Where a 1½ storey detached house one stood, architect D’Arcy Jones has created a bold 12-plex moulded to a temperate climate
legislature in James Bay, the understated four-storey Rotunda manages to rise over a neighbouring two-storey heritage building without overshadowing it. The modest 12-unit multiplex was erected on a lot where a 1½-storey detached house once stood.
Mr. Jones grew up in Vancouver but spent a lot of time in James Bay. His knowledge and affinity for both areas is reflected in the exterior of his design which incorporates details from neighbouring buildings. The effect is a look that is modern, without looking brand new. “Super modern’s fine for a few years, but then it’s not fresh anymore,” says Mr. Jones, whose goal was to create something that is both lasting and “hard to date.”One of Mr. Jones’s core talents, according to Mr. Mari, is his ability to marry traditional materials with contemporary forms. The final design was a riff on the Odlum Street fourplex with courtyard by the late Vancouver architect Peter Cardew.
Above the first floor, Rotunda is set back from the street in order to match the building next-door, whose second floor is also recessed, ensuring that their outdoor patio space remains unobstructed. The sacrifice of floor space is an unimaginable consideration that Mr. Jones shrugs off as “the neighbourly thing to do.”
There are seven different unit designs in Rotunda, ranging from studio to three-bedroom dwellings and in size from 450 to 1,400 square feet. There are two separate two-bedroom floorplans, one with stairs and one without, designed to accommodate different physical abilities. Designed with fellow architect Jesse Ratcliffe, Pearl Block bears a distinctive palette and structure to Rotunda but embodies the core attentiveness to how a building not only fits into a space, but exists. Above all, the two structures are built to last, acting as “one train of thought” strung across two buildings.
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