khris
Senior Member
Both. The 56 storey building is on the 13th floor, and the 50 storey building is working on the ground floor.
Mississauga Absolute World | 169.77m | 56s | Cityzen | MAD architects
Both. The 56 storey building is on the 13th floor, and the 50 storey building is working on the ground floor.
Roark8
New Member
I hope the final image and form turns out like the original.
From the construction, it appears to have been slimmed down and less rotation in the building.
From the construction, it appears to have been slimmed down and less rotation in the building.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
Looks fine to me. The twist wont be fully visible until the balcony glass is installed. The real twisting action happens further up too.
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Swamp Thing
Guest
Probably a newbie question, but is this design the result of a single ovoid floor plan rotated a few degrees at each floor? Or does each floor vary in size and/or shape too?
Solaris
Senior Member
To my understanding ... each floor varies a bit in size and shape ... layout wise, they are the same floorplan for each 'segement' of the building (ie: floorplate A for flrs 1-8, floorplate B for flrs 9-16, floorplate C for flrs 16-24 ...etc)
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Swamp Thing
Guest
^ Thanks. I recall the design competition winner was originally called the "360 degree" tower, and descriptions suggested a single floorplate rotated through 360 degrees from bottom to top. But the renderings definitely show it to be thinner in the middle, while the companion tower is shown thicker in the middle.
Solaris
Senior Member
Daily Commercial News
Big pour at Tower Four in Mississauga, Ontario
July 28, 2009
WILLIAM CONWAY/PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
Concrete pumping continues high up at the Absolute World Tower Four condominiums in Mississauga, Ont. Developer Fernbrook Homes/Cityzen has occupancy of the 56-storey, 430-unit project scheduled for 2010. There will also be six levels of underground parking.
The project was designed by Burka Architects. Consultants are: Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc. (structural); E.C.E Group (mechanical/ electrical); and NAK Design Group (landscape). Subtrades include: Costa Earthmoving Inc. (excavation); Faga Group (under slab drainage); Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (shoring/caissons); Premform (formwork); Gilbert Steel Ltd. (rebar); Innocon Inc. (concrete supply); Mayfair Electric Ltd.; and ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ltd.
http://dcnonl.com/article/id34719
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so who's the architect .... Yansong Ma or Burka ? or is it one of those situations where Burka is only responsible for the working drawings ??
Big pour at Tower Four in Mississauga, Ontario
July 28, 2009
WILLIAM CONWAY/PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
Concrete pumping continues high up at the Absolute World Tower Four condominiums in Mississauga, Ont. Developer Fernbrook Homes/Cityzen has occupancy of the 56-storey, 430-unit project scheduled for 2010. There will also be six levels of underground parking.
The project was designed by Burka Architects. Consultants are: Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc. (structural); E.C.E Group (mechanical/ electrical); and NAK Design Group (landscape). Subtrades include: Costa Earthmoving Inc. (excavation); Faga Group (under slab drainage); Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (shoring/caissons); Premform (formwork); Gilbert Steel Ltd. (rebar); Innocon Inc. (concrete supply); Mayfair Electric Ltd.; and ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ltd.
http://dcnonl.com/article/id34719
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so who's the architect .... Yansong Ma or Burka ? or is it one of those situations where Burka is only responsible for the working drawings ??
khris
Senior Member
The 360 degree tower was one of the other entries in the competition.
so who's the architect .... Yansong Ma or Burka ? or is it one of those situations where Burka is only responsible for the working drawings ??
It's definitely Yansong Ma of MAD Architects.
Alex S
Active Member
so who's the architect .... Yansong Ma or Burka ? or is it one of those situations where Burka is only responsible for the working drawings ??
