Fait interessant, qui peut aider à la réinsertion sociale... chaque unité possède son propre potager urbain, de ce que je comprends, chaque balcon est en fait un potager.
Le Christin is a 114 unit social housing project, by the SHDM expanding community services that promote residential stability for people experiencing chronic homelessness. The project is in partnership with the Accueil Bonneau.
Project with a budget of 11,2M$ before taxes. It is intended to be built for 3185$ per sq meter. One of the main challenges in designing Le Christin was to house a maximum number of persons within the limits of city regulations. To attain this goal, minimum size units were developed to house up to 138 persons.
Drawing inspiration from the great Montreal colourist Guido Molinari the project’s colour scheme explores the sculpturization of a colour chord. The project’s vertical brick bands can produce both an abstract work of urban scaled art or a lively, filtered facade punctuated with “julliettes”, spaces from which tenants can partake of the world in a manner of their choosing.