M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga by Babak Eslahjou

M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga by Babak Eslahjou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Perak in Arsitektur Competition Category.

PerakArsitektur· 2025

M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga

by Babak Eslahjou

Client: CORE Architects Inc.

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Arsitektur Category

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The Design

About M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga

M1 jo M2 adolah duo menara tampek tingga nan dibangun sabagai bagian dari pangambangan kota nan labiah gadang di Mississauga, Kanada. M1 punyo 61 lantai jo 780 unit, samantaro M2 punyo 62 lantai jo 793 unit. Satiok menara dibantuak dari tujuah bantuak palek lantai tipikal nan dimiriangkan jo diputa, sahinggo sudut-sudutnyo bagesa sakitar satu meter dari lantai di bawahnyo. Dindiang geser pendek maikuti pageseran tu, nan manjago tata latak ruangan tatap taratur. Podium kaco nan bafaset mambawok atok hijau jo ruang fasilitas lua nan mangadok ka selatan di tingkek tanah jo tingkek atok.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. M1 and M2 Menara Tampek Tingga adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The towers have a special geometry that provides for excellent residential units but also contributes to the iconic role of this building on the urban skyline. The podium has a prismatic shape by virtue of its faceted glass walls, as well as a rooftop amenity space and green roof. There are 7 typical floor plate shapes beginning with a rectangle and skewing first towards one extreme, then back to the other extreme. The tower’s unique appearance results from the rotation of the floor plates.
Dimensions & Packaging: M1
Area: 639,470 sq. ft
Stores: 61
Units: 780

M2
Area: 677,888 sq. ft.
Stores: 62
Units: 793
Tags: M City, M1, M2,
Production Technology: There are 7 typical floor plate shapes (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G), beginning with a rectangle (D) and skewing first towards one extreme (G), then skewing back through D to the other extreme (A). The corners of each plate floor plate shift over 1m from the plate below. This is done with short shear walls that ‘walk’ along with the skewing and overlap above and below
Design Challenge: Unlike other sculptural towers that sacrifice the livability of the units to achieve unique shapes, the precise geometric procedures we have used do not compromise the layouts of the rooms
Inspiration: This site will play a key role in the formation of Mississauga’s urbanized center. It will be a model for intensification, by offering high-quality amenities at levels of density that are new to Mississauga. The tower, intended as the highest part of the whole M City development, will have a unique geometry that redefines Mississauga’s skyline. Its characteristic undulating geometric presence is a series of twisted horizontal bands that form the entire shaft of the tower.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 and completed in 2024
Operation Flow: We believe that reintroducing green space to urbanized places, both on the ground and in the air, is important for the wellbeing of people. These ideas figure largely in our proposal for Garden City, a tower podium strategy. This condo project offers an iconic tower recognizable on the skyline of the city, with a well landscaped pedestrian environment and a generous south facing outdoor amenity carved out of the mass of the podium.
The ground level is marked by bold paving patterns that include various contrasting textures and colors shaped into dynamic angles and planes. Along with generous softscape areas and high quality street furniture and boulevard lighting, we envision an enhanced public realm that frames a variety of urban commercial and leisure activities appropriate for a downtown setting.
Team Members: Babak Eslahjou
Image Credits: CORE Architects Inc.