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FORM Condos
50 McCaul Street, Toronto
The south façade of FORM Condos resembles an inverted staircase with its four cantilevers that extend out toward Stephanie Street. This unusual shape keeps the neighbouring church in daylight and required a unique solution to make each cantilever work.
The largest and most complex cantilever, at the 6th floor, uses steel trusses on the east and west sides of the building to support the concrete structure above the 7th floor slab. Both trusses were fabricated off-site as single units and hoisted into place, where they remain visible in the finished 6th floor units.
The highest cantilever, at the 13th floor, uses projected beams on the external walls and cantilevered interior wall beams. At the 4th and 8th floors, cantilevered interior wall beams combine with projected slabs.
Status Completed 2020
ClientTridel
Architectarchitects-Alliance
The walls of the mechanical penthouse were the subject of a study into CarbonCure, a technique where captured carbon dioxide is injected into freshly poured concrete. The carbon dioxide is captured within the concrete as it sets and contributes to the concrete's compressive strength.
FORM Condos | |
Number Of Buildings | 1 |
Building Height | 43.7 metres |
Floors Above Grade | 15 (13 occupied) |
Floors Below Grade | 3 |
Residential Units | 190 |
GSA | 296,320 sq. ft. |
Building Type | Mid-Rise |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Occupancy | Mixed-Use; Residential (Condo) Commercial (Restaurant) |
Specialty Components | Cantilevers |
