Sometimes you have to take an old idea and turn it 45 degrees. KING Toronto, which will bring hundreds of residences and dozens of shops to the retail district on the city’s King Street. Inspired from Moshe Sadie’s iconic Habitat ‘67 (built for the World Fair in Montreal) and then added glass exteriors, private terraces and climbing vegetation to the exterior that developers are calling a “living skin” so the building feels like it is growing out of the ground. And the 45 degree tilt? That helps maximize both the light that enters each unit and the vertical space needed to accommodate the mountain-like shape they create.
The developer, Westbank, had the goal to foster a sense of community in the high-density urban hub, which was also the initial inspiration for Habitat ‘67. Yet King Street is much less car-oriented so the street level retail has to fit in around a courtyard and the wide walkways that hold the crowds. It will also have an unusual water feature called Cloud-Maker that makes a mist descend during hot summer days.
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Formally educated as an Architect, Jagdeep Singh is Toronto REALTOR™ consulting on both resale real estate and new developments. Powerful Local Focus on Real Estate with a Global Perspective™. This post may contain contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. The user of this information is not allowed to reproduce it in any medium without prior written permission.
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4 окт 2024
