Community of condos, townhomes and live-work lofts uses both rustic and soft materials
Mary Frances Hill
The Province
Platform
Where: 87 Moody Street, Port Moody
What: 104 homes, including condos, townhomes and live-work lofts
Residence sizes and prices: studios, one, two and three bedrooms, 560 —1,612 square feet, starting at $409,900 for a junior one- bedroom, two bedrooms starting $653,900 and three-bedroom townhomes at $899,900
Developer and builder: Aragon Properties
Sales centre address: 2708 St. Johns Street, Port Moody
Sales centre hours: Call or register at www.aragon.ca/platform to book your private appointment
At Platform, Aragon Properties’ community of condos, townhomes and live-work lofts in Port Moody, Maria Zoubos shows she’s as much a designer as a story teller.
In the display spaces, she uses what she calls a “light industrial” décor theme to illustrate the traits of the surrounding historic community and reflect the desires of people who want to immerse themselves in character and warmth.
There’s no better way to reflect both of these elements than through this décor, says Aragon’s in-house designer, describing it as “a combination of hard rustic materials such as reclaimed woods or metals with softer, more refined elements.”
To illustrate this theme, she takes typical features and softens them with texture. Characteristics of light industrial can be seen in the stained oak planks, which offers a depth and richness through the colour and grain, she adds. Also, black accents reflected in the hardware and plumbing fixtures are softened by the matte texture of kitchen cabinet doors.
Throughout the display space, she pairs strong elements with soft ones in the more classic features. Glossy subway tile is applied with contrasting grout, and a cable-knit area rug and soft upholstery “help add richness and a sense of comfort to the space that would otherwise feel very cold,” Zoubos says.
“We took industrial elements such as the rich woods and black hardware and contrasted them with the soft cabinetry and modern quartz countertops.”
As is the practice in other Aragon projects, the bricks that adorn the walls in Platform will come from a character building that is either going through renovations or coming down. Recent Aragon projects had the developer repurposing bricks from the 1912-era Continental Hotel on Granville Street. The use of brick adds a history, a depth and character to the new homes, Zoubos says.
“Repurposing the bricks and having them incorporated into someone’s new home is a process that our homeowners agree is really special,” she says.
“The colour scheme shown in the display suite shows this contrast of urban city comforts and industrial accents beautifully.”
Port Moody’s roots lie deep in the sawmill and forest products industry, while today it has such urban amenities as the SkyTrain Evergreen Line expansion, craft beer sites and Suter Brook Village, a shopping hub.
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