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meadowgroveretirement community Innovative retirement living, promoting access to natural light through generous and abundant atriums

TYPICAL FLOOR LAYOUT

CENTENNIAL COLLEGENathan Donaldson & Thinh Le

April 24, 2015

Legend:2 Bedroom A - 69 sqm2 Bedroom B - 81 sqm2 Bedroom C - 88 sqm1 Bedroom - 59 sqmBachelor - 40 sqmAtrium Spaces8 Storey Living Wall

The Meadowgrove Retirement Community buildings excel in capturing light.

Responding to the reality that for many seniors, leaving their building of residence each day is not practical, the design seeks to bring as much of what is nourishing outdoors, indoors.

To that end, the design incorporates the use of 4 atriums for the gather-ing and distribution of light in public spaces. The light enters the atriums via clerestory windows at their top (see sections A & C at right), and from windows along one side.

Working in tandem with these atriums, harvesting the light that they al-low in, 4 living/breathing walls purify the air and provide residents with the nourishment that comes from exposure to plants.

SOUTH WEST NORTHEAST

PROJECT LOCATION:684 Warden Ave. Toronto, ON

PROJECT STATISTICS:SITE: 4631 sqm

GROSS FLOOR AREA: 28, 893 sqmSTOREYS ABOVE GRADE: 8STOREYS BELOW GRADE: 3

OCCUPANTS: 307

SUSTAINABLE FEATURES:Green Roofs - As can be seen in the section key, green roofing

has been used extensively in the project, helping to keep the building cool and to attenuate storm water runoff.

Living/Breathing Walls - Four of these are provided for interior air purification. Additionally, the movement of air through the sys-

tem has been integrated with the hollow core-slab structure.Daylighting Atriums - Atriums lit via clerestories and adjacent

windows bring light to public spaces and feed living walls. Protection of Natural Spaces - As illustrated in the section key

above, the development hugs the north and east borders of the site, allowing the green spaces at the south and west to remain

undisturbed.

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SECTION KEY