PORT CREDIT WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

This master planned development for the Port Credit Yacht Club and adjacent lands is located on Mississauga, Ontario’s waterfront, in an area beginning to transition from two-storey brick suburban houses and apartment buildings from the 1950s into one of waterfront-focused condominiums, parks and public walkways.

Programmatically comprised of new offices, condominiums, street-based retail space, a hotel and a new yacht club, this large mixed-use project weaves itself into the existing urban fabric, while enlarging its scale as it gets closer to the waterfront.

By extending Helen Street south to Lake Ontario, a new breakwater and linear park now bound the east side of Port Credit’s re-located yacht club, defining the edge of an enormous water court. Further, this park-like breakwater, complete with boat storage and parking facilities, is linked to the existing sunken cargo ship (another breakwater), which now incorporates windmills to be used for the yacht club’s electrical requirements.

Inserted parallel to the breakwater and perpendicular to the shoreline is the main precinct: a huge mixed-use project resembling a giant docked boat. This nautical image exemplifies the best in outdoor public space, with the creation of an enormous internal courtyard on scale with the best of urban precedents. As such, life within the “boat” is a rich mixture of people, cars, fountains, office and retail space, all blended at ground level. All space above the ground floor plan is residential in nature, offering an endless variety of unit sizes to choose from. Outside the “boat”, public walkways and landscaping merge with the plant-covered architecture, complementing the leisurely lifestyle associated with waterfront living. As an extension to this master plan, mixed-use residential buildings have been inserted into all vacant infill sites, carrying forth the drama and scale of the main project.

Note: For Port Credit Waterfront Development building write-up, statistics, materials and general program, see Mixed-Use Portfolio – Port Credit Waterfront Development.

LOCATION: Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario

ARCHITECT: Adamson Associates Architects

DESIGN LEADERSHIP: Michael Poitras,
Partner-in-Charge of Design (Adamson)

CLIENT: Withheld