Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker creates “kit-of-parts” for Toronto train line

Montreal structure studio Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker has created a modular design system for the brand new Eglinton Crosstown mild rail stations in Toronto.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT runs 19.5 kilometres east to west throughout Toronto, and whereas development is full, in keeping with native sources, the road is but to open to the general public.

Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker (DLLS) led the undertaking, which started in 2011 and contains the creation of 15 underground and 10 above-ground stations, in addition to its graphic id.

DLLS labored with IBI Architects, the technical lead on the undertaking, and with Canadian structure studios Dialog and Norr on the creation of particular person stations.

The studio created a “kit-of-parts” design to implement throughout all 25 prepare stations, which included architectural components equivalent to a glass field quantity, double-height areas underground and clear cladding.

It distributed these components throughout three predominant station typologies: pavilion, nook, and embedded.

“The kit-of-parts strategy was developed to make sure constant design from the size of town to the item,” stated the staff. “Three distinct station typologies – pavilion, nook, and embedded – had been developed to be conscious of the genius loci of every station website.”

The doorway to every station is “a pristine and welcoming glass field”, both slanted or upright, that includes slim vertical glass panels, textured precast concrete panels and a horizontal cover.

“The opaque technical constructing is encircled by an envelope of luminous, textured precast concrete panels, resonating with Toronto’s civic buildings,” stated DLLS companion Rachel Stecker.

“The precast concrete panels, impressed by the geological layers of the soil, vertically join the road to the concourse degree.”

These glass and concrete panels are distributed in a 1.5-metre rhythm, which the studio notes is for ease of alternative over the road’s lifetime within the pursuit of sustainability.

The clear panels additionally convey mild into below-ground areas.

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“As passengers descend into the station, the slanted ribs of the glass field echo their motion and create dynamic performs of sunshine and shadow alongside the textured wall,” stated the staff.

“Double peak volumes from concourse to platform create openness inside every station, permitting travellers to obviously perceive the path to the prepare.”

Inside, the stations are largely clad in white and punctuated with public artwork and vibrant wayfinding to create a “museum-like atmosphere”.

The staff labored predominantly with a brilliant orange, as the road is ready to be the orange line as soon as opened.

“As a metropolis constructing undertaking, ECLRT represents a singular alternative to formalize an architectural signature, from civic scale to the best element, whereas respecting the genius loci of Toronto’s various and continually evolving neighbourhoods,” stated DLLS companion Renée Daous.

Different initiatives in Toronto embody Rafael Viñoly Architects’ first Canadian undertaking and an angular home with diamond-shaped cladding.

The pictures is by Tom Arban

Undertaking credit:Design excellence lead: Daoust Lestage Lizotte SteckerDesign staff: Renée Daoust, Rachel Stecker, Nathalie Trudel, Marie-Josée Gagnon, Réal Lestage, Eric Lizotte, Caroline Beaulieu, Lucie Bibeau, Maria Benech, Alexandre Boulianne, Dominique Morin-Robitaille, David GilbertJoint enterprise companions: Crosslinx Transit Options Design Group:Crosslinx transit options constructors: Consortium of ACS Dragados, Aecon, Ellis Don and SNC LavalinSystem-wide technical lead: IBI ArchitectsDesign Per station: Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker (Fairbank Station), DIALOG and IBI Architects (Forest Hill, Chaplin and Avenue Stations),IBI Architects (Mount Dennis, Keelesdale, Oakwood, Eglinton, Leaside, Laird, Science Centre and Kennedy Stations and At-grade Stops), NORR (Caledonia, Cedarvale and Mount Nice Stations)Undertaking shopper: Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario