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Union Hub

Toronto, Canada

Client

Westbank Project Corporation | Telus | Allied Development Corporation

Typology

Work

Size m2/ft2

118,707 / 1,277,752

Status

In Design

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STRUCTURAL SHELL — An optimized lateral system is put in place according to the program demands. All elements are bound together by the diagrid structure.

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REMOVE CORE TO OPEN UP STATION STREET — The core is moved to the side to allow traffic through Station Street, which also opens up the floor.

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ROOF CROWN PARK — The stepped massing protects the roof park from prevailing winds.

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PROGRAM STACK — The mixed-use program places office spaces between the amenities on the top levels, and the retail/skywalk on the bottom levels.

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LIFTING TOWER BASE — The base rises above Station Street, straddling across the right-of-way to allow the steady flow of people and vehicles to pass unobstructed underneath.

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UNION HUB — A pixelated park of tiered terraces forms the city’s largest roof garden on the top of town.

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RECONNECTING PATH NETWORK — The low-rise shopfront building runs the length of the street, ensuring pedestrian connectivity and efficient circulation.

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REMOVE CORE TO OPEN UP STATION STREET — In a typical tower, the central core creates a shallow ring of office space. In this instance, the typical core location and size would conflict with Station Street, if left unchanged.

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Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Union Hub image | Bjarke Ingels Group

Partner in Charge

Bjarke Ingels

Thomas Christoffersen

Martin Voelkle

Project Manager

Andreas Buettner

Project Leader

Fabian Lorenz

Project Team

Agustin Perez-Torres

Alejandra Cortes

Amir Mikhaeil

Emmett Walker

Florencia Kratsman

Gary Polk

Haochen Yu

Jakob Henke

Jan Leenknegt

Julian Ocampo Salazar

Gil Kilmo Kang

Max Moriyama

Melissa Jones

Neha Sadruddin

Nicholas Reddon

Oliver Thomas

Kig Veerasunthorn

Sebastian Claussnitzer

Terrence Chew

Veronica Watson

Chia-Yu Liu

Lawrence-Olivier Mahadoo

Chris Tron

Ashton Stare

Douglass Alligood

Doug Stechschulte

Elias Gunnar Brulin

Filippo Cioffi

Fiona Lu

Kristoffer Negendahl

Kurt Nieminen

Sijia Zhou

Tingting Lyu

Valerie Derome-Masse

Andreas Bak

Ace Nguyen

Tom Lasbrey

Frankie Sharpe

Alan Maedo

Catrina Nelson

Abdur-Rahman Harunah

Yasamin Mayyas

Collaborators

Adamson Associates Architects

Read Jones Christoffersen

The Mitchell Partnership

Mulvey & Banani International

BA Consulting Group

GUNN Consultants

Public Work

Integral Group In.

COLE Engineering

RWDI Consulting Engineers

Urban Strategies

IMIGO

Y-Visual

BIG Ideas

BIG Engineering