Herault Arnod Architects

2211 Cambie

2211 Cambie
© Michael Elkan

2211 CAMBIE

Arno Matis Architecture

CONSTRUCTION ADMIN
Azurean Architecture

MANUFACTURERS
Bosch, Mapei, Pheonix Glass

PHOTOGRAPHS
Michael Elkan, Ed White, Leo Light Photography

LANDSCAPE
Considered Design Inc.

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Fast + Epp

INTERIOR DESIGN
Hungerford Interior

CLIENT
Portliving

ELECTRICAL
Nemetz S/a & Associates

BUILDING ENVELOPE
Spratt Emanuel Engineering Ltd.

ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Brown Strachan

CONSTRUCTION
Kindred Construction

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Arno Matis

LOCATION
Vancouver, Canada

LIGHT ART
Tamar Frank

AREA
2602 m²

YEAR
2014

CATEGORY
Apartments

Text description provided by architect.

A once forgotten site sitting adjacent a new underground rapid transit line, this project sits on the southern gateway of Vancouver’s grand Cambie boulevard.

2211 Cambie
© Michael Elkan
2211 Cambie
© Michael Elkan
2211 Cambie
© Michael Elkan

This commercial/residential mixed-use project presents an avant-garde building form of cascading post-tensioned concrete cantilever floors and a layered screen façade that reflects light and distorts the boundaries between interior and exterior.

Designed to capture the vortex energy of the neighbouring bridgehead, building vocabulary is sweeping and spiraled to capture the energy created by the adjacent bridge ramps.

Edges are curved and fragmented to evoke the idea of movement, as if the energy of the street itself is pealing the surfaces of the building apart.

2211 Cambie
© Ed White
2211 Cambie
© Leo Light Photography
2211 Cambie
© Leo Light Photography

The building turns its corners in prow-like forms that track sun-angles and provide passive horizontal and vertical sun-shading.

FAÇADE: The solar signature of each façade was carefully mapped and the result was a tailored system that is not only an effective passive solar control tool, but also serves as a privacy screen from the bridge traffic to the north east, while opening to views to the north west.

2211 Cambie
© Leo Light Photography
2211 Cambie
© Leo Light Photography

LIGHT ART: The building form is emphasized through a light art installation by light artist Tamar Frank that recalls the frenetic movement of head and taillights.

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© Leo Light Photography
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© Ed White


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© Leo Light Photography
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© Leo Light Photography
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© Ed White


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