M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé by Babak Eslahjou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
FàdákàÌkọ́lé· 2025
M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé
Client: CORE Architects Inc.
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé
M1 àti M2 jẹ́ ilé gogoro ibùgbé méjì tí a kọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ara ìdàgbàsókè ìlú títóbi kan ní Mississauga, Kánádà. M1 ní àjà mọ́kànlélọ́gọ́ta (61) àti ilé gbígbé 780, nígbà tí M2 ní àjà méjìlélọ́gọ́ta (62) àti ilé gbígbé 793. Ilé gogoro kọ̀ọ̀kan ni a ṣe láti ara oríṣi àwòrán ilẹ̀ àjà méje tí a tẹ̀ síwájú tí a sì yí padà, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn igun fi ń yípò tó nǹkan bí mítà kan kúrò ní àjà tó wà nísàlẹ̀. Àwọn ògiri agbára kúkúrú ń tẹ̀lé ìyípò náà, èyí tó mú kí ìṣètò àwọn yàrá dúró déédéé. Pódíọ̀mù gíláàsì onígun-ọ̀pọ̀ kan gbé òrùlé aláwọ̀ ewé àti àyè ìgbafẹ́ ìta gbangba tó kọjú sí gúúsù ní ipele ilẹ̀ àti ti òrùlé.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. M1 and M2 Àwọn Ilé Gogoro Ibùgbé jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
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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