Photos by: (left: Brett Hitchins; right: Pixilink
THE MARK
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Client: Onni Group of Companies
Services: Design Architect
Cost: $175 M
Size: 20,439 sq m (220,000 sq ft)
Completion: 2010
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
The 43-storey residential building is an amalgamation of 12 lots in the Yaletown
area of Downtown Vancouver and serves as a gateway to the downtown core.
The adjacent bridge off-ramp strongly influences the lower level building
articulation and finish materials. There was a strong desire to design a sustainable
project that relies on the unique urban context to inform the development of the
building. The materials used echo the language of the adjacent Granville Street
Bridge architecture, insofar as to use graffiti ‘art’ on concrete walls to demarcate
entry to the two-level base units.
Included is a 37-space childcare facility. A stepped reflecting pool extends along the
daycare area to physically and acoustically buffer the public and private spaces,
and is intended to enhance the livability of the daycare and increase natural light
levels during the winter months.
Water elements, low concrete walls and natural vegetation are carried around the
Pacific Street elevation to provide a similar relationship between the public, semiprivate and private areas. IBI Group Inc. provided construction documentation
services.