Eventually, the architects found a way to balance the opposition between the spiritual integrity and strict parking requirements. However, the spiritual look and elevated areas also provides space for people to practice Tai chi. So, it seems the city plan forced the design.
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Markham is full of parking lots and yet, the city requires places of worship to have a minimum number of spots for cars. As Archdaily reports, “this place of worship is located on a major suburban arterial road surrounded by a shopping mall and cul de sac lined with oversized single family residential mansions.” It is located in a modern suburb, and the need for ample parking space directly led to its elevation off the ground. Thanks to developing technology, elevations of both the east and west sides of the temple are made possible by the cantilever and seven concrete piers.Īs the spiritual centre of the Taoist community, its location is not what we might expect for a temple. The elevated slab and the parking ground underneath are reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye in the 1930s. Built in a contemporary style, the main worship space, a rectangular concrete slab, is supported by a 10.2m cantilever. The temple was designed by Brigitte Shim and her partner A. Villa Savoye, designed by Swiss architect Le Courbusier, is located in Poissy, France and is renown for it’s modernist style. Wong Dai Sin Temple, an asymmetrical concrete building with an elevated main body, is an unusual presence in the community of Markham and serves as a spiritual space for The Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. These articles are the result of their exploration. In their seminar on Canadian architecture and landscapes, students were asked to focus on little-studied aspects of the built environment in Canada, or to approach well-known places from a fresh perspective. This article is part of the Hidden Canada series – a collaboration between ACO NextGen and students from the University of Toronto.
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