SHERIDAN INSTITUTE Faculty of Applied Science and Technology ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY COURSE: Arch 31452 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO 5 Major Assignment 2011 “Architecture is a process of giving form and pattern to the social life of the community. Architecture is not an individual act performed by an artist-architect and charged with his emotions. Building is a collective action”…Hannes Meyer director of Bauhaus 1928-30. The City of Mississauga has a whole in it’s heart. The planning department has a plan to fill that hole... one development at time. Mississauga wants to develop a walkable urban downtown that is a focal point with an attractive, strong identity. They want the urban core to be people centred (parks, open spaces entertainment) not centred on the autombile. To that end they have developed ten Strategic Plan vision Statements. 1. Mississauga will be a distinct major Canadian city 2. The city centre will be downtown Professor Ken Snell 4/12/22 1
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SHERIDAN INSTITUTEFaculty of Applied Science and TechnologyARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGYCOURSE: Arch 31452 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO 5
Major Assignment 2011
“Architecture is a process of giving form and pattern to the social life of the community. Architecture is not an individual act performed by an artist-architect and charged with his emotions. Building is a collective action”…Hannes Meyer director of Bauhaus 1928-30.
The City of Mississauga has a whole in it’s heart. The planning department has a plan to fill that hole... one development at time. Mississauga wants to develop a walkable urban downtown that is a focal point with an attractive, strong identity. They want the urban core to be people centred (parks, open spaces entertainment) not centred on the autombile.
To that end they have developed ten Strategic Plan vision Statements.
1. Mississauga will be a distinct major Canadian city2. The city centre will be downtown 3. Distinct and recognizable communities (preserve existing cummunities)4. Dynamic and diverse economic base5. Safe and efficient transportation system within and beyond the city6. Reasonable priced city services7. Environmentally responsible (LEED practices)8. Open and responsive government9. Excellent public administration10. Diversity of cultural opportunities
Professor Ken Snell 5/17/231
Why public housing?Mississauga, Canda’s 6th largest city is expected to grow from todays current population of 729,000 to a target population of 780,000 (an increase of 50K) Many of these new citizens will be immigrants to Canada from a variety of countries around the world. They will need assistance establishing their families in their new adopted country.
Senior governments (fed/prov) halted social housing development between 1995 and 2001 creating formidable challenges for Peel:
The nine emergency homeless shelters in Peel are generally filled to capacity almost every night. Peel’s growing homelessness comes as a result of job loss, family break-up or illness in households.
In 2004, almost 10,300 admissions, including almost 2,300 children, were made to homeless and emergency shelters across Peel.
About 22 per cent of single adults in Peel shelters are employed in some capacity. Peel’s waiting list for social housing has grown to about 13,500 households in 2005 from
5,000 households in 1995. Wait times have climbed from 3-5 years to an average of eight years in the same time period. Some families are currently waiting up to 12 years for an available unit depending on the number of bedrooms required.
About half of social housing applicants surveyed in 2003 were paying 50% or more of their income on housing; a rent level equivalent to 30% or less of household income is considered to be ‘affordable’.
Between 1996 and 2001, Peel lost six per cent of its rental housing stock primarily due to condominium conversions.
Professor Ken Snell 5/17/232
Peel’s population of just over one million people continues to grow at a rate of 30,000 new residents each year – a rate expected to continue for at least another ten years.
In the mid-1990s, the Province of Ontario drastically reduced social assistance payments. Peel Region receives less funding per capita, or per person, than any other municipality
in the Greater Toronto Area for social support services. By 2031, the number of older adults, 55 plus, will nearly triple to make up almost 30%
(443,000 older adults) of Peel’s total projected population of 1.5 million people. Recognizing that their housing needs will change as they age, almost 45% of older adult residents surveyed said they plan to move in the next 10 years or more and that they wish to find housing in Peel. However, affordable housing choices suitable for older adults are currently limited.
CMHC estimates that Peel’s affordable housing needs total up to 1,900 rental units per year every year until 2021.
Public housing Options1) Not for profit housing (market rate)2) Rent geared to income (subsidized 30% of monthly family income) 21 year waiting list3) Seniors (65+) 3-7 year wait list4) Co-operatives: managed by members
