365 days of Architecture

Center Village / 5468796 Architecture  Hello people, Hope you're having beautiful dreams.  I know it's  3 am again But bear with me because Today's project has a plot twist.  The project takes place in the central park neighborhood in Winnipeg, Canada. This place is known as the starting point for immigrants and refugees. It's culturally diverse and holds affordable and social houses. The neighborhood life condition is very low, because of the low income and high rate of crime.  I think you understood the social and cultural context of the place.  Well, Let's get into the project.  The need for social housing has led the priest of the church to start a cooperative company, where they partnered with another company to build this project. Originally, the site was to build six single houses, but for the company to afford it, the units should be raised to accommodate 25 families.  The architect's major challenge was how to balance the high-densit...

St-Agatha-Berchem Sustainable Social Housing / B2AI Hello people,  hope you're doing fine. Today's topic is an extension of yesterday's when we talked about Cite moderne, as the project is an addition that was built in 2012, after 9 decades of the original. we will examine how the architectural principles of cite moderne were translated into the 21st-century language.  In the plot's layout, we can read some clues that refer to Cite modern, building alignment according to the sun, the sawtooth configuration for maximizing daylight, and the private gardens, they all held in the same planning principles of  La Cite moderne. The only difference is the collective courtyards that were defined by the blocks. Another aspect of the intention to create an image of the cite moderne in 21st language can be seen in the elevation and facade's components, the height of the building, or the difference of their typologies. The referenced architectural elements such as canopies, logg...

La Cite Moderne /  Victor Bourgeois Hello guys,  hope you're not upset about me posting at 3 am. I know you've been waiting :') Today's topic is a little different, recently with a human organization building low-cost houses for refugees in northern Syria. the discussion of how the design of refugees camp should be has been around, especially with the same organization launching a competition for a new camp next year.   I didn't decide to join yet, but there is no harm with small research, Therefore, Today I started searching for a refugee camp, well there are very few ones. So I grow my search circle and came to social houses. hoping I will get to understand the principles of designing camps.  Well after a long introduction, Let's get into the project.  After WWII, the need for quick and affordable houses has emerged, especially with the wave of immigrants moving to the city for work. Today's project considers one of the biggest modern social house project...