"The winning entry was submitted by MAD from Beijing, China. The Client contracted Burka Architects Inc. to design the structure, internal layout of the towers, the podium and to spearhead the approval process and to create the construction documents."
http://www.burka.net/burka_absolute.html
Solaris
Senior Member
Daily Commercial News
As khristopher notes ... here's an old article that reported on two of the "final 6" in the design competition ~
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Six finalists try for Mississauga design prize
March 21, 2006
W.D. LIGHTHALL, correspondent
Six finalists have been selected in one of the first international design competitions held in the Toronto area since a similar competition 40 years ago for Toronto’s City Hall.
The competition’s winning design will become the fourth high rise in the Absolute project, a five-tower condo development now under construction in Mississauga at Hurontario St. and Burnhamthorpe Rd.
Two Toronto firms — Zeidler Partnership Architects and Quadrangle Architects Ltd. — were among the six finalists, announced recently by Absolute developers Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group.
A more circular design submitted by Quadrangle Architects Ltd. of Toronto features a 'tube-in-tube' system.
The other finalists selected by the nine-member jury are Nicholas Boyarsky, Boyarsky Murphy Architects, United Kingdom; Michel Rojkind, rojkind arquitectos, Mexico; Sebastian Messer, Studio MWM, United Kingdom; and Yansong Ma, MAD office, United States.
“Ours is basically an iconic building. Very simple, slender form.
“We started with a square plan, which we rounded to give us good views from all four corners,†said Gerald Stein, lead designer for the Zeidler Partnership’s 50-plus-storey entry in the competition.
The simple, slender form submitted by Zeidler Partnership Architects of Toronto features floor-to-ceiling glass.
Zeidler’s building features floor-to-ceiling glass and as the building rises, at strategic points it switches from individual balconies to a single, recessed balcony wrapping around an entire storey.
Stein said this recessing creates a glass-tray effect, and the glass trays increase in frequency as the building rises.
“There’s more balcony for the higher units. And the building has an interesting, lantern-type top to it.
“For the skin and colouration, we tried to make it really glimmering,†he said.
Roland Colthoff, principal in charge of Quadrangle Architect’s 60-storey entry, said Quadrangle’s design is circular with a square pattern of balconies that appear to be randomly located.
“The contrast between the square form of the balconies and the circular form of the actual building creates a visual interest,†Colthoff said.
“We wanted to come up with a memorable form, because we have what is presumed to be the most important corner in Mississauga.â€
Colthoff described Quadrangle’s building, designed to have a concrete-column structural system, as “tube in tube.â€
The core of the building is one tube and the outer skin a second tube.
“The tube is actually a very efficient structural system. It’s typically used in office construction rather than in residential, but we’ve been consulting with a structural engineer and feel quite strongly this will be quite economical for the client,†Colthoff said.
At a press conference announcing the six finalists, Danny Salvatore, president of Fernbrook Homes, said there’s a dual logic to holding the international competition.
The corner of Burnhamthorpe and Hurontario is a high-profile location in Mississauga and deserves a signature tower of enduring design. Secondly, the GTA’s condo market has changed.
“Buyers are much more sophisticated, much more knowledgeable. And as a result, are much more demanding,†Salvatore said. “The days are gone when we as developers can put up condominiums that are little more than hybrids of rental units.â€
When completed, the five-building Absolute project will have 1,800 units and a 30,000-square-foot recreation centre.
Construction of the project’s first two towers is underway and work on the third starts this spring.
Zoning is in place for the tower selected as winner of the competition. Salvatore expects construction of the winning tower will start sometime in 2008.
The competition received more than 600 inquiries, leading to 92 submissions from 70 countries.
Each finalist receives a $25,000 honorarium for the cost of preparing their final design.
The winner will be announced March 28.
http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id18084
As khristopher notes ... here's an old article that reported on two of the "final 6" in the design competition ~
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Six finalists try for Mississauga design prize
March 21, 2006
W.D. LIGHTHALL, correspondent
Six finalists have been selected in one of the first international design competitions held in the Toronto area since a similar competition 40 years ago for Toronto’s City Hall.
