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3.2/ FEATURED PROJECTS

ELEMENT BLOCK

ELEMENT BLOCK This inspiring developer was intent on providing the market with a housing solution in an architectural form not yet explored. Specifically, the developer requested special attention be placed on the area’s prototypical bungalow; a housing type that would accommodate the entire program of a “house” on a single storey. inspired by bungalow floor plans but reassembled into a series of town-house like towers cored to one structure. Analogous to modernist bungalows in the area, living, dining, and kitchen spaces formulate the project frontage while bedrooms are relegated to private courtyards. Each courtyard space is formed by the proximity of the adjacent tower. These exterior spaces serve to both unite and separate dwellings located within one floor plate. The courtyard space offers a protected and restful remote area to which the bedrooms can repose. Each unit at each tower is connected to a centre amenity space, a yard or a patio catwalk depending on the level of the unit and its position on the hillside. More than half the units are fashioned with a conventional bungalow entrance while still having access to a common space where the resident can use the elevator and connect to an underground parkade. Key Features Metrics

These desirable units are street oriented with side and front courtyards, while upper penthouse units are enhanced with roof terraces. In its essence the project’s concept was born from a clever developers initiative of creating a hybrid of the conventional single family bungalow stacked to create a mid-rise multi-family building.

Design: 22 months Construction: 16 months Total Investment Cost: CAD$6,250,000

Total Area: 38,250 square feet Total Area: 3,550 square metres

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