Windsong Cohousing
British Columbia, Canada

34-unit cohousing community. Provided participatory programming, schematic design, and design consultation services.

Community is on a 5-acre site with a stream running through it. A government determination was made that building would be allowed on only one quarter of the site. The design turns this into an advantage of the project, using the density and a glass-covered street to strengthen the community.

This was the first cohousing community with a glass-covered street in North America. The street creates a light, comfortable common circulation space that greatly enhances the feeling of the buildings and that became a strong selling point for the community in this wet northern climate

Project completed: 1996