485-539 King Street West, Toronto by Bjarke Group
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King Toronto 位于多伦多东部中央商务区高楼大厦和西北部低层住宅区之间的过渡区。该建筑位于三个 20 世纪社区公园的交汇处，被组织成一个传统的周边街区，中心有一个公园和广场。广场本身由两种截然不同的氛围所界定：郁郁葱葱的景观森林与城市硬景观庭院相得益彰。在广场周围，国王多伦多升起，因为体素集向上挤压，为生活、工作和购物创造空间。新的城市组织像一个新的有机框架一样包裹着现有的遗产建筑。每个体素都设置为一个房间的大小，从街道网格旋转 45 度以增加对光线和空气的接触。在基地，体素提升以提供穿过庭院的通道。屋顶表面起伏，让阳光穿透街道，在这个过程中为每个单元创造绿色露台空间。由此产生的城市体积是多伦多普遍存在的塔楼和裙楼的根本替代品。它与 Moshe Sadie 在蒙特利尔的 Habitat 67 中提出的一些最具革命性的想法相呼应，但它不是岛上的乌托邦式实验，而是嵌套在城市中心。50 年后，Habitat 从独特的原型演变为城市类型学。
King Toronto is set in a transitional area of Toronto between the tall towers of the Central Business District to the east and the low-rise neighborhoods in the northwest. Located at the meeting point of three 20th-century neighborhood parks, the building is organized as a traditional perimeter block with a public park and plaza in the center. The plaza itself is defined by two distinct atmospheres: a lushly landscaped forest paired with an urban, hardscaped courtyard. Surrounding the plaza, king Toronto rises as sets of voxels extruded upward to create spaces for living, working, and shopping. The new urban tissue wraps around the existing heritage buildings like a new organic frame. Each voxel is set at the size of a room, rotated 45 degrees from the street grid to increase exposure to light and air. At the base, voxels lift to provide access across the courtyard. The roof surface undulates to allow sunlight to penetrate the street, creating spaces for green terraces for each unit in the process. The resulting urban volume is a radical alternative to the tower and podium prevalent in Toronto. It echoes some of Moshe Sadie's most revolutionary ideas from Habitat 67 in Montreal, but rather than a utopian experiment on an island, it is nested into the heart of the city. 50 years later, Habitat evolves from unique prototype to urban typology.
