SPLIT 02.

INTEGRATED MIXED-USED RESIDENTIAL BULIDING

TEAM: Joseph Jiang, Taylor Forrest, Jonathan Hellinga, Andy Xu

INSTRUCTORS: Cory Zurell, Mohamad Araji

SOFTWARE: Revit, Rhino, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Twinmotion, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

TIMELINE: 60 days

A proposed mixed use residential project that aims to sustainably serve the growing population of young professionals in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

context plan

site plan

The spirit

Located in Kitchener, Ontario, Split 02 is a mid-rise, mixed-use residential project that aims to serve the growing population of young professionals in the neighbourhood.

The building consists of two volumes, a 12 storey residential, and a 6 storey commecial building. Careful architectural movements were executed to develop connection between the neighbouring streets, but also between the two buildings. Strong gridlines define the geometric relationship between the buildings, and create a semi-private space that draws pedestrian traffic into a community fostered by the central courtyard.

The use of brick cladding on the first two stories tie the building into the surrounding neighbourhood, and the ACM panels provide a minimally intrusive facade. The large solar chimney located out on the south facade of the building provides a large canvas for local artists to express the culture and history of Waterloo-Kitchener, as well as providing a beautiful centre-piece in the area.

Interior Visualizations (Typical Unit, Commecial space, Lobby)

FLOOR PLANS

Elevations + SEctions

support

With sustainability in mind, one of the primary goals for the building’s structure was to be made of as much mass timber as possible.

The gravity system is a point-supported CLT system with 175mm thick CLT slabs spanning 3m by 5.5m, and 265mm by 266mm glulam columns with a 3.3m height. The lateral system contains 4 concrete elevator shafts or stairwells in the residential tower, and 2 concrete shafts or stairwells in the commercial tower. The building also has CLT shear walls running along the height of the building on all the east and west elevations.

enclose

The design of the enclosure is key element in low energy consumption in the heating and cooling of a builidng. Strong considerations for wall, window and other glazing assemblies were taken to minimize the heat loss, and relatively low window-to-wall ratios bring the building’s energy consumption to 36% of the average building in Ontario. Spilt 02 offsets some of its operational energy usage through the addition of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic panels on the commercial and the upper residential roofs and thin film photovoltaics on the south, east, and west glazing units. The massing and orientation of the building allows for the incorporation of a southern facing solar chimney in the residential building, which functions both as an art piece, but also facilitates natural ventilation in the larger residential building.

The buildings form works to shade the lobby glazing and the sixth-floor terrace from direct sunlight. These strategies coupled with the proposed wall and roof assemblies and a window-to-wall ratio of approximately 40% allow Spilt 02 to have 35.6% of the average Ontario building energy use intensity.

sustain

The design of the enclosure is key element in low energy consumption in the heating and cooling of a builidng. Strong considerations for wall, window and other glazing assemblies were taken to minimize the heat loss, and relatively low window-to-wall ratios bring the building’s energy consumption to 36% of the average building in Ontario. Spilt 02 offsets some of its operational energy usage through the addition of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic panels on the commercial and the upper residential roofs and thin film photovoltaics on the south, east, and west glazing units. The massing and orientation of the building allows for the incorporation of a southern facing solar chimney in the residential building, which functions both as an art piece, but also facilitates natural ventilation in the larger residential building.