House Behind A House

Toronto, Canada

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House Behind A House

Toronto, Canada

Firm

Filip Milovanovic

Type

Residential › Private House Multi Unit Housing Student Housing

STATUS

Concept

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

Current discussions in the popular press focusing on laneway housing as a significant solution to increasing demand for housing are encouraging municipal officials to change City regulations to permit it. Albeit a potentially major new housing resource, these discussions have missed a broader opportunity to permit intensification of existing neighbourhoods by development in residential backyards, regardless of the existence of a laneway. To tap into this larger reservoir of potential sites for houses behind existing houses, this thesis proposes new compact infill housing types that are responsive to typical limitations of existing street, block, and lot patterns and work within established by-law limitations of height and size.

The timeline and process for this project would go on to explore current zoning by-laws and limitations, and through that research, develop a set of principles that would define the scope of the building. Once the limitations are set, three different-sized building types/modules are created to adapt and respond to the various lot sizes that currently exist in the city (3m - 12m+ wide lots)

A criticism also occurs where certain by-laws are proved to be irrelevant in todays society and social condition, alongside a brief study of a small area of Toronto called Bloordale Village. The residences of the area of quantified and broken down to determine the potential lots eligible for a proposal such as this one. The number comes to around 40-45% feasible, which is a significant number in relation to current Laneway potential.

This thesis, the House behind the house, is an effort to describe and visualize a missed opportunity, a large reservoir of possibility waiting to be tapped into. By establishing design principles based on existing ancillary building limitations and zoning, the intensification of residential areas can occur, not just in laneways, but in our backyards in a more thoughtful, sustainable and incremental way.

I think that this issue is currently it’s gaining a lot of interest in Toronto and I feel a lot of people would be interested in this alternative solution to the housing problem in the city. Toronto’s housing market is skyrocketing, and instead of forcing residents to either live in high rise high density towers, or adapt to a suburban lifestyle, this proposal brings opportunity back to ground related housing and provides an alternative intensification strategy that will definitely start a conversation.

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House Behind A House

Toronto, Canada

House Behind A House

Toronto, Canada

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