Yann Weymouth, who acted as the chief design architect for I.M. Pei on the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, is set to make his mark on Toronto.
Yann Weymouth, who acted as the chief design architect for I.M. Pei on the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, is set to make his mark on Toronto.
By National Post March 7, 2007
Mr. Weymouth’s first Canadian project, for the international Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaul (HOK) design firm, involves demolishing the current home of the Lycee Francaise at 77 Charles St. and replacing it with a 22- storey building.
The first four floors, in granite, will house the Promotion of Education and Values Society and Kintore College, a private Catholic school, plus housing for 18 women, aged 20 to 30. Above will be 18 stories of luxury condominium suites.
“We’re at the edge between the taller, more dense, more urban part of the city and the area of Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto, that’s much lower, gentler and very clean,” Mr. Weymouth said in an interview at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, which is around the corner from the site.
“These are two good things in the city and we need both.”
No one at the Lycee Francaise, a private school partly funded by the government of France, would comment on where the school will move. A note on the school’s Web site promises that the school will remain at its “current address” for the 2007-08 school year.
The developer, Aspen Ridge Homes of Toronto, hopes to break ground in late 2007 or early 2008, with occupancy slated for late 2009.
Mr. Weymouth said yesterday that in designing the new building, he tried to save architectural features unique to the area.
“The base of the building is the same scale, the same scale of detail. But then the tower, which is very different in vocabulary, it’s not made of stone. It’s made of glass, metal and some stone trim. That’s above and floating down and then dives down to meet the entrance on Charles Street.”
The design will use natural Canadian materials in its base.
“The base is two stones. One is called Algonquin. It’s a limestone, it’s a local limestone, it’s a Canadian limestone. The second one is a granite, which is called Prairie Green, which again is Canadian granite,” Mr. Weymouth said.
Mr. Weymouth also hopes the building will score high under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings system.
The LEED rating system measures how green a building actually is according to five categories — sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
A project can be awarded either certified, silver, gold or platinum status, depending on how high the project scores. A certified project needs 26 points whereas a platinum project requires 52 points.
“We’re aiming for silver certification — but there’s no guarantee,” Mr. Weymouth said. “This is a jewel project. It’s worthwhile to push all of the boundaries that we can to make it as good as we can possibly make it.”
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Let’s compare and contrast condos at the intersection of St. Thomas and Charles streets. On one corner, the defending champion, in pale limestone, is Robert Stern’s ode to 1930s skyscrapers, a 21st-century “pre-war” apartment aspirant. On the other, a sleek 16-storey modernist tower, 77 Charles Street West. Having gone to architecture school in the 1970s, I admit to a bias. The Bauhaus was unassailable, and professors inculcated students with the view that anything retro was a demonstration of a lack of imagination and/or a profound disconnection with your own time. You know who I feel compelled to put my bet on in this fight. Seventy-seven Charles Street is not just another stylish, expensive condominium, though it has 50 suites ranging from 1,320 square feet ft. to a penthouse of 6,000 sq. ft., and prices from $1.2-million to $9- million ( 77charles.com).For starters, it’s not just a condo. At the glassy tower’s base is a stone-clad structure that will house Kintore College and Cultural Centre. This is a four-storey, 20-bed private residence for women attending university that will include, among other features, a chapel and an auditorium to accommodate public seminars. The college is affiliated with Opus Dei. The condo is completely distinct from Kintore College, having a separate entrance and elevators.
Seventy-seven Charles Street West is designed by architect Yann Weymouth, of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (known as HOK). HOK is one of the world’s largest firms with more than 2,000 professionals in 23 offices worldwide. HOK is behind an astounding range of projects — all modernist — and was commited to sustainability before it was trendy. Mr. Weymouth is one of those architects whose careers make teenagers think it must be cool to be a designer. He did a degree at Harvard, then architecture at M.I.T. and then worked for the firms that won the most interesting jobs. After a few years of running his own business, he was off to Paris as chief design architect for I.M. Pei’s Grand Louvre project, which created that glass pyramid in the Louvre’s courtyard. “It starts with the site,” Mr. Weymouth says of his approach to 77 Charles. “The location is between the towers of mid-town Toronto and the low-rise of the University of Toronto. We wanted it to fit the streetscape of the University on the ground level and, of course, take advantage of the unimpeded views that the campus ensures the building will have of Toronto’s downtown.” His building is a classic one, an ephemeral glass tower on a stone podium. “It’s a wonderful combination: Kintore College fits with the other traditional university buildings on the street and the tower appears, in contrast, to be transparent and light.” Energy-efficiency was also a concern. Apartments have 10-to 11-foot ceilings (12 feet in the penthouse). Now I can justify my ceiling-height fixation not as a need for grandeur, but because I care about energy conservation. “The higher ceilings allow [winter] sunlight to penetrate the entire suite, and this can have a significant impact on heating,” Mr. Weymouth says.
By arranging the windows with balconies above as he has, you can also keep the summer sun out and reduce cooling requirements. The tower is modulated with an interesting curve that allows suites to have city views that they might not otherwise be able to enjoy.
Like I.M. Pei’s work, the result is quiet and elegant. If you live there, you’ll have a more spectacular view than you’d get from the traditional square windows of the retro building on the other corner. The higher ceilings on every floor, however, are the knock-out punch. The building’s only weakness might prove to be owners unschooled in the modernist style. Back to the design gym for them if they try to recreate their traditional home and decorate with heavy curtains and massive furniture that needs to be shoved up against walls. To all you owners at 77 Charles (and modernist condos in general), edit your stuff before you arrive and try to get in the refined spirit of such a swell apartment.
Take the Next Step and Express Your Interest in the Yorkville 77 Charles Residences. In anticipation of construction starting, the 77 Charles West condo sales office is now closed. Please contact 416.567.4663 or email us for more information about 77 Charles West Toronto condo availability as well as the Seventy Seven Yorkville apartment floor plans for sale.
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