US architecture studio Gensler has designed an apartment complex with circular buildings and integrated electric-vehicle parking towers in Ontario.
Located outside of Toronto, the Electric Vehicle Enclave (EVE) Park development aims to integrate green technologies into a community-focused residential development.
Gensler has created a residential complex in Canada with integrated EV parking garages
"The EVE Park homes are designed within circular clusters with stepped rooflines that create dynamic spatial experiences between buildings and allow roof-mounted solar panels to optimally harness energy," said Gensler principal Oliver Schaper.
"The circular clusters promote community within a shared courtyard and offer small private outdoor spaces on the outside embedded in a park-like setting, creating a residential experience centred on connection to the outdoors." The development consists of four circular apartment buildings
Renderings of the design show four circular apartment buildings with cascading roofs topped with solar panels, clustered together on an L-shaped site.
Autonomous EV parking garages mark the highest point of the curved roofline and descend along one side of the buildings, covered in plants.
The parking garages will help reduce vehicular land occupancy
The garages will be integrated to reduce land occupancy of vehicles, including driveways and individual car garages, while providing more green space for the apartment's occupants.
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