A-Types
Neighbourhoods are not simply a cluster of homes and businesses, but are a living fabric of interconnected relationships whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts. As a system, they need to be resilient to adapt to changes in the environment, societal pressures and norms, and economic pressures in the future. Our proposal intended to explore four urban interventions, which we refer to as "atypical prototypes (a-types)", in order to foster neighbourhood-level resiliency.
We focused on the laneway as the medium for urban resiliency, and proposed new opportunities for laneway housing and retail, commercial districts within residential neighbourhoods, reduced barriers for co-housing and non-profit developments, and community-use agreements facilitating community access to amenities. Our goal was to extrapolate the ethos of co-housing onto the neighbourhood scale as a method of building an intentional community where social connections and neighbourhood scale planning reduce the need for external resources and infrastructure.
(From competitor's text)
The Jury was impressed at how this scheme integrated design considerations and changes to the existing policy landscape to enable its success. The scheme recognizes the need for different types of ownership and tenure, including co-housing, which will be necessary to achieve affordable housing. It considers stormwater management, and treats the street as the space for vehicles so that the lane can serve as an active community space. It expands on the co-housing approach that we saw in the Missing Middle competition, and really seems to design around principles of social resiliency in a compelling way. It succeeds in addressing both the housing crisis and climate change.
(From jury report)
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