RESPON
SIVE
A sweeping,
spiraled
building
vocabulary in
Vancouver,
Canada, utilizes
a new ‘green’
spandrel system
symbolically
capturing
energy
created by the
adjacent bridge
ramps. A rare
opportunity on
a once-forgotten
site, this
commercial/
residential
mixed-use
project presents
an avant-garde
building form
of cascading
post-tensioned
concrete
cantilever
floors and a
layered screen
façade that
reflects light
and distorts
the boundaries
between interior
and exterior.
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