Part C: Case Study
The proposal includes seventeen 3m wide and 1.5m deep thermally broken balconies per floor organized on a staggered grid bay pattern. The design intent is for a suspended series of interconnected structures consisting of precast balcony slabs and lightweight steel outriggers to be suspended by a network of steel rods with minimal connections back to the base building. Similar to the discrete connection with suspension/compression balcony type, the balcony was designed to minimize the structural connection to the primary structure and therefore thermal bridging through the envelope. The offset and staggered balcony pattern creates a double height space at each balcony. It also provides a unique connection to adjacent balconies which is intended to encourage the creation of vertical communities for the tower’s residents.
↓ Rendering of thermally broken hanging balconies at 5055 Joyce Street
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