Maybe Hamilton’s laneways hold real potential for new ways of living independently yet together.
From Hamilton’s Raise The Hammer:
Earlier this year, the Hamilton-Burlington Society of Architects organized a one-day design charrette with local designers imagining potential innovative solutions to the emerging crisis in housing affordability.
The specific focus was on housing for the millennial generation, and particularly home ownership opportunities. This emerging cohort of households is being priced out of the ownership market; while salaries have remained stagnant and employment has become more precarious, Hamilton’s house prices have doubled or even tripled in the past decade.
Four teams of around 10 people – architects and intern architects from various firms, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and artists – envisioned new types of housing for millennials in Hamilton. What could it looks like? What are the barriers to creating it? How much would it cost?