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Michael Magnan / Nicholas Standeven / Darren Radbourne

Repenser et redéfinir le logement social au centre-ville, concours étudiant / Rethinking and Redefining Social Housing in the City Centre, student competition

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A. Diagram.

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A. Site.

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A. Phase 1.

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A. Phase 3.

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B.Perspective.

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C. North elevation.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITOR

Team	Michael Magnan
	Nicholas Standeven
	Darren Radbourne
Doc. level	75%

Description

SITE: CALGARY

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thread
The process of layering the city begins with a thread. Reclaiming a swath of bleak parking, breaking the city's original grid, a gently sloping ramp|pedestrian street mediates the once impassable grade change created by the CPR underpass. This thread ties together critical nodes - green spaces, amenities, social services, and communal spaces.

destination
A critical node along this thread is the social services|community centre. Providing a destination to those without the means to travel afield for essential amenities. Daycare, senior citizen drop-in, and counselling spaces bring in a diverse range of otherwise segregated users.

fingers
Oriented to maximize summer breeze and winter sun, narrow residential fingers stretch from the southern edge of the site. Above the public plazas, private residences elevated from grade create a fluidity of pedestrian interaction and movement below.

filtration
A woven infrastructure of creative wetlands demonstrates an innovative, localized approach to a global challenge - waste and storm water treatment. In-situ treatment not only reduces the burden upon an aging infrastructure, but also educates the public in an experiential manner.

becoming
YYC's approach to social inclusion is a process of layering and enrichment -- from global village to community microcosm. Phasing embraces future adaptation, allowing interstitial spaces to be infilled over time according to need.

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