Alva Roy Architects committed to design the new headquarters of Toronto base contractor company AGC in Etobicoke, Ontario with collaboration of Eden Engineer Design (interiors).  The new building is described as cubic, linear and efficient, but also acts as a defining building in a new public square, and show how architecture able to transform an unpleasant abundant area into social active area. This small office rebuild project is delightful and modest presence on Codlin Crescent.  Alva Roy Architects has been given much attention to the relationship between grain size and city texture. Although a simple block, the facades have been enlivened by the addition of repetitive small-scale elements such as screen walls, slim gaps between masonry, and large glazing with combination of recessed burnt charcoal wood siding “Shou Sugi Ban”.

Although the structure is a direct generator of the form of the building, the architecture also engages in ideas of face and flank, economy and flexibility. The resulting exterior is both severe and jazzy, soft and hard, black and brightly colored.

Architect in Charge of Design: Alva Roy

Architects: POINT Architects

Located in the Pickering, Ontario, this project is the first Pickle Barrel Restaurant with a new look among the all other future Pickle Barrel locations.

As part of the well-known Pickle Barrel, this new construction of a popular restaurant complements Pickle Barrel core brand values, and support wellness.

As a project architect and a person who was responsible for design, Alva Roy worked with the client team to create the unique and engaging façade to attract the customer attention by bringing them inside through a sophisticated inviting entrances.

From outside in, the building is enjoying the straight lines and honest material with two very district and welcoming entries since the overall impression that a person gets from a place is formed not only by enjoying the atmosphere inside it, but also by the first thing he/she ever notices about the restaurant. This elegant restaurant is a great place to see and be seen.

The design is akin to a stream of conscious mélange of forms, details, textures and surfaces evocative of the objects which are characterized by the use of simple forms and straight lines.

The result is a modern and comfortable meeting place to relax and unwind with beautiful exterior design and brilliant views of Pickering area.

Alva Roy                                          

Architect

Pickle Barrel Restaurant, Pickering, Ontario by POINT Architects

Alva Roy was Project Architect and responsible for the design of the Pickle Barrel restaurant for POINT Architects.

A new 3500 sqm BMW showroom and service center in Karaj district of Tehran. The dealership contains both new and pre-owned cars, sales and merchandising area, a VIP lounge and administrative offices. Service area and parking for over 100 cars have been provided as well as staff and training center. The building projects an elegant, high-tech simplicity of materials and detail that will provide an appropriately refine and upscale environment for showcasing BMW’s automobiles over many years.

The building is monolithic cylinder generated in a series of geometrical transformations. Towards the exterior, the building looks homogeneous where volume at entrance cut in opposite curve by terraces, window openings and placement of an offset screen wall (gate) at the entrance.
Inside the building there are differential spatial experiences, flexible areas such as sales ticket office, working offices and bedrooms which are designed for rest of people who work in ASEMAN airline office and have to stay and live in the island for couple weeks with separate internal connections. The live/work building is placed on a hillside towards the North and it is the first thing you see when entering the office area district.
We are very proud of the result. It has become a very good story to tell that was as a young office in collaboration with the client and entrepreneur has delivered a building in time and within a very low budget.

Fendi retail opens up into 4.5 meters high space, stretching over 40 sqm. The structure of the building displays a number of materials: white-coloured glass, galvanized steel, Black marble and cement. Simple and precious materials are used side by side, creating an effect of structural elegance and chromatic minimalism. The flooring clearly highlights this feature: the grey paint-washed natural wood laid out in a straight pattern accompanies the customer through the entrance, over the exposed aggregate concrete floor at the back. The warm, soft dark hues of the mirrors reflect the symmetrical plasticity and rhythm of the marble rectangles.

The SAIPA Yadak center in Tehran is part of SAIPA Corporation Group and is a building complex, which was extended bit by bit over the last few decades.
The whole complex is around 4500 square meters included service area and is situated directly to the intensely busy road. Our mission was to renovate an abandoned old service area to a new modern sales-and service-area with support, and while implementing the latest SAIPA corporate design.
The complex focused on the customer navigation and orientation.
With the creation of a new 17 m suspended roof [which was supported with steel cable from the back], a raised glass cubic showcase [for SAIPA’s new vehicle models], an entrance, which is well visible from the property entrance and the parking place, we communicate a true new “Welcome” with clear guidance. The new interior complete the whole new look appreciated by both customers and employees.