Rogers South Tower
Parametric set-out for a 32-storey tower's undulating slab edges, documented without custom formwork.
Patrick Danielson was on the design team at Francl Architecture from design development to construction documents.
The property line and core moved after the slab contours were nearly finished. Because the contours were parametric, they were regenerated quickly and stayed in sync with the site boundary, unit layouts, structural capacity and balcony details. Each floor plate came with set-out coordinates for straight or circular slab-edge formwork, and balcony stanchions were placed the same way, so the tower was built with conventional formwork and no custom forms.
- Status
- Past experience
- Period
- 2012–2014
- Location
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Sector
- Research and concepts
- Structure
- Reinforced concrete
- Scale
- 32 storeys, 5 basement levels
- Floor area
- 15,528 m²
- Client
- Aquilini


