The site is located in the City of Vaughan, approximately 35 minutes from Toronto’s downtown core. This site was chosen because there is a lack of gas stations in the area, and it is developing rapidly. This site is a good location for the gas station because this corner is soon to be a commercial area for upcoming fully detached residential subdivisions to the North and South of the site. Currently under construction, this site will be a perfect location for an architectural gas station, it provides an element of design where normally a ‘cookie cutter design’ would be located. This location for a commercial area would also provide for high revenues on the land because there is limited commercial plazas in vacinity. With Eagles Nest Golf Club and future residential districts near this site, placing a gas station in this area is compatible with its surroundings and the City ofVaughan’s Zoning-By-Laws. The form of this gas station was directly derived through the site and its many contours. The reflection of the land in the form of the gas station allowed the site characteristics to work with the building more fluently. It provides the site with a sense of architecture and neglects the typical cookie cutter gas station of the present day. The gas station draws in clientele through its vibrant truss like forms, and atypical gasoline bays.
By: Anthony Iamonaco
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