The competition’s winning design will become the fourth high rise in the Absolute project, a five-tower condo development now under construction in Mississauga at Hurontario St. and Burnhamthorpe Rd.
Two Toronto firms — Zeidler Partnership Architects and Quadrangle Architects Ltd. — were among the six finalists, announced recently by Absolute developers Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group.
A more circular design submitted by Quadrangle Architects Ltd. of Toronto features a 'tube-in-tube' system.
The other finalists selected by the nine-member jury are Nicholas Boyarsky, Boyarsky Murphy Architects, United Kingdom; Michel Rojkind, rojkind arquitectos, Mexico; Sebastian Messer, Studio MWM, United Kingdom; and Yansong Ma, MAD office, United States.
“Ours is basically an iconic building. Very simple, slender form.
“We started with a square plan, which we rounded to give us good views from all four corners,†said Gerald Stein, lead designer for the Zeidler Partnership’s 50-plus-storey entry in the competition.
The simple, slender form submitted by Zeidler Partnership Architects of Toronto features floor-to-ceiling glass.
Zeidler’s building features floor-to-ceiling glass and as the building rises, at strategic points it switches from individual balconies to a single, recessed balcony wrapping around an entire storey.
Stein said this recessing creates a glass-tray effect, and the glass trays increase in frequency as the building rises.
“There’s more balcony for the higher units. And the building has an interesting, lantern-type top to it.
“For the skin and colouration, we tried to make it really glimmering,†he said.
Roland Colthoff, principal in charge of Quadrangle Architect’s 60-storey entry, said Quadrangle’s design is circular with a square pattern of balconies that appear to be randomly located.
“The contrast between the square form of the balconies and the circular form of the actual building creates a visual interest,†Colthoff said.
“We wanted to come up with a memorable form, because we have what is presumed to be the most important corner in Mississauga.â€
Colthoff described Quadrangle’s building, designed to have a concrete-column structural system, as “tube in tube.â€
The core of the building is one tube and the outer skin a second tube.
“The tube is actually a very efficient structural system. It’s typically used in office construction rather than in residential, but we’ve been consulting with a structural engineer and feel quite strongly this will be quite economical for the client,†Colthoff said.
At a press conference announcing the six finalists, Danny Salvatore, president of Fernbrook Homes, said there’s a dual logic to holding the international competition.
The corner of Burnhamthorpe and Hurontario is a high-profile location in Mississauga and deserves a signature tower of enduring design. Secondly, the GTA’s condo market has changed.
“Buyers are much more sophisticated, much more knowledgeable. And as a result, are much more demanding,†Salvatore said. “The days are gone when we as developers can put up condominiums that are little more than hybrids of rental units.â€
When completed, the five-building Absolute project will have 1,800 units and a 30,000-square-foot recreation centre.
Construction of the project’s first two towers is underway and work on the third starts this spring.
Zoning is in place for the tower selected as winner of the competition. Salvatore expects construction of the winning tower will start sometime in 2008.
The competition received more than 600 inquiries, leading to 92 submissions from 70 countries.
Each finalist receives a $25,000 honorarium for the cost of preparing their final design.
The winner will be announced March 28.
http://www.dcnonl.com/article/id18084
Solaris
Senior Member
thanks for that clarification Alex S ... so if I understand correctly, this is one of those 'design concept architect' paired with 'implementation design architect' arrangements
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Redroom Studios
Senior Member
yes, thats what it sounds like, though it seems remiss for the article to have neglected to include Yansong Ma in the design credits...
drum118
Superstar
It's too bad that some of these other designs didn't get built within the GTA.
They are better than some of the stuff been built now.
They are better than some of the stuff been built now.
yyzer
Senior Member
today's update from Jasonzed over at SSC...
starting to look taller, working on the 13th floor...
curves really showing now...
starting to look taller, working on the 13th floor...
curves really showing now...
yyzer
Senior Member
You said it, drum....any one of the 'losing' designs would be an incredible addition to the GTA...