Parkside Victoria Condominuim, Canada by The Hulbert Group
December 26th, 2009 - Posted in Architecture Design, Sustainable Design
The Parkside Victoria is luxury condominium was designed by that located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The architectural design is a new direction for sustainable living that currently on target for LEED® Platinum certification. Two major challenges that the client brief, including the desire for a new direction in urban residential infill housing, which includes a refreshed understanding of North American cities as the core fun, relaxed place to live, and state-of-the-art example of sustainability.
Parkside Victoria Condominium exterior facade architectural design
Parkside Victoria condominium is a 126 suite of versatile, multi-family urban residential projects in downtown Victoria. The whole ownership condominium is equipped with a variety of holiday products including fractional ownership property. Two independent 7 and 8 floor midrise structures connected by a garden atrium lobby. Facilities include a spa, fitness center, indoor swimming pool, cosmetic surgeon, convenience retail, office and food and beverage facilities.
Parkside Victoria Condominium interior sustainable living
Sustainability and services are the main principles behind the design and construction of Parkside. This building complex is designed to be the most energy efficient, sustainable architecture in Canada. Some high performance strategies including storm water storage tanks that store and use rain water collected from the site to irrigate the garden courtyard and roof gardens; fritted glasses and operating windows to reduce heat gain and provide natural ventilation; low flow / flushing water consumption fixtures and Energy Star-rated appliances.
Parkside Victoria Condominium exterior atrium space modern building
The atrium space is also home to an extensive collection of tropical plants salvaged from Victoria’s historic Crystal Garden building. Mechanical cooling towers on the roof is removed by using the storm water tanks, waterfalls and landscape ponds to act as heat sinks to cool the building.
The Parkside Victoria managed to respond to the immediate context that ranged from building a valuable legacy for permanent valued open green space, developed urban core, and the key arterial framing connectors. Given the mix of contextual forces nearby, the solution appears as a modern building a peaceful co-exist in the historic capital city of Victoria city center. The project was completed in July 2009.
