COMMUNITY
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A SOLUTION TO POVERTY
FARMING PATCH A, B, C.
COMMUNITY SPACE
FARMING PATCH D, E, F.
PLAN VIEW OF FARM
To address the economic and nutritional issue, would involve creating a self sustaining system that would allow residents to benefit both nutritionally and financially with low overhead cost. As the population living in a favela are mixed among urban and rural folk, each with their own unique skill sets, it is entirely possible to create a situation that can tap into skills that already exist. Multiple farming patches will allow the community to grow a variety of produce throughout the season. This diversity would prevent potential famine should one particular species fail to grow if conditions should prove unfavorable. By having the different growth patches separate, disease can be isolated.
URBAN FARM AXONOMETRIC VIEW OF FARM
FRESH WATER FILTRATION COMMUNITY
sanitation tank
living machine filtration
water storage tank
WATER FILTRATION DIAGRAM Utilising plants, the living machine filters waste water that is stored in the sanitation tank that was in turn drawn from the houses. The plant roots act in a similar fashion as a natural swamp creating a mini ecosystem that is self sustaining. Clean water is then stored for use within the individual houses, or pumped up to the roof providing a fresh water supply for the community farm above.
STORAGE TANKS HOUSE 2 STORAGE TANKS HOUSE 3 STORAGE TANKS HOUSE 4
SANITATION TANK
STORAGE TANKS HOUSE 1
FRESH WATER STORAGE TANK
LIVING MACHINE HOLDING TANKS
FILTRATION SYSTEM LAYOUT
Rain water can also add to the supply of water thereby furthur negating the need for a constant supply of fresh water from city infrastructure granting greater financial independence to the habitants in the favela. This system is also meant to be easily maintained and expandable, and in theory a single system could grow and reproduce itself in order to spread out to other homes in the community area.
SANITATION TANK LIVING MACHINES
FRESH WATER FILTRATION
STORAGE TANKS
SHIRLEY BRYDEN MACBURNIE MEMORIAL KINDERGARTEN
TYPOLOGY : Education ADVISOR
: Dr. Ian Macburnie
DATE
: Summer 2009
LOCATION
: Kpedze-Todze, Republic of Ghana
TEAM
: Dr. Ian MacBurnie Adrian Bica Adryanne Quenneville Andrea Vettoretti Darryl Rahim Jason Baker Kara Green Perry Low Tricia Arabian David Cambell Jennifer Yan Andrew White Ava Moshaver Kamyar Rahimi Lin Han Jason Ho Mircea Popa
Melanie Mendes Patrick Molicard-Chartier Vathsala Sinnarajah
Genevieve Pearson Jen Ottenhof
Miles Robison David Whillams
Cailtlin Cooper Francesca Dare
Kevin Hutchinson Paul Dolick
PROJECT COST : US$ 10,000
Kpedze-Todze
Sahara
Republic of Ghana Togo
West Africa
C么te d'Ivoire
Volta Region
Lake Volta
Republic of Ghana Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Guinea
Accra
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INITIAL SKETCH MODEL
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Kumasi
CONSTRUCTION PLANS COMMUNITY
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PLAN VIEW
AERIAL VIEW
CLASSROOM SIDE ELEVATION
CLASSROOM BACK ELEVATION
SCHOOL SECTION
FRESH AIR VENT TOILET STALL (IN USE)
TOILET STALL (NOT IN USE)
MOVABLE TOILET SEAT
The compost toilet is meant to act as a low maintenance latrine facility that not only provides the children with a nearby secure toilet facility, but also serves as a ‘production’ area for high grade compost that can be used in the farms that area main source of income for the village. The diagram on the left is simply an illustration on the basic concept of the compost latrine. At any one time, only half of the number of toilets will be in use, while the other half allows the waste material to decompose and become usable compost for farming. Building the latrines required a 5 foot deep pit that was excavated manually using shovels and pick-axes.
SECTION THRU COMPOST LATRINE
EXCAVATION OF PIT
After the foundation walls were completed, walls were raised around the toilets in order to provide privacy to the occupants yet have small slits for ventilation. Venting pipes were also built into the wall in order to prevent the odorous smell from the compost pit to clear the roof line.
BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS
CONSTRUCTING THE ROOF
SPECIFIC TASK
COMPOST CHAMBER
The second phase involved building a retaining wall around the intended pit and raising it about one half foot above the finished grade.
GENERAL TASK COMMUNITY
RAISING THE ROOF
BUILDING THE WALLS
LAYING FOUNDATION WALLS
Aside from specific task that each member of the team was assigned to, all participants helped in performing these other task. Some of the things that had to be done but not illustrated here due to space constraints, include excavation of the site to prepared pouring of the fundation walls, mixing concrete for cast-in-place construction, moving of the many concrete blocks needed to build almost every aspect of the project, and raising the roof structure. All parts of the building process involved strictly manual labor due to the lack of heavy construction equipment and low budget of the project, inspite of the tight time constraints of 1 month in order to complete the 1st phase of the north-east and south-west classrooms and the latrine facilities.
GENERAL TASK
PROGRESS CHECK
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
THE GREEN HEART
TYPOLOGY : Outdoor learning and water purification space ADVISOR
: Margery Wrinkler
DATE
: Winter 2009
LOCATION
: Toronto, Ontario Canada
TEAM
: Jason Baker Ashley Biren Perry Low Jordan So Jessica Stanford Darryl Rahim
SPECIFIC TASK: Design Development Model Prototype AWARDS
: 1st Place for Innovation in sustainable design and revitalisation of university campus life
Located in the heart of the city of Toronto, the largest metroplitan area in Canada, Ryerson University is for all intents and purposes an urban campus, more so then most other Canadian universities. Surrounded on all sides by the skyscrapers that dominate the Toronto skyline, Ryerson University stands out as a collection of buildings interlaced with disconnected open green spaces. With Toronto currently one of the fastet growing cities inthe world in terms of skyscrapers, this contrast of man-made and natural continues to become ever more apparent. It is this concept of campus landscape within a high urban context that inspired our design strategy for the East Quad - to create nature out of the urban; to revive the landscape; to bring back the life of the space; to rejuvenate.
Initial sketches
REVITALISING RYERSON
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PUBLIC SPACE A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY
Like its namesake, the Green Heart acts as a center that not only rejuvinates the surrounding landscape but also as a purification plant that filters waste water from its surroundings into usable fresh water. In the heart of the site, an urban greenhouse containing a living machine rejuvenates by purifying water and air throughout the year and acts as an educational center that can be used not just by several programs within the university, such as architecture, engineering, biology and geography, but also within the local community. Inspired by the shape of the heart, the glulam form curves and dips into the ground at the center to collect rainwater creating an enclosed greenhouse space on one side and a canopied shelter that acts as an outdoor classroom or study area on the other. On the north-east corner of the site, a second structure forms a canopy that leads from the student residence at Pitman Hall toward the Heart. The canopy serves as an extension of the Heart and serves to continue the organic language already present in the project. The canopy ‘grows’ out of the hard edges of Pitman Hall becoming a more direct intervension on the existing site.
A PLACE TO LEARN
The greenhouse is situated in the center of the west end of the site between the Architectural Science Building and the Rogers Communication Centre where there is the most sun exposure. Inside there are a number of different tropical plants that are mostly associated with the projects for courses within several different faculties at Ryerson, such as urban farming project for Architectural Science and plate cell studies for biology.
