Argento Architettura · 2025
M1 and M2 Torri residenziali
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2025 in Architettura
- CLIENT: CORE Architects Inc.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 23,107
- Verification code EBDBA7FCAE · Verify this award
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About M1 and M2 Torri residenziali
M1 e M2 sono due torri residenziali realizzate nell'ambito di un più ampio intervento di sviluppo urbano a Mississauga, in Canada. M1 conta 61 piani e 780 unità abitative, mentre M2 ne ha 62 piani e 793 unità. Ciascuna torre è generata da sette sagome tipo di piano, sfalsate e ruotate, così che gli angoli si spostano di circa un metro rispetto al piano sottostante. Brevi setti portanti seguono tale slittamento, mantenendo regolare la distribuzione degli ambienti. Un podio in vetro sfaccettato accoglie un tetto verde e uno spazio esterno per servizi comuni esposto a sud, sia a livello del suolo sia in copertura.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
M1 and M2 Torri residenziali ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che M1 and M2 Torri residenziali sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. M1 and M2 Torri residenziali è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
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- Unique Properties
- The towers have a special geometry that provides for excellent residential units but also contributes to the iconic role of this building on the urban skyline. The podium has a prismatic shape by virtue of its faceted glass walls, as well as a rooftop amenity space and green roof. There are 7 typical floor plate shapes beginning with a rectangle and skewing first towards one extreme, then back to the other extreme. The tower’s unique appearance results from the rotation of the floor plates.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- M1
Area: 639,470 sq. ft
Stores: 61
Units: 780
M2
Area: 677,888 sq. ft.
Stores: 62
Units: 793 - Tags
- M City, M1, M2,
- Production Technology
- There are 7 typical floor plate shapes (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G), beginning with a rectangle (D) and skewing first towards one extreme (G), then skewing back through D to the other extreme (A). The corners of each plate floor plate shift over 1m from the plate below. This is done with short shear walls that ‘walk’ along with the skewing and overlap above and below
- Design Challenge
- Unlike other sculptural towers that sacrifice the livability of the units to achieve unique shapes, the precise geometric procedures we have used do not compromise the layouts of the rooms
- Inspiration
- This site will play a key role in the formation of Mississauga’s urbanized center. It will be a model for intensification, by offering high-quality amenities at levels of density that are new to Mississauga. The tower, intended as the highest part of the whole M City development, will have a unique geometry that redefines Mississauga’s skyline. Its characteristic undulating geometric presence is a series of twisted horizontal bands that form the entire shaft of the tower.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2021 and completed in 2024
- Operation Flow
- We believe that reintroducing green space to urbanized places, both on the ground and in the air, is important for the wellbeing of people. These ideas figure largely in our proposal for Garden City, a tower podium strategy. This condo project offers an iconic tower recognizable on the skyline of the city, with a well landscaped pedestrian environment and a generous south facing outdoor amenity carved out of the mass of the podium.
The ground level is marked by bold paving patterns that include various contrasting textures and colors shaped into dynamic angles and planes. Along with generous softscape areas and high quality street furniture and boulevard lighting, we envision an enhanced public realm that frames a variety of urban commercial and leisure activities appropriate for a downtown setting. - Image Credits
- CORE Architects Inc.
