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Building Concept
60 Richmond East Housing Co-OP TORONTO, ONTARIO
Client:
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Size:
99,000 sq.ft.
Status:
Completed 2010
LEED®: Gold
60 Richmond East is the first new housing co-operative to be built in Toronto in almost 20 years. This project sets an example for urban infill and for sustainability in residential construction. Located near a busy Toronto downtown intersection, this 11-storey LEED Gold building seeks to provide an alternative to the local ubiquitous glass tower condominium projects. The massing of the building is imagined as a solid street wall that is then carved into in order to create openings and terraces at various levels. These terraces become the social spaces of the building as well as gardens. The 85-unit co-operative was designed to house tenants that required relocation due to the high-profile redevelopment of Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. Employed in the hospitality industry, the residents are all members of local union: “Unite Here”. They run and operate a restaurant and training kitchen on the ground floor, while a community garden on the sixth floor terrace provides food for the restaurant and uses the organic waste generated by the kitchens as compost for the garden. This creates a self sustaining condition called ‘urban permaculture’. At 60 Richmond, the architecture acts as a medium to cultivate greenery, cool and cleanse the air, and absorb storm water. All roofs on the project are green surfaces, which, combined with a high-performance rain-screen envelope, help to insulate the building and limit heat island effect in the downtown core.
HONOURS CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter Innovation in LEED - First Place Governor General’s Medal in Architecture ArchDaily Building of the Year AZ (Azure Magazine) People’s Choice Award Toronto Urban Design Award Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence Award SAB (Sustainable Architecture and Building) Award PUG Award People’s Choice Design Exchange Award - Gold Standing Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
Site Model
Sustainability Concept Diagram
The central graden acts as a social condenser
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2014 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture
“This is a socially admirable project that very much transcends the type and stands as an exemplar for urban housing. The building design takes apart the various program components and recombines them into a complex, sustainable and very urban hive of neighbourhoods. It is extremely gratifying to see a social housing project rise so far above mere accommodation.� - JURY COMMENT
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