Rogers South Tower

Parametric set-out for a 32-storey tower's undulating slab edges, documented without custom formwork.

Vancouver, British Columbia Past experience 2012–2014
The tower under construction with curving concrete slab edges

Patrick Danielson was part of the design team at Francl Architecture from design development to construction documents.

The property line and building core moved after the building's contours were nearly complete. Because the contours were parametric, they could be regenerated quickly while staying in sync with the site boundary, unit layouts, structural capacity and balcony details. Each floor plate outline was produced with set-out coordinates for straight or circular slab-edge formwork, and balcony stanchion points were placed the same way. The geometry was built with simple conventional formwork, with no custom forms to discard.

Status
Past experience
Period
2012–2014
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sector
Research and concepts
Structure
Reinforced concrete
Scale
32 storeys, 5 basement levels
Floor area
15,528 m²
Client
Aquilini
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