A Slice of Life
A slice of life – of everyone’s life - is food. It transcends culture, language, and age. Situated in the West Donlands, a developing neighbourhood with a wide variety of ethnic heritages, the Slice of Life Library and Community Hub encourages community involvement, collaboration, and interaction across the life cycle of food, emphasized through program and circulation.
A hydroponic garden leads straight to a communal kitchen, which seamlessly flows into an indoor/outdoor cafe, providing a platform for diverse cultures to be shared and celebrated. A bright and open library program, as well as an accessible green roof, offer moments of both socialization and rest, and a stepped sunken courtyard helps ground the building.
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Toronto, Canada
Library + Community Hub
1B Design Studio (Winter 2022)
Isabel Ochoa, Sifei Mo
Rhino 7, Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Enscape
demographicssite planAs I intended for my project to be a part of the West Donlands’ growing infrastructure, it was important to start by analyzing the surrounding context to see how my building could best serve its community.
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west elevation
ground floor plan
upper floor plan
roof plan
program diagramprogram axonometricsection aa
The library program on the second floor includes a variety of spaces for reading and relaxing overlooking the atrium, as well as a winding path through the bookshelves that allows for a separate path of circulation through the space.
second floor library perspective - 6:00 PM
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kitchen perspective - 12:00 PMThe communal kitchen can be used for both individual and group activities as well as in conjunction with the cafe, which also functions separately on the south side (with its own kitchen). During the warmer months, the accordion doors can be left open and both the kitchen and cafe can expand outwards into the sunken courtyard.
fragment sectional perspective
physical model