14 | ?m | 3s | St. George Edmonton | OCI architecture

[Daveography]

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Southwest corner of Jasper Ave and 114 Street.

Jasper Ave Commercial — OCI architecture inc.

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[_urbanite]

Very nice. More high quality CRUs are needed in this city. This a good step in that direction. Hopefully this one doesn't lose it's curves at some point

 

[archited]

^ or worse become a bank location (it is on the corner after all).

 

[Daveography]

According to this Facebook post, parking will be provided off-site in St. Joseph's underground parkade. If true and this agreement holds up, this is an awesome way to make efficient use of underutilized space while cutting down on costs.

https://www.facebook.com/forsaleyeg/posts/2482385745409997

 

[bodsbods9090]

This is a great proposal.

Also, I had no idea St Joe's had underground parking. That's wild!

 

[EtoV]

Love Everything about this. And if that parking agreement holds up it could be a great step forward for the rest of the city. So often different uses have peak parking demand for different times, and could easily share parking, but under the zoning are not allowed. Churches and commercial/office are the perfect combination, with demand typically occurring at completely opposite times.

 

[Daveography]

@EtoV Exactly! I know Century Park is wanting to do something similar, with residential parking offered up for commercial use during the day. Looking forward to seeing how this works on that scale.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

I'll echo everyone else's sentiments. There's rarely a project I love 110% but I'll happily say this one is one. It really this ticks all the boxes for me: it's great small-scale filler, in an area that desperately needs some love, while not caving to parking demands, and with a design that wouldn't look out of place in Vancouver or Toronto. I really wish there more proposals like this.

 

[Daveography]

It looks heavily inspired by Douglas Cardinal, whose style should absolutely be an inspiration for Canadian prairie region architects.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

It looks heavily inspired by Douglas Cardinal, whose style should absolutely be an inspiration for Canadian prairie region architects.

It's funny you should mention that, because I was thinking the exact same thing. Especially the way the brickwork slopes into the windows, it has that very '70s/'80s look to it.

 

[archited]

I tele-meet with Douglas Cardinal 3 or 4 times a week. He is heavily invested in our Edmonton projects and the designs that he is coming up with should light a fire under the Edmonton construction establishment -- hint: curvilinear cross-laminated-timber forms married with PVC -- fabric roofs using 3" thick aerogel underside insulation (R-60 heat transfer resistance) and flexible, patterned, solar cell exterior surface for a significant portion of electricity generation (the rest handled with hydrogen fuel cells). Underground automated parking (https://www.syncpark.co/) as a standard for both autos and bicycles (@Daveography). On solid roofs, every single one is intensely landscaped as in park-like settings. It is killing me not to divulge more -- we are getting closer.

 

[Romanov]

Great looking building in a great location. The uniqueness and scale of the overhanging facade below the second floor is a notable feature for me. This could really activate a dead part of jasper ave.

 

[danby85]

This is great! love the glass and the brick! Be nice to get that empty lot developed!

 

[_urbanite]

I tele-meet with Douglas Cardinal 3 or 4 times a week. He is heavily invested in our Edmonton projects and the designs that he is coming up with should light a fire under the Edmonton construction establishment -- hint: curvilinear cross-laminated-timber forms married with PVC -- fabric roofs using 3" thick aerogel underside insulation (R-60 heat transfer resistance) and flexible, patterned, solar cell exterior surface for a significant portion of electricity generation (the rest handled with hydrogen fuel cells). Underground automated parking (https://www.syncpark.co/) as a standard for both autos and bicycles (@Daveography). On solid roofs, every single one is intensely landscaped as in park-like settings. It is killing me not to divulge more -- we are getting closer.

This all sounds pretty awesome. My insta-approve hammer is eager to drop on your future proposals

 

[Platinum107]

There really is just something new and refreshing about this proposal that feels nice, almost like it was taken out of Gas Town in Vancouver and dropped here (which is good).