Dundas
Mixed-Use Residential, Dundas Street, Mississauga
Situated along Dundas Street in Mississauga, this mixed-use residential development is among the first buildings to respond to the City's evolving official plan and the Dundas Connects guidelines — a framework aimed at transforming the corridor into a denser, more walkable urban environment. The project embraces that ambition, working with the city's proposed new street network to shape a building that is as much an urban design proposition as an architectural one, and that aspires to set a precedent for future development along the street.
Mixed-Use Residential, Dundas Street, Mississauga
Situated along Dundas Street in Mississauga, this mixed-use residential development is among the first buildings to respond to the City's evolving official plan and the Dundas Connects guidelines — a framework aimed at transforming the corridor into a denser, more walkable urban environment. The project embraces that ambition, working with the city's proposed new street network to shape a building that is as much an urban design proposition as an architectural one, and that aspires to set a precedent for future development along the street.
The massing responds to a new north-south street by modulating its form and emphasising the corner, where a two-storey medical centre anchors the base alongside a small plaza and retail frontage capable of animating the street with restaurants and active uses. Above, the building rises with deliberate setbacks that give it a mountainous quality, carved open above the entrance to reveal the elevators and create a sheltered interior heart connecting the public life of the street to the private life of the building. Rooftop terraces and open-air amenities at the tenth floor extend this relationship upward.
The building's skin is angled to catch and reflect light throughout the day, producing a shimmering effect across its surface while contributing to energy performance. Floor-to-ceiling windows are introduced in measured amounts, and a geothermal system further reduces energy demands. At street level, the structure meets the ground in a modulated rhythm of columns and bays, creating character along the sidewalk rather than a continuous glass wall set alongside a treed landscape and generous pedestrian space. In its form, its programme, and its relationship to the street, the building proposes a model for what this part of the city might become.
The building's skin is angled to catch and reflect light throughout the day, producing a shimmering effect across its surface while contributing to energy performance. Floor-to-ceiling windows are introduced in measured amounts, and a geothermal system further reduces energy demands. At street level, the structure meets the ground in a modulated rhythm of columns and bays, creating character along the sidewalk rather than a continuous glass wall set alongside a treed landscape and generous pedestrian space. In its form, its programme, and its relationship to the street, the building proposes a model for what this part of the city might become.
Location:
3033 Dundas Streer West, Mississauga, Canada
Program:
Residential, Medical and Retail
Design Architect:
Hout Architecture Inc.
Client:
Zando Developments
3033 Dundas Streer West, Mississauga, Canada
Program:
Residential, Medical and Retail
Design Architect:
Hout Architecture Inc.
Client:
Zando Developments