Factory Square · 从工业到创新的空间转变丨加拿大多伦多丨RAW Design Inc.

Architect：RAW Design Inc.

Location：Toronto, ON, Canada

Project Year：2016

Category：Offices Factories

451 Phillip Street was built in 1965 and originally served a purely industrial function. Throughout its 50 year history, it has housed several different businesses and undergone multiple additions and renovations. Most recently, the building has served as an office and light manufacturing facility for Blackberry.

Jeremie Warshafsky

Our intention is to transform the vast, prosaic space into a series of light-filled, dynamic spaces that will foster interaction, collaboration, and creative thinking, thereby dramatically transforming the beige box into a bustling hub.

Jeremie Warshafsky

The building’s proposed use shall remain largely business office, but where the existing space was for a single tenant, the proposed design shall be tailored for multi-tenant use. A main driver in the design approach has been to bring natural daylight into interior spaces through the introduction of a generous central courtyard, skylights, and additional glazing along the building’s exterior.

Jeremie Warshafsky

The main entrance addition, a bold design intervention on the northeast corner of the building is an eye-catching improvement facing onto Phillip St. A second equally prominent entrance addition on the southwest corner will clearly announce to rapid transit commuters that they’ve arrived.

Jeremie Warshafsky

The proposed renovation aims to reinvigorate the currently vacant complex and activate the priorities highlighted in the City’s Official Plan and Urban Design Manual.

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