{"id":31602,"date":"2012-07-05T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=31602"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:35:47","slug":"no-mean-city-5468796-winnipegs-architecture-upstarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/05\/no-mean-city-5468796-winnipegs-architecture-upstarts\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MEAN CITY: 5468796, Winnipeg&#8217;s architecture upstarts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-31603\" title=\"Bloc_10-12\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/12.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/12-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Cross-posted from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\"><em>No Mean City,<\/em><\/a><em> Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I recently wrote\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/home-and-garden\/architecture\/a-condo-that-pushes-theory-into-the-built-world\/article4376427\/\" target=\"_blank\">a story for the Globe<\/a>\u00a0about the Winnipeg architects\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5468796.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">5468796<\/a>\u00a0and their Governor General&#8217;s Award-winning project, the low-rise condo development\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5468796.ca\/#bloc10\" target=\"_blank\">Bloc_10<\/a>. It&#8217;s handsome, aesthetically brave &#8211; and even more inventive in its form. In fact you can&#8217;t really understand it without seeing a Lego-style model (after the jump..)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>For a full slideshow of Bloc_10,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/?p=2590#more-2590\" target=\"_blank\">visit No Mean City<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The building&#8217;s 10 multi-level units fit together, as 546&#8217;s Ken Borton put it, like &#8220;a Chinese puzzle&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-31606\" title=\"bloc10_exploded_sept21-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/bloc10_exploded_sept21-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31622\" title=\"bloc10_block_sept21-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/bloc10_block_sept21-20101-e1341362746840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote in the Globe,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 10 units are all different in size, shape and configuration, which produces some amazing statistics. Each unit has at at least two levels; each has windows on the north and south sides, and eight boast an east or west exposure as well. Eight of them touch a corner of the building. The layouts are extremely unusual. For instance, one two-bedroom suite starts with a north-facing kitchen, steps up to a second-floor living room on the south side of the building, and then third-floor bedrooms on the north side \u2013 and it&#8217;s got outdoor decks to the north and south.<\/p>\n<p>The trick is a central spine of nested staircases, running east-west through the building, that link the different levels of each apartment. It&#8217;s a difficult design to understand at a glance, but it does use standard building materials and techniques \u2013 yet these homes all have qualities of light and space that are extraordinary in an apartment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-31615\" title=\"Bloc_10\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/11.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/07\/11-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the past five years 5468796 \u00a0been building a portfolio of buildings in Winnipeg that are remarkable for their quality &#8211; \u00a0and also for getting built. (Most architects of their age are renovating houses or entering competitions.) Two of 546&#8217;s partners are also<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/?p=2159\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0running Migrating Landscapes, Canada&#8217;s show at the Venice Biennale, which I covered here.<\/a>\u00a0We&#8217;ll hear more from them.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more pictures at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/?p=2590#more-2590\" target=\"_blank\">No Mean City<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture &nbsp; I recently wrote\u00a0a story for the Globe\u00a0about the Winnipeg architects\u00a05468796\u00a0and their Governor General&#8217;s Award-winning project, the low-rise condo development\u00a0Bloc_10. It&#8217;s handsome, aesthetically brave &#8211; and even more inventive in its form. 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