Our affordable housing for Alexandra Park was designed with plenty of flexibility to help residents make each home their own, and with features that contribute to a greater sense of community togetherness and wellbeing.
LGA was hired by Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), to design 40 new affordable rental townhouses for the 18-acre revitalization of Alexandra Park, a neighbourhood that for many decades has been home to predominantly new Canadians.
Designed with the input of long-time Alexandra Park residents, the units feature front and rear porches for outdoor congregation, large kitchens with cooking fans for large families, and basements even though they are not typical in TCHC projects. When it looked as though the houses might become stucco as a cost-saving measure, Tridel brokered a deal with the masonry trade to realise full brick buildings by using one supplier for the entire development. Brick aligns the houses with Toronto’s traditional housing stock and ensures a robust and natural material with long-term ease of maintenance.
As it’s common for TCHC housing to be occupied by multi-generational families, each four-bedroom townhouse was designed with a big kitchen, two full-piece bathrooms, and a powder room. The open-concept ground floor means that residents can choose if they would prefer the living or the dining area to be at the front of the house. The basements offer an important flexible space for a home office or for kids, and the houses are raised off the ground to allow light into those spaces.
