Architectural Response

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1 Architectural Response The design of 1550 Alberni Street is shaped by its environment. The 43-storey tower is carved by two emphatic scoops that form deep balconies furnished in wood. In both instances, the carvings create semi-enclosures that strengthen their relations to the street and to the views to its urban and geographic context while optimizing neighbourhood views past the project. Because of the way the otherwise orthogonal tower is carved, its silhouette constantly changes, creating illusionary profiles of arching cantilevers. The reality is far more structured as the carved deductions are diagonally symmetrical, the lower portion helping to counterbalance the hanging volume above. The tower meets the ground with two intersecting domes that embrace Alberni and Cardero Street. Under the arching structures, an extensive moss garden defines the entrance and flows to the swimming pool above. In keeping with Japanese spatial traditions, the emphasis is on the atmosphere rather than the object: without drawing attention to a particular point laden with meaning, the void elicits a serene visceral experience that could be shared by all.

2 Shaped by the Environment Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

3 Organic Enclosures and Cascading Fields 23

4 Formal Strategy Deductive optimization Maximum Extrusion Carved deductions Contrasting composition Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

5 Urban Strategy Carve and connect to surroundings; sensitive sculptural form to neighbourhood views Robson St Optimizing Views Past Servicing Parking Entry Alberni St Dual orientation Forecourt/back serving Elevated gardens 25

6 Consistent Floor Areas Carved forms create the balanced appearance of asymmetry within rational geometry while meeting an agreed average 6,595sf (613m 2 ) floorplate for the tower above podium level. 40F 40F 22F 22F 10F 10F Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

7 Japanese Gardens The absence of objects / presence of space Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

8 Wood Joinery and Land Art GC Prostho Museum Kengo Kuma Architects and Associates Roof Andy Goldsworthy GC Prostho Museum 31

9 Proposed intersection at Cardero and Alberni Streets Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

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11 Public Realm Alberni Street Property Line Property Line Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

12 Cardero Street Property Line Property Line 41

13 Public Realm Lane Elevation Property Line Property Line Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

14 East Elevation Property Line Property Line 43

15 Dual Materiality Organic and prismatic VIEW CONE EL m VIEW CONE EL m VIEW CONE PARAPET EL m North Elevation, Alberni Street PROPERTY LINE PROPERTY LINE +0.00m Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

16 VIEW CONE EL m VIEW CONE EL m VIEW CONE PARAPET EL m FSR (434-0 ) m 2.6 FSR 1555 Robson St. West Elevation, Cardero Street PROPERTY LINE PROPERTY LINE +0.00m 47

17 Phenomenal Materiality Soft, transient light Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

18 Architectural Façade FRAC Marseille Great Bamboo Wall 49

19 Ephemeral Façade Façade Materiality Subtle distortion and gentle disappearance Façade Effect Ephemeral qualities with minimal details Alberni Street Application for Rezoning

20 Material Options Shingled aluminum panels 51