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Smart Lofts
Smart Lofts is a mixed-use project, primarily a student residence building offering 146 micro-lofts of 25 m2. The V-shaped 6-storey construction located within the town is well connected to the main education institutions of Quebec city. Its configuration promotes individual learning aspirations with the privacy of dedicated spaces as well as collective involvement of the residents with the complementarity between the common areas.
Architects had to play with the complex and restrictive site geometry and with several municipal regulatory constraints to settle the implementation of the construction on the lot. The principal issue was the difficulty to access the site with vehicles, solved by operating a set back of the main volume on the lower levels, resulting in a powerful cantilever that gives the tone to the project.
The two first storeys are occupied with restaurants and had been covered with glass to highlight the different fonction of those spaces. It also gives the impression that the volume is so light it floats in the air.
The horizontal disposition of the volume is refined by a break at the main entrance level, which is repeated under the roof to preserve the harmony of the whole shape. The construction is covered with faceted zinc coating, a long-lasting material that will catch the sun lights at different angles during the day, giving the building a unique but variable signature. At night, the lights arising from the Smart Lofts gives a lot of verticality to the construction.
At each end of the building, common balconies complete the main volume with a perforated zinc coating. The overtures have been placed according to the sun path, allowing a maximum of natural light bathing the terrasses and the indoor corridors.
The Smart Lofts project is part of a solution to revitalize a transit zone by transforming the route taken by students everyday.
Architects had to play with the complex and restrictive site geometry and with several municipal regulatory constraints to settle the implementation of the construction on the lot. The principal issue was the difficulty to access the site with vehicles, solved by operating a set back of the main volume on the lower levels, resulting in a powerful cantilever that gives the tone to the project.
The two first storeys are occupied with restaurants and had been covered with glass to highlight the different fonction of those spaces. It also gives the impression that the volume is so light it floats in the air.
The horizontal disposition of the volume is refined by a break at the main entrance level, which is repeated under the roof to preserve the harmony of the whole shape. The construction is covered with faceted zinc coating, a long-lasting material that will catch the sun lights at different angles during the day, giving the building a unique but variable signature. At night, the lights arising from the Smart Lofts gives a lot of verticality to the construction.
At each end of the building, common balconies complete the main volume with a perforated zinc coating. The overtures have been placed according to the sun path, allowing a maximum of natural light bathing the terrasses and the indoor corridors.
The Smart Lofts project is part of a solution to revitalize a transit zone by transforming the route taken by students everyday.
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