WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT
This project begins with a vernacular reference to Prairie silos, and transforms it into something that is quite lovely in spatial terms. For a commercial development, the jury found it to be both playful and to add rhythm to the street. Because of its modularity, they imagined how a building like this could transform uses over time?if a large tenant pulled out, their space could be adaptively reused into a series of smaller shops. Overall, this is quite an innovative prefabricated design with a lot of potential. – Jury Comment
The modular approach allows the bars to protrude and recede, producing public entryways, secret gardens, and courtyards.
Traditionally, architecture is thought of as a monumental art, creating buildings that last unchanged for decades or longer. But in reality, many of the places where we live, work and play come and go. We?re constantly remodelling, renovating and replacing buildings as styles and needs change. To act sustainably in the face of these complexities, the architects at Calgary-based Modern Office of Design + Architecture have been increasingly interested in the idea of circular design. This points to a cradle-to-cradle approach to construction, designing buildings that can be disassembled at the end of their use, and repurposed into new buildings.
A circular design approach was a perfect fit for FARM. Modern Office?s client for the project is a developer who asked for a 1,100-squa...