The Cosmopolitan is a five-storey residential project that provides 100 condominium units to Oakville’s Ballantry Oak Park neighbourhood. The stately building provides a grand statement on the streetscape, while mitigating the main-street experience to the single-family homes of the area.
The Cosmopolitan
This five-storey building comprises 100 condominium suites, ranging from 700 to 1300 square feet. These are intentionally generous, appealing to a variety of potential residents, from individuals to families and those down-sizing from the larger homes of the area.
The ground floor contains commercial space fronting onto Oak Park Boulevard, while the rear provides visitor parking and residential condos’ amenities and services. Parking for unit owners is totally hidden and located in one level of underground.
The project’s form is inspired by the site conditions and reflection of the established curvature of the surrounding streets and master plan.
The final built form sits snugly on the site, with zero setbacks on all boundaries, as it firmly addresses the bend of Oak Park Boulevard’s Street line and establishes its urban character.
The plan development created a uniqueness of spatial instances due to the curved generation of the plan, which closely follows the geometry of the site, therefore making each living unit different and individual in character.
The design of building facades and its massing is an attempt to fragment long expanses of wall by breaking down its scale thought the use of a diverse palette of materials: architectural stone like masonry at grade, brick, prefinished siding and EIFS at the residential levels.
The Cosmopolitan, built in wood framing, and all its constructive components address sustainability with the use of both recycled and renewable source materials.
The building integrates many sustainability initiatives, including that the building has been designed to match LEED standards, by exceeding Ontario Building Code 2012 requirements. It is a wood frame building structure is carbon neutral, made of renewable organic building material.
The design uses water efficient fixtures reduce potable water consumption by at least 30%.
Rare in a suburban context, long term bicycle parking for residents and short-term bicycle parking for visitors is provided.
