Jinhong Rioux, Erin Kim
Clustered Cooperatives
Jinhong Rioux, Erin Kim
Clustered Cooperatives
Clustered Cooperatives
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About
Amidst a deep housing crisis, Clustered Cooperatives proposes a community-centered housing complex for those experiencing social, environmental, and creative alienation. Designed for singles, the elderly, and multi-generational families, the project synthesizes housing typologies: (1) the duplex, (2) the apartment, and (3) the work/live unit. Each is adaptable, responding strategically to evolving needs and allowing aging in place. The apartment floors generate smaller social clusters, emulating an urban neighbourhood block. The dwellings create a balance between private, social, and community spaces, drawing residents from private peripheries into centralized gathering spaces. These winter corridors maintain a physical connection to the exterior environment year-round. The project integrates into Galt’s urban network, ensuring access to physical and social resources. A walk-in clinic, food bank, and retail promenade address the public landscape at street front, with a double-height cutout opening access into a lively courtyard. The cafeteria overlooks the community garden, with folding doors transforming the interior and adjacent hardscape into a summer market. Ever-evolving winter gardens and balconies generate an animated interior facade along the apartment blocks. Through a simple rhythm of transparency and infinite occupations, this “in-between” highlights the flexibility of programmatic arrangements and the diverse ways of living.
About
Amidst a deep housing crisis, Clustered Cooperatives proposes a community-centered housing complex for those experiencing social, environmental, and creative alienation. Designed for singles, the elderly, and multi-generational families, the project synthesizes housing typologies: (1) the duplex, (2) the apartment, and (3) the work/live unit. Each is adaptable, responding strategically to evolving needs and allowing aging in place. The apartment floors generate smaller social clusters, emulating an urban neighbourhood block. The dwellings create a balance between private, social, and community spaces, drawing residents from private peripheries into centralized gathering spaces. These winter corridors maintain a physical connection to the exterior environment year-round. The project integrates into Galt’s urban network, ensuring access to physical and social resources. A walk-in clinic, food bank, and retail promenade address the public landscape at street front, with a double-height cutout opening access into a lively courtyard. The cafeteria overlooks the community garden, with folding doors transforming the interior and adjacent hardscape into a summer market. Ever-evolving winter gardens and balconies generate an animated interior facade along the apartment blocks. Through a simple rhythm of transparency and infinite occupations, this “in-between” highlights the flexibility of programmatic arrangements and the diverse ways of living.
