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palettes and textured patterns, to furniture
and lighting treatments. But in considering
Canada’s range in landscape, diversity and
history, a single theme was not going to
come easily. Upon approval, a few rooms
at one of Delta’s Mississauga locations
were set up as a “laboratory” for the next
stage in developing solutions that could be
unique and synonymous with Delta’s new-
found identity.
“The ‘cookie cutter’ solution, where you
just get a package and apply it, is really of
no interest to travellers,” saysTukan. “Trav-
ellers want to connect with the area, to
wake up and know where they are.”
Instead of using a single theme, HOK came
up with whatTukan calls a “kit of parts” for
the range of Delta property owners. De-
signers would be able to mix and match
themes and solutions based on their Ca-
nadian location. HOK also designed signa-
ture pieces — a front desk for the lobby,
a “smart desk” for each room and other
smaller pieces — to avoid any departure
from Delta’s re-branded image.
The ongoing project won an Honour Award
from the Association of Registered Interior
Designers (ARIDO) in 2012, and was a fi-
nalist for the Gold Key Award in NewYork.
TUNNEY’S PASTURE, OTTAWA
In 2009, HOK was called in by the City of
Ottawa and the Federal Government of
Canada to modernize Tunney’s Pasture in
Ottawa. Bryan Jones, Senior Vice Presi-
dent and Regional Leader of Planning,
spearheaded the master planning process
to not only modernize Tunney’s but to also
make it livable and loveable.
“When you step back, HOK works with
so many disciplines,” says Jones. “So we
tend to look at things with a broader per-
spective at first, and then we hone our
perspective as the project develops.”
The 49-hectare business development
was first developed in 1950, only three
kilometres away from Parliament Hill. To
date, Tunney’s is the largest employment
centre for Canada’s many federal govern-
ment agencies including Health Canada,
Statistics Canada, National Defense, the
Library & Archives of Canada and others.
“At first, the federal government saw this
only as an employment centre and not re-
ally as part of the community,” said Jones.
