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Toronto, Canada
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CUBE
Toronto, Canada
As the City of Toronto intensifies, the disparity between very tall towers and three storey Victorian homes grows. In recent years, the City has responded by designating certain avenues for intensification by introducing the possibility of infilling sites in developed neighbourhoods with mid-rise buildings. CUBE was one of the first mid –rise developments to respond.
Sited on a tight lot in the bustling West Toronto neighbourhood of Little Italy, CUBE had to achieve a delicate balance between old and new, traditional and modern, and being respectful while establishing its own presence. It is a task made more difficult because of the attention on the project as a test of the city’s new mid-rise guidelines.
The design of CUBE is the result of a careful study of “mainstreet” form and a commitment to creating a superior living environment in a mixed use format. On the exterior, CUBE’s façade speaks to the three storey typology across the street by echoing the scale but reinterpreting the form. The façade is made up of a series of “cube” formed frames, one to each suite. The frames, made of fibre cement panels and inserted with large expanse of glass, playfully stack on top of one another in different vertical planes. It is a simple yet effective move that is clearly modern and still remains relevant to the context. The building contains 21 spacious one and two bedroom units with some being double height, allowing for variation in the "cube" frames . The width of the unit, the height of the ceiling, and the amount of light that streams in from the framed window, serves to refute the idea of condo living as equivalent to living in a box. The building meets the bustling streetscape by offering retail uses on the ground floor, ensuring that street life is seamless. At the back of the building, a stacking car system ingeniously accommodates the parking, giving breathing space to a mature elm tree which reaches to the building’s top floors.
The mid-rise format has now gone from testing mode to being in high demand. Through it all, CUBE has been an often cited example of “how to do mid-rise”.
Sited on a tight lot in the bustling West Toronto neighbourhood of Little Italy, CUBE had to achieve a delicate balance between old and new, traditional and modern, and being respectful while establishing its own presence. It is a task made more difficult because of the attention on the project as a test of the city’s new mid-rise guidelines.
The design of CUBE is the result of a careful study of “mainstreet” form and a commitment to creating a superior living environment in a mixed use format. On the exterior, CUBE’s façade speaks to the three storey typology across the street by echoing the scale but reinterpreting the form. The façade is made up of a series of “cube” formed frames, one to each suite. The frames, made of fibre cement panels and inserted with large expanse of glass, playfully stack on top of one another in different vertical planes. It is a simple yet effective move that is clearly modern and still remains relevant to the context. The building contains 21 spacious one and two bedroom units with some being double height, allowing for variation in the "cube" frames . The width of the unit, the height of the ceiling, and the amount of light that streams in from the framed window, serves to refute the idea of condo living as equivalent to living in a box. The building meets the bustling streetscape by offering retail uses on the ground floor, ensuring that street life is seamless. At the back of the building, a stacking car system ingeniously accommodates the parking, giving breathing space to a mature elm tree which reaches to the building’s top floors.
The mid-rise format has now gone from testing mode to being in high demand. Through it all, CUBE has been an often cited example of “how to do mid-rise”.
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