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Taylor Hazell Architects and Montgomery Sisam

St. Lawrence Market North Building / Bâtiment nord du marché St. Lawrence

Diagram

circulations

Plan

parking level 2 & 3

Plan

parking level 4

Section

cascading stairs

Section

market stage

Section

monitor

Section

north-south

Section

urban porch

Elevation

north

Elevation

east

Elevation

south

Axonometric Drawing

building

Axonometric Drawing

court room detail

Plan

parking level 1

Schema

activities distribution

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building use over time

Schema

March shadow study

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September shadow study

Schema

market in relation with sites of interest

Schema

massing studies

Schema

public life diagram

Schema

public well

Schema

ressources

Schema

summer

Schema

ventilation

Schema

winter

Perspective

covered open air market

Presentation Panel

no2

Presentation Panel

no3

Presentation Panel

no4

Presentation Panel

no5

Presentation Panel

no6

Presentation Panel

no7

Presentation Panel

no8

Presentation Panel

no9

Presentation Panel

no10

Perspective

street view

Perspective

west view

Perspective

view from Market lane

Presentation Panel

no1

Perspective

public waiting area

Perspective

view across to the south market

Perspective

view from the 5th floor

Plan

site

Plan

ground floor

Plan

ground floor

Plan

mezzanine

Plan

level 2

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level 3

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level 4

Plan

level 5

Plan

rooftop

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITOR

Competitor	Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
	www.montgomerysisam.com

	Taylor Hazell Architects
	www.taylorhazell.com

Doc. level	75%

Description

Our Proposal for the North Market Building is on the one hand a deeply contextual building that through materials, geometries, shadows and alignment pays homage to the significant architectural quality of a number of historic buildings in the St Lawrence Neighbourhood.

On the other hand our proposal is for a very modern adaptable, delightful and highly sustainable (LEED Gold) building that not only comfortably accommodates the varied program but acts as a catalyst for future measures beyond the building footprint to reassert a commitment to the diverse energy and promise of a pedestrian centred precinct.

The building is at its highest (and its most transparent) along Front Street located in relation to the adjacent 8 story Market Square condominiums and gradually reduces in height so the building can step down toward St Lawrence Hall. This height reduction (over 50% of the original guidelines beside the Hall) allows ample south light into the public rooms of the Hall while enabling views of the Hall's Cupola from the Jarvis Street and Market Lane vantage points.

The court component occupies the frieze of the entablature and the upper three stories atop the entablature. Clad in copper, wood, glass and slate with garden roofscapes, the shaped roof form takes its place in the rich panoply (spires, cupolas, slopes) of the surrounding historic roofscapes.

Mitigation of the height and overall massing of the building has been achieved through transparency, a range of building materials (the grounded brick Open Air Market with the glazed South Porch and the largely copper and glass court house piece), a garden roofscape and a building form tuned to the specifics of this remarkable site. The building form respects the intent if not the letter of the angular plane by-laws for the site, substantially improving on the by-law in relation to the north end of the building adjacent to the Market Hall.

(From competitor's text)

Jury Report

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