St. Pats Crossing

The St Pats site is defined by the original desire line of the road that cut a path towards Windsor. Since then, deep desire lines have been driven into the site by many crossings that have etched themselves into this site and into our vision for the new life on this vibrant city block.

The design for St Pats Crossing is informed by desire lines and the angular shapes they define. Angular masses rise up along Quinpool Street with striking soffit lines reaching out to create dynamic public plazas at corner conditions. Angled column silhouettes march along the street frontage creating an urban rhythm along the pedestrian realm.

Quingate Plaza and Windsor Street feature angular townhouses that breakdown the scale of the podiums to address their residential neighbours.  Above, 28 storey towers with sloped roofs echo the angular nature of the podium.  Balconies are severed by a reveal cutting through the slabs, leaving behind a desire line across the face of the elevation. Tower massing along Quinpool Street shifts upon itself, revealing angular soffits that change direction, evoking a three dimensional representation of a crossing, at St Pats.