TORONTO, ONTARIO
POST-TENSION ROOF SPANS CREATE FLEXIBLE OPEN SPACES ALLOWING FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE UNIQUE SPACIAL SOLUTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS OF A COMMUNITY CENTER. THESE COLUMNS ANGLE IN FOLLOWING THE FORCE DIRECTIONALITY OF THE ROOFS.
THE COLUMNS CREATED BY THE POST-TENSION ROOFS ARE SCALED ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAMMATIC DEMANDS OF THE STRUCTURE, VOLUMES ARE PLACED NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND THEN STAGGERED. THIS RESULTS IN AN OVERLAP THAT BECOMES A MAIN CORRIDOR WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, CONNECTING THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES CONTAINED IN EACH INDIVIDUAL VOLUME. THIS STAGGERING ALSO DEFINES SEVERAL EXTERNAL SPACES AROUND THE BUILDING, EACH CONTAINING SPECIFIC OUTDOOR PROGRAMME RELEVANT TO THE PACES AND PROGRAMMES WITHIN.
