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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Bar
8.14
7.36
8.14
6.86
7.63
Lara Francis El Hani
Lara Francis El Hani Senior Manager Interior Design – Head of Department at Kling Consult
4.9
2.64
4.01
5
4.14
Shamsudin Kerimov
Shamsudin Kerimov Founder at Kerimov Architects
4.45
4.58
4.24
4.4
4.42
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
5.5
8
6
5
6.13
Mireia Luzarraga
Mireia Luzarraga Cofounder at TAKK
5.76
5.93
5.98
4.07
5.44
Leali Ezzat
Leali Ezzat Founder and Design Director at ELE Interior
5
3.85
4.01
4.65
4.38
Javier Guzman
Javier Guzman Cofounder at Zooco Estudio
4.17
3.61
4.41
4.41
4.15
Jukka Halminen
Jukka Halminen Founder and Creative Director at Design Office Koko3
5.56
7.39
7.11
5
6.27
Louisa Fan
Louisa Fan Director of Design Luxury and Lifestyle Brand at IHG ® Hotels & Resorts
4.8
5
4.4
4
4.55
Alex Mok
Alex Mok Cofounder at Linehouse
5
5
5
4
4.75
Rahul Bansal
Rahul Bansal Architect at group dca
5
5
5
5
5
Lori Ferriss
Lori Ferriss Executive Director at Built Buildings Lab
5
5
5
2.66
4.42
Anette Skeie
Anette Skeie Head of Design at Norco Interior
5
4.8
5.2
5
5
Allen Zhou
Allen Zhou Founder at Shengtang Shijia Design Studio
4.15
4.81
4.73
4.32
4.5
Ziwei Guo
Ziwei Guo Founder and Director at Pure Design
4
5
5
5
4.75
Yang Yan
Yang Yan Founder and Chief Architect at y.ad studio
4
5
4
4
4.25
Vineeta Singhania Sharma
Vineeta Singhania Sharma Founder at Confluence
7.54
6.18
7.14
5
6.47
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Bar of the Year
8.21
7.44
8.23
7.12
7.75
Lara Francis El Hani
Lara Francis El Hani Senior Manager Interior Design – Head of Department at Kling Consult
4.9
2.64
4.01
5
4.14
Shamsudin Kerimov
Shamsudin Kerimov Founder at Kerimov Architects
4.45
4.58
4.24
4.4
4.42
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
5.5
8
6
5
6.13
Mireia Luzarraga
Mireia Luzarraga Cofounder at TAKK
5.76
5.93
5.98
4.07
5.44
Leali Ezzat
Leali Ezzat Founder and Design Director at ELE Interior
5
3.85
4.01
4.65
4.38
Javier Guzman
Javier Guzman Cofounder at Zooco Estudio
4.17
3.61
4.41
4.41
4.15
Jukka Halminen
Jukka Halminen Founder and Creative Director at Design Office Koko3
5.56
7.39
7.11
5
6.27
Louisa Fan
Louisa Fan Director of Design Luxury and Lifestyle Brand at IHG ® Hotels & Resorts
4.8
5
4.4
4
4.55
Alex Mok
Alex Mok Cofounder at Linehouse
5
5
5
4
4.75
Rahul Bansal
Rahul Bansal Architect at group dca
5
5
5
5
5
Lori Ferriss
Lori Ferriss Executive Director at Built Buildings Lab
5
5
5
2.66
4.42
Anette Skeie
Anette Skeie Head of Design at Norco Interior
5
4.8
5.2
5
5
Allen Zhou
Allen Zhou Founder at Shengtang Shijia Design Studio
4.15
4.81
4.73
4.32
4.5
Ziwei Guo
Ziwei Guo Founder and Director at Pure Design
4
5
5
5
4.75
Yang Yan
Yang Yan Founder and Chief Architect at y.ad studio
4
5
4
4
4.25
Vineeta Singhania Sharma
Vineeta Singhania Sharma Founder at Confluence
7.54
6.18
7.14
5
6.47
Designer
Client
Janet Zuccarini
Floor area
882 ㎡
Completion
2020
General Contractor
Boszko & Verity
Structural Engineering
Blackwell Engineers
Masonry and Metal Stud Engineering
Picco Engineering
MEP Consultants
BK Consulting
Lighting Design
G2J
Interior Designers
Wendy Hayworth Design
Code Consultants
LRI

Surrounded by an overpass and former factories, The Gusto 501 Terracotta Hypergarage is a nod to our client’s story as well as its unique context. Featuring one of the largest operable glass façades in the world, and framed by weathering steel, the building has become a beacon in this nascent part of east-end Toronto. The structure is conceived as two massive, sculpted, Terracotta and steel walls, held together by floating wooden volumes and a guillotine glass facade of monumental size. For the interior, we looked to terracotta—one of the humblest Italian building materials, and one that our client worked with in her youth when she helped her uncle lay bricks for residential projects in Italy. We asked ourselves: how could these humble blocks be deployed to sculptural and animated effect? What did this primal building material want to be? Using parametric software models, we cut conventional terracotta bricks to craft movement through the undulating walls within a multitiered dining theatre that pulses like a radiant hive. Natural light from the glass roof 50ft above creates a lively play of shadows on the textured walls, and, at night, LED lights embedded within the blocks illuminate their opened voids. The 280-seat restaurant consists of a series of mezzanines and cut-outs that offer a continuous, vertically unfolding array of experiences. On the ground level there is a sidewalk terrace and main dining room with its open pizza oven, woodfired grill, and take-out window. The mezzanine features a wine bar—partially veiled by dark metal mesh screens—overlooking the dining room below. On the second level is a light-flooded cocktail bar with a bridge to the “Attico”—a private chef’s tasting room with a dedicated kitchen. Above it all is a roof terrace where guests can enjoy beverages and light snacks as well as west-facing views of Toronto’s iconic CN Tower and the city’s skyline.