90 Alexander
WINNER OF A 2020 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT
?This project establishes clear ideas of urban activation, heritage preservation and engagement while generating an appropriate floorplate for a contemporary residential structure. The plan respects and makes space for the heritage building through a rich urban laneway system that connects across the site and to the city. The approach to cladding is interesting?a reinterpretation of masonry detailing in metal.? ? Michael Moxam, juror
Crafted from standard metal panels, the façade reinterprets the interlocking brick of surrounding heritage properties.
In Winnipeg?s East Exchange District, much of the century-old industrial vernacular is being adaptively reused to support mixed-use residential projects. This includes 90 Alexander?one of the last remaining sites on Waterfront Drive, and once home to the W.J. Guest Fish Company Warehouse, and later to Great West Metal Limited. The existing 1905 brick warehouse on this narrow-yet-deep lot was constructed with face brick and remains in excellent repair. The architects devised a new seven-storey volume that winds around the warehouse, leaving all sides of the 115-year-old building exposed, in homage to its original free-standing form. The volume also creates an appropriately scaled building that avoids deep floorplates.
Context plan
The new construction evokes the articulated texture of the historic building. The façade?s cladding panels, developed from rudimentary 8-inch...
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