Audax will join leading players in real estate and architecture at the second biennial edition of Toronto of the Future. The exhibit will showcase the latest design ideas for commercial, industrial and residential, developments, as well as urban infrastructure and transportation projects that are shaping Toronto.
Audax will be presenting their latest condo project, 128 Hazelton, a luxury multi-unit residential building which uses stone and masonry to create a modern design, instead of the conventional glass window wall. “We paid a lot of attention to the exterior ground level of the building, which too many times is an afterthought in our city,” says Gianpiero Pugliese, Principal of Audax.
The design for 128 Hazelton was inspired by the Haussmann building typology in Paris, but treated in a more modern way. Audax used an approach called Human Architecture, a design framework developed by the studio, which takes the best practices of traditional architecture and marries them with a modern aesthetic.
"Toronto is a leading city in the Western Hemisphere with respect to the unprecedented scale of urbanization, redevelopment, and renewal we see today,” says Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner, City Planning Division of the City of Toronto. “We expect this trend of rapid change to continue and as a result, we need to continue to push our thinking with respect to what the city could become.”
Audax presents "128 Hazelton", an alternative to the glass condo tower, at Toronto of the Future
