Missing Middle Infill Housing designed by Haeccity Studio Architecture, Characterized by the layering of many periods of the city?s history, the West End neighborhood in downtown Vancouver showcases a diverse range of heritage buildings from the turn-of-the-previous-century. It is this context, and the Mole Hill block, in particular, that becomes home to Haeccity Studio Architecture?s most recently completed infill housing projects.
Photography: Sama Jim Canzian
At a time when housing choice is a pressing issue in Vancouver, Haeccity addresses this need by proposing a three-story walk-up, offering six dedicated rental units for tenancy with a rooftop, green roof and shared courtyard that supports the retention of an existing mature Cypress tree. Sandwiched in between a seven-story heritage building and a two-and-a-half-story heritage house, principal Travis Hanks explains, ?This project was largely about unlocking the potential for contextual multi-family housing on a standard 33? x 122? lot. Previously a 1950s bungalow, there are now potentially six households on that lot.? Photography: Sama Jim Canzian
The heritage context of the neighborhood notably shaped the modernist structure that gently inserts itself among the Victorian and Edwardian buildings. Its modern expression makes a deliberate nod to some of the more traditional typologies of the neighboring Mole Hill Houses, articulated through the sloped roof, separate exterior dwelling entrances, and a network of intimat...