Cladify was engaged during the Schematic Design phase to assist with both material selection and detailing. The owner wanted four different porcelain colors across the facade with minimal glare, a real constraint on a building with high exposure to sunlight and reflection off Lake Ontario.

The project features four custom-colored, non-reflective textured porcelain panels, developed to meet the architect's intent of minimizing solar glare from the lake. The textured corduroy finish was selected to ensure uniform light reflection across the facade, so the four-color composition reads consistently throughout the day.

The building's nine-color slat panel arrangement was originally planned as 8,500 individually cut and placed pieces, a plan heading toward a $5 to $6 million budget overrun. Cladify proposed a pre-panelized approach that consolidated those 8,500 slats into just 944 pre-assembled panels, significantly accelerating installation and improving finish consistency.

Balcony fins and slab covers were delivered as pre-assembled units, eliminating the need for conventional structural stud substrate backing. Every corner and specialized panel profile was fully pre-fabricated and pre-assembled in Cladify's Toronto factory, laminated and finished before it ever reached the site.

Behind the mosaic sits a high-performing rainscreen with outboard insulation achieving a nominal R-value of 32, on slab-to-slab prepanelized connections. The cladding is lightweight and maintenance free, engineered for the building's full service life on the waterfront.

The off-site prefabrication approach minimized shipping logistics and cut standard field installation time in half, without inflating building costs. The client saved $4 to $5 million through reduced installation time and cost efficiencies, and the intricate mosaic the architects designed is the facade that got built.