TIDAL VARIENCE
TYPOLOGY : Kinectic Platform ADVISOR
: Vincent Hui
DATE
: Winter 2011
LOCATION
: Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada
Front Elevation
Low Tide
PASSIVE KINETICS
Exploring different ways of using the tide to move the building
Side Elevation
Mid Tide
High Tide
PUBLIC SPACE DETAILS
BALLAST TANK
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The most significant natural aspect of the bay of Fundy is the extreme tidal variance that occurs on a daily basis. Differences between high and low tides have been recorded at 14.5 meters (47.5 ft), with the occasional extreme of up to 16.3 meters (53.5 ft) in certain areas. This effectively creates an ever changing landscape that produces a palette of varying activities in the same location all within the time period of a single day. This extreme change over such a short time span, while creating a unique experience limits the time that can be spent at any given location. Thus visitors who want to be present for a whole day and go through the full tidal cycle are forced to bring additional equipment for both sea borne and land bound situations. The lookout post is designed to passively morph with the changing tides without the use of mechanical power. Using buoyancy, the structure is able to move with the tides allowing visitors to experience both high and low tides from a vantage point yet be close to the changing landscape. The variance of the form taken by the intervention also ‘suggest’ the appropriate ‘activity’ in accordance with the time of day. Thus when the water has receded, stairs are lowered toward the beach allowing visitors to explore the landscape, and when the beach is flooded by the sea, the stairs are raised up and away from the water.
DETAILS
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BRIDGING BOUNDRIES
TYPOLOGY : Public Park and LRT Station ADVISOR : Masha Etkind DATE
: Summer 2010
LOCATION
: Tel Aviv, Israel
The city of Tel Aviv is a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its large collection of international and eclectic style buildings. This factor must be taken into consideration when designing any new development.
TEL AVIV
BUILDING OF INTEREST
ELECTRIC DISTRICT
INTERNATIONAL STYLE BUILDINGS ECLECTIC STYLE BUILDINGS
NEVE SHA’ANAN
HERITAGE BUILDINGS TEL AVIV DISTRICT NEVE SHA’ANAN DISTRICT
THE CONTEXT
EXISTING BUILDINGS
PUBLIC SPACE AN ISSUE TO ADDRESS
KEREM HA-TEIMANIM
TEL AVIV
HA-RAKEVET
NEVE TSEDEK
FLORENTINE A
FLORENTINE B
NEVE SHA’ANAN
From a geographical point of view, it can be assumed that the interim space between the heart of the city and Neve Sha’anan is the cause of the division. Like many metropolis in the world, the city of Tel Aviv has within its limits areas where development and standards of living that greatly differ due to locations and demographics even ones that are practically next to each other.
GROUND LEVEL
RETAIL LEVEL
CAR PARKING LEVEL
LRT LEVEL
SPACIAL SEPERATION
BRIDGING THE GAP
Two main considerations were taken into account that drove the decision to move the project underground. 1. The city of Tell Aviv being a UNESCO world heritage site has a large collection of International and Eclectic style buildings, and towers or large building above ground threatens the overall heritage envirnment. 2. As a response to the desert climate, moving the building underground would help keep the spaces out of direct sunlight, negating the need for excessive cooling systems.
PUBLIC SPACE A PLACE TO GATHER
Site Plan of proposal illustrating the connecting bridges as the most significant feature of the site further emphasising the ‘connectivity’ theme of the project. The bridge structure is envisioned as a lattice structure of pots that are meant to contain individual plants in order to create the effect of a’green’ and living bridge. This is to provide a natural blanket over the crossing point to allow for passive cooling as well as fresh air purification. Water would be supplied through piping intergrated within the structural lattice.
Typical Bridge Detail
BUILDING BRIDGES
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PUBLIC SPACE A LAYERED SOLUTION
PUBLIC PARK
CAR PARKING
FEATURE BRIDGES
RETAIL AREA
MAIN LRT ENTRANCE
RETAIL AREA
BRIDGING THE GAP
SHELLFORMER
TYPOLOGY : Lumination ADVISOR
: Vincent Hui
DATE
: Winter 2011
OBJECTIVE : Digital Protoyping TEAM
: Perry Low Wong Hong-Li
1st prototype of the skeleton with tensile fabric as skin. Several diferent types of material was used to explore the varying effects on diffussing the light.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Using the concept of a shell, and the idea of the lamp as a layered carapace that surrounded the light bulb, we ventured using various forms all with the notion of keeping the general form asymmetrical for aesthetic purposes.
