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2010 National Urban Design Awards
Urban Fragments
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Capital Health Centre (Edmonton, AB) |
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 The challenge was to make an uninviting 1970s complex worthy of its new role as an institutional headquarters building.
The design includes an entry doubling as an all-seasons exhibition and event space. A grand canopy is extended beyond the buildings, serving as a wayfinding device. After dark, the lit structure gives the street a sense of warmth and security.
The roof adopts a civic scale from the exterior, yet recedes to a human scale inside, drawing the street into a space that is both urban and intimate. The desired effect is a light, welcoming structure that appears simultaneously substantial and weightless.
Jury Comments:
“That one gesture, that link between the two buildings, does a very nice job of tying the buildings together and connecting the whole to the street. We saw this as an innovative sculptural piece of architecture.” |
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