St. Lawrence Market is a heritage site consisting of three buildings: St. Lawrence Hall, the South Market and the North Market. The first two due to the heritage importance, remain intact.
The North Market has been redeveloped and transformed into a modern multipurpose building that houses a Farmer’s Market on Saturdays an Antique Market on Sundays, retail and restaurants on the ground floor and court rooms and administrative offices on the upper floors.
The design challenge was to retain a public market has existed in one form or another, on this site, since 1803 and will continue to do so well into the 21st century and to combine it with an expanded role that reflects the diverse and multi-faceted needs of the city.
The winning design was conceived by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Adamson Associates Architects.
Ten Plus was actively involved with the glazing contractors in developing exterior shading devices that would fulfill the mechanical design criteria while maintaining the desired aesthetic and budget requirements of the Consultant and stakeholders.
The solution was the Ten Plus V200-PRP panels with custom anchoring members, which integrated directly into the glazing system and further enhanced by designing out exposed fasteners.
Enhancing sustainability and aesthetics with Innovative shading.
It consists of a four storey structure with a glass atrium washing the Market in daylight and allowing shoppers a view of life and activity on the adjacent streets and effectively creating an open indoor market in a seemingly outdoor setting. Patrons will also be able to view the South Market and St. Lawrence Hall to the North thereby creating a strong visual connection with all three buildings of the complex.
The new building incorporates various sustainable design features that make it energy efficient and promote long-term savings on lifecycle and maintenance costs. One such strategy is the passive daylighting and shading strategies that include natural daylighting and passive shading devices along exterior windows to enable light to enter the building without heat gain from the sun.