DIGITAL FABRICATION PROCESS OF ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS STRUCTURE CLADDING
DIGITAL EXPERIMENTATION
La CATHÉDRALE du SOLEIL
TYPOLOGY : Cirque du Soleil Training and Performing facility ADVISOR
: Vincent Hui
DATE
: Winter 2011
LOCATION
: Las Vegas, Nevada United States
La CATHÉDRALE du SOLEIL La Catherale du Soleil is intended to serve as the primary center for the training, development and promotion of future Cirque du Soleil productions. Like most other buildings in Las Vegas, its design is meant to attract attention, but unlike its counterparts on the Las Vegas strip, the form serves a direct functional purpose in its deflection of direct sunlight.
COMMERCIAL BIOLOGICAL INSPIRATION
Top view of the roof showing the ridges. Like the barrel cactus, these ridges provide self shading from the sun such that at least half the roof is in shade at any time of the day thereby reducing the amount of heat the roof absorbs.
Slits in skin allows light to pass through.
Being in an arid climate, it is imperative that new facility be properly adapted to the desert environment and as such the architectural intervention takes its inspiration from biomimetic system already in existence. The objective of this design approach is to create an architecture that not only mimics but functions like a native of the mojave desert. The concept sketch above is diagramatic in that there are two layers to the building. The ‘outdoor’ space acts as a reactive fabric that keeps the temperature in the ‘indoor’ space controlled without the need for elaborate and costly mechanical cooling systems.
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CIRCUS OF THE SUN
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COMMERCIAL La CATHÉDRALE du SOLEIL
The building is largely divided into two main levels each with its own view and accessibility to various training facilities. Lower Level Accessible: - Great Hall - Indoor theater - Large Training Facility Viewable: -Swimming Pool Ultimately, the space is meant to showcase any and all activity that is taking place within the catheral. This basic concept celebrates the very heart of Cirque du Soleil’s primary function as an institute of the performing arts.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1. Entrance Lobby 2. Great Hallway 3. Indoor theatre Stage 4. Indoor theatre 5. Backstage preperation area 6. Cafeteria 7. Design Studio
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LOWER LEVEL
View from within the large training area
COMMERCIAL La CATHÉDRALE du SOLEIL
Upper Level Accessible: - Indoor theater mezzanine level - Cafeteria - Design Studios - Swimming Pool Viewable: -Large Training Facility
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Cafeteria Private Offices Design Studios Swimming Pool Change rooms Triage area
LOWER LEVEL PROGRAM
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UPPER LEVEL
The two main bridges not only serve as a means of connecting the different levels, but also as elevated observation platforms allowing for different vantage points of the large training area and the swimming pool.
COMMERCIAL BIOMIMICRY
These fin units are located at the top of the building mimicking the spines of the cactus that serve as additional shades. Unlike the spines however, the fins are able to open and close depending on the internal temperature under the skin. When the temperature rises, the piston inside each unit expands opening the fins and providing shade as well as venting hot air out of the building cooling the surface of the building envelope. Since each piston is specific to each unit and responds independently from each other, thus resulting in a system that is both passive as well as being able to respond to local conditions. Initial Ideas used the idea of an ‘air bladder’ that would rise like a hot air balloon and in turn deploy the fins. However, it was called into question whether or not a vessel could be made small enough to be practical yet powerful and sensitive enough to lift the weight of the fins. Eventually a propriety product called a temperature sensitive window opener was found that could perform the task without too much bulk and had sufficient torc. The temperature could be set with a range of -15 °C to 130 °C. It is also economically viable.
Close Fins
Open Fins
Aerial view of the roof with fins in opened and closed positions. Based on the principle of rising hot air, the modules react to set temperatures just beneth the roof surface shading it from the sun thereby diffusing excess light from above and cooling the space. Since each module operates independently, a constant temperature can be maintained throughout the surface area.
SECTION
PLAN VIEW
Close Fins
Piston contracts under cooler temperatures
Fins in deplyed position providing additonal shade
Piston expands under higher temperatures
Hot air from below rises
OpenFins
PASSIVE OPERATION
Fins in closed folded position allowing light to pass through to the space below
COMMERCIAL SHADE CLUSTER
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF A CLUSTER MODULE
Unit Housing Frame
Polycarbonate Glazing
Underside view of modules.
Components of module assembly
Structural frame assembly
Solid Steel Member
Structural Frame
Piston Assembly
Spider Joint
Custom Triple Connector
COMPONENTS
Unit Housing Frame
COMMERCIAL TESTING THE THEORY
Experimental model built to solve the basic mechanics of the modules. The center rod is inverted here for reasons of easy operation, but in principle the kinectics would be interchangable. Final model built at 1:10 scale of a full cluster to show interaction between neighbouring modules along with the structural system designed to hold the modules.
3 WAY SPIDER CONNECTION
2 WAY SPIDER CONNECTION
3-WAY JOINT
SHADE CLUSTER PROTOTYPE
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
TYPOLOGY : Residential FIRM
: Burka Architects Inc.
ARCHITECTS : Atilla Burka Andre Brochu Paul Icke LOCATION
: Toronto, Ontario Canada
DISCLAIMER : All images, drawings and diagrams are the property of Burka Architects Inc.
Designed the overall apperace of the tower for a Site Plan Approval package to the city of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
1345 DANFORTH AVENUE (PARKVIEW ESTATES)
Re-designed the overall appearance of the tower for a Site Plan Approval and marketing package to the city of Toronto.
10568 BAYVIEW AVENUE
(TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT)
2nd option was designed for the same site as a townhouse option with a much lower density but more in context with its surrounding neighborhood.
Entrance of Parkview Estates
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
10568 BAYVIEW AVENUE (TOWER DEVELOPMENT)
PROFESSIONAL 25 ONTARIO ST, TORONTO
25 Ontario Street is located in the heart of downtown Toronto and is within the King East district. As such, it is surrounded by many heritage buildings that date back to the founding years of the city. The red building is itself a heritage building that is to be retained as part of an agreement with the City of Toronto. The development is of a mixed-use typology with a restaurant and retail located on theground floor with 229 condominium units on the upper floors. The building is 21 storeys with a shorter 3 storey podium (due to the heritage building), with a higher podium level at the 9th floor to draw a relation to its surrounding context. Designing on his site proved challenging with the heritage building along with multiple setback lines as per the city by-laws. It is a 215,000 sq ft building on a 21,000 sq ft site. Responsibilities on this project include a total redesigning of the previous scheme that was rejected by the city, as well as preparing material for a Design Review Panel, and Site Plan Approval and Re-zoning package for city council.
E-MAIL WEBSITE
A101 SIte Plan
D U F F E R I N S T, S U I T E 2 0 1, T O R O N T O , O N T A R I O , M 3 H 5 S 8 MAILBOX@BURKA.NET WWW.BURKA.NET
TELEPHONE FACSIMILE
416.665.0722 416.665.3724
4800 E-MAIL WEBSITE
D U F F E R I N S T, S U I T E 2 0 1, T O R O N T O , O N T A R I O , M 3 H 5 S 8 MAILBOX@BURKA.NET WWW.BURKA.NET
TELEPHONE FACSIMILE
416.665.0722 416.665.3724
A205 P1 Plan
Rendered Elevations of both the North and West Elevations showing the changes between the old proposal and the re-designed one. The original tower emphasized the verticality of the structure but did little to relate to its surrounding heritage context. The design team deemed it more important to relate to the strong heritage language that dominates the King East district.
25 ONTARIO ST, TORONTO
4800
PROFESSIONAL 2330 SHEPPARD AVE EAST
Located in the City of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, in the greater Toronto Area. This 220,000 sq ft development is a 21 storey building with a 7 storey podium. It contains a unit mix of 224 apartment units and 6 townhouse units. Responsiblities on this project included Design Development from a previous scheme as well as production of all orthographic drawings for a Site Plan Approval package.
A303 Typical Floor Plans
A404 1:50 Street Level Rendered Elevation
A405 1:50 Street Level Rendered Elevation
2330 SHEPPARD AVE EAST
A301 Ground and 2nd Floor Plan
To be continued...