project
Affordable Housing Apartment Building – Toronto St.
location
Winnipeg, MB
size
13,300 sq. ft.
year
2022
status
built
The People
Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation (WHRC) is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to developing, managing, and retrofitting affordable housing in Winnipeg’s high-need neighbourhoods. Focused on community support, WHRC currently owns and manages approximately 1,300 low- to moderate-income housing units and has developed over 275 affordable units since 2000.
f-BLOK collaborated with Stantec, KGS Group, Ram Engineering, and Construction Manager (CM) Bockstael Construction to create a solution that replaced a demolished building while maintaining the same number of housing units.
The Process
The Product
f-BLOK was engaged to translate a vision into a conceptual plan to allow CoHabit to envision their new facility, document the vision and project needs, and secure
funds and plan for it’s development. The project plan was developed to exceed CSA B651 standard for an accessible built environment and sought to integrate the latest assistive and hands-free technologies.
CoHabit is a one-of-a-kind environment that differentiates itself from typical assisted living residences with a passionate and meaningful dedication to creating a fully inclusive “Village” that enables all occupants.
Based on the expected demographic—young adults through to adults aging in place— it is important for CoHabit to provide space and amenities that allow adults to be adults, regardless of abilities.
The heart of CoHabit is its extensive and exciting Recreation Zone, which includes a full commercial kitchen, communal dining hall, party room, bar/games area, wellness area, movie theatre and large outdoor gathering patio. The dining and bar areas will both lead out to a large outdoor, fully furnished patio complete with BBQs, electric fireplaces, raised planter boxes and herb garden overlooking a beautiful vista.
