[NEUF architect(e)s - Unveiling Connectivity: Back-of-House Reconnecting a Pedestrian Network (111-113 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto) - COVER IMG] Proposed design of the North East corner

Unveiling Connectivity: Back-of-House Reconnecting a Pedestrian Network (111-113 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto)

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Commercial Architecture
Firm LocationMontréal, Canada
CompanyNEUF architect(e)s
Lead ArchitectLilia Koleva
Design TeamAzad Chichmanian, Jean-Louis Leger, Marina Socolova, Ailsa Craigen, James Rendina, Sarah Ives, Julianne Guevara
ClientMontik Planning & Development with Funtauna Investments

The design for the four-storey commercial re-development at 111 Yorkville Avenue is rooted in the duality between old and new. In the late 1980s, the existing Victorian house structure underwent several functional and design alterations, distorting it from its original character. Taking cues from a sister building located a few steps away on Hazelton Avenue, NEUF architect(e)s proposed a contemporary interpretation of the building that allowed retail functions to be accommodated behind a Victorian-inspired façade that opens up and revives the once significant courtyard.