Our prototypes for ‘Missing Middle’ housing published on City of Toronto website
Our work on the first Beaches-East York Missing Middle pilot project has been published on the City of Toronto website. The project was spearheaded by CreateTO and the City of Toronto, in response to the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative to build ‘missing middle’ demonstration projects within established neighbourhoods in Toronto. Our team was selected to create and analyze architectural designs and project parameters that will help determine the feasibility of providing a highly sustainable mid-rise (up to a maximum of six storeys) residential built-form typology on a City-owned site. The development targets the highest level of the Toronto Green Standard (TGS Version 4, Tier 3).
As we move forward with the second CreateTO project within the Beaches-East York ward, we’re excited to see our work publicly accessible on the City’s website. We hope it will inspire more creative solutions to Toronto’s housing shortage. This work continues to assess the feasibility of developing a ‘missing middle’ housing project on the chosen site and considers potential changes to the development approval process, the disposition of the site, and future development plans. We are excited to be the design lead on this critical initiative that will set a precedent for affordable and sustainable housing, with the intent of developing ‘gentle density’ in established neighbourhoods in Toronto.