RS-1 Biophilia
Set in the Riley Park neighborhood, Biophilia offers an alternative approach to building community resilience through powerful graphic storytelling. We envisioned a future in which communities are connected and living in a shared and nature-filled environment that enables such relationships. The proposed biophilic zoning combined with a RS-1 land trust model allows for different housing and shared-space configurations to be co-created by owners, renters and community entrepreneurs. Such a blend of building configurations achieves:
- Ground-oriented living by allowing for multiple dwellings per site while equalizing access from the street and laneway.
- More flexible, affordable and dynamic housing options on each site.
- Courtyard typologies which make for cooler microclimates.
Ultimately, this project imagines how we may prepare our residential neighborhoods for the demographic and climate changes that were to come.
(From competitor's text)
The Jury found RS-1 Biophilia laudatory for two main reasons: one, because of its sensitive, even empathetic response to the site, and two, because of its exceptional representations. Rather than assume all lots are the same, it tailored the design moves on various lot configurations and orientations, accommodating variety in the site conditions. It dealt with all the lot types. Jurors also liked the sympathetic approach to sustainability, calling out its poetic narrative and use of a controlled, nature-based solution. Its employment of the graphic novel as a means to present the ideas was creative, and emphasized that dialog and storytelling are important means of community-building.
(From jury report)
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