STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS

DESIGN STRATEGY FOR ST. JAMESTOWNARCHITECTURAL/URBAN

SPCCE ARCHITECTS

3 STEVEN HOLL

4 DESIGN PRINCIPLES

10 HISTORICAL CONTEXT

11 SITE ANAYLSIS

12 VISION / GOALS / OBJECTIVES

13 DESIGN STRATEGY

STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS

ESTABLISHED IN 1976, STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS INITIATED ITS PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN IN OFFICES LOCATED IN NEW YORK AND MOST RECENTLY IN BEIJING.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

SPEED OF SHADOW(pressure of light)

THE REVELATIONS OF NEW SPACES, LIKE INTERWOVEN LANGUAGES, DISSOLVE AND REAPPEAR IN LIGHT

POROSITY(void space)

A NEW TOPOLOGICAL OPENNESS IN THE FORM OF A FIELD THAT EXTENDS TO A “HORIZON-STRUCTURE”

CORRELATIONAL PROGRAMMING(programming functionality)

QUESTIONS, COMPARES, AND CONTEMPLATES DIVERSE COMBINATIONS WITHOUT ABSOLUTE CLAIMS TO INSTRUMENTALITY. ITS PURPOSE IS TO MAKE ONE THINK, AND TO OCCUPY SPACE IN NEW WAYS

CRISS CROSSING(movement)

A NEW TOPOLOGICAL OPENNESS IN THE FORM OF A FILED THAT EXTENDS TO A “HORIZON-STRUCTURE”

ENMESHED EXPERIENCE(in-between reality)

THE CONCEPTUAL LOGIC THAT DRIVES A DESIGN IS LINKED TO ITS ULTIMATE PERCEPTION

Pre-war Period War Time

Post-war

Activity level St. James Town

War causes increase in war based manufacturing causing stagnation of other industries including construction.Leads to housing shortage and families sharing dwellings.

Baby boom, housing shortage and mass car traffic cause massive expansion of suburbs. Downtown is rezoned to accommodate high density housing including St. Jamestown. High rise apartment developments are erected for young couples and professionals as high rises give

the greatest density per land use and ultimately greater revenue. Torontonians dislike the removal of older building style (which fostered a specific preferred wholesome

family development) and began to move to communities like the Annex in an attempt to preserve what remained of such communities within Toronto.

Poor immigrants, now allowed easier access to Canada, occupy these high rise developments. Immigrants concerned with quality of life as opposed to building community. Less activity among community members opens street level up to many social negatives. Jamestown with its bad reputation becomes a place where new immigrants only start their lives in Canada. They do not wish to remain as the community is not a place to raise a family. Statistics and residents

confirm that it is not a pleasant place to be. It is a space that is in need of change in order for it to be experi-enced in a positive way.

Occupied by the upper middle class.Low rise, low density comprising of Victorian homes.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Sherbourne St

Parliament St

Wellesley St E

Bloor St E

Cabbagetown

St James Town

Rosedale-Moore Park

75

65

94

Subway Route

Bus Route

Bus Route

Bus Route

SITE ANAYLSIS

BUILT FORM MAJOR STREETS GREEN SPACES

NEIGHBORHOODS INTERNAL STREETS

IMMEDIATE SITE TRANSIT ROUTES HARD SURFACE

VISION

using diversity of the community to create a positive identity

GOALS

integrate a diverse array of social classes and cultures

create positive spaces that can be observed and allow for interaction on varying levels from different perspectives

OBJECTIVES

providing housing that caters to an array of socio-economic classes

creating social activity areas on different levels

to increase lighting into the site to promote a safer environment

to increase the interaction of the site with its surroundings through porosity

increase the green space and reduce paved surface area

increase energy and water efficiency and introduce sustainable features

DESIGN STRATEGY

ENMESHED EXPERIENCE

CORRELATIONAL PROGRAMMING

APPLICATION TO SITE

POROSITYSPEED OF SHADOW

CRISS CROSSING