Design through the lens of each user

1.a Citizens

The culinary school can be designed to act as a magnet for citizens, with a strong axis in the form of a skywalk leading toward the landmark. The lower level is left for commercial activities.

2. Market vendors

The market can be reorganized as doubly-loaded stalls adjacent to the streets, creating permeable edges that invite customers. The rear of the site can be developed as a vendor’s lounge.

3.b Children

The zoning of the children’s area is a response to the nature of the site’s immediate neighborhood. One of the courts, takes on the role of a playground, with the library and parklet defining its edges.

1.b Commuters

The experience of commuters can be enhanced by designing a bus stop that improves connectivity, defining the sidewalk, and extending the plaza into the site, creating a transition towards privacy.

3.a Neighbours

The site can be made porous through the design of parklets along the street edges and by retaining courts that could act as spill-out spaces for street activities, connecting local nodes.

4. Students

The original character of the arcade is referenced by designing a linear space that spills out into a court that hosts street plays. The arcade edge creates the opportunity for students to linger.

Architectural details

The high-rise structure was designed using steel and concrete composite construction. The architecture borrows an earthy material palette from its predecessor- the Johnson market which can be seen in the use of materials like terracotta and exposed brick.

Urban Contribution

• Connection to the public realm

• Connection to the city’s food

• Plaza for the city

• Courtyards for activities

• Parklets to create permeable urban space

• Landscaped gardens towards the residential zone

• Market arcade that emulates the commercial character of the area

• Defined acces as a designed cue