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Markson also discovered the work of the British Townscape movement, led by Gordon Cullen, Nicholas Pevsner, and others who argued that the incorporation of new, Modern buildings should be based on spatial relationships and visual sequences calibrated in relation to the existing urban context-counter...

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Published inThe Canadian Architect Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 15 - 30
Main Author Miller, Miller J
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
French
Published Toronto IQ Business Media 01.05.2022
Subjects
Architects
Architectural elements
Architecture
Awards & honors
Buildings
Careers
Cities
Design
Housing
Markson, Jerome
Modernism
Modernization
Sequences
Canada
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Montreal Quebec Canada
Toronto Ontario Canada
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Summary:Markson also discovered the work of the British Townscape movement, led by Gordon Cullen, Nicholas Pevsner, and others who argued that the incorporation of new, Modern buildings should be based on spatial relationships and visual sequences calibrated in relation to the existing urban context-counter to the Modernist preference for more singular, object-oriented buildings. The emergence of socialized medicine was registered in Mark-son's groundbreaking design for the Sault St. Marie Group Health Centre, demonstrating that a systemic overhaul in the name of greater social equity could also spark a more humane model for spaces of treatment. Markson and his collaborators proposed brick, mostly low-rise walk-ups with ground-level access, laid out as a series of undulating units with wood bay windows and individual entries, interspersed with garden cour ts configured to preser ve heritage trees. The modulation of Market Square's bulky exterior-from the expression of its structural frame and recessed infill panels, to the building's generous windows with their elegant, recessed brick jambs, to the distribution of tall glass bays- suggests the forthright efficiency found in nearby industrial loft buildings, yet, in its refinement, Markson's design stands apart.
ISSN:0008-2872
1923-3353