Here’s the lane view of an infill project in the West End, in Mole Hill, which offers an intriguing example trying to achieve densification on a single 33′ x 131′ city lot. There was a single storey bungalow here which only dated back to the early 1950s, built after a fire in the adjacent Strathmore Lodge.
There was an initial proposal for greater additional density, but new (to us) architects Haeccity Studio then submitted the most comprehensive package we’ve ever read to justify a 6 unit rental project that has two building elements while retaining the existing mature cypress tree located roughly in the front of the site. Two of the units have two bedrooms, and one has three. The design is distinctly contemporary, with traditional shapes and colours (including a pitched roof) but modern materials.
