M1 and M2 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ by Babak Eslahjou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2025
M1 and M2 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ
Client: CORE Architects Inc.
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About M1 and M2 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ
M1 ᱟᱨ M2 ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱰᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱥᱤᱥᱟᱣᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱦᱟᱱᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ M1 ᱨᱮ 61 ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱟᱨ 780 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ M2 ᱨᱮ 62 ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱟᱨ 793 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱭᱟᱭ ᱴᱟᱭᱯᱤᱠᱟᱞ ᱯᱷᱞᱚᱨ ᱯᱞᱮᱴ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱴᱮᱲᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱪᱩᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱚᱬᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱚᱰᱚᱠᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱠᱟᱴᱤᱡ ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱸᱛ ᱠᱚ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱚᱰᱚᱠ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱩᱴᱷᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱡᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱮᱴᱮᱰ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ ᱯᱚᱰᱤᱭᱟᱢ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹᱲ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱪᱷᱟᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱚᱠᱷᱤᱱ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱩᱵᱤᱫᱷᱟ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱷᱟᱛ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
M1 and M2 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ M1 and M2 ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱶᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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.
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