加拿大·生长

GROW是一个位于卡尔加里银行景区（Bankview, Calgary AB）的多单元住宅项目，共有20个单位，通过提供不同大小的住宅单位和一个占地0.6英亩的无障碍屋顶城市农场，培育多样化的市中心社区。这个设施景观不仅满足严格的景观和便利设施空间要求，还通过引入城市园艺，如私人花园、植物屋顶、养蜂场等，以前所未有的规模在卡尔加里市中心生活中推广城市农业。它同时为散步遛狗或呼吸新鲜空气创造了空间，鼓励居民在一个引人入胜和活跃的环境中进行自发的互动。

GROW is a 20-unit, multi-residential housing project that cultivates a diverse inner-city community (Bankview, Calgary AB) through the provision of varying unit sizes, using the binding social element of a barrier-free, 0.6 acre rooftop urban farm. This amenity-scape, while satisfying stringent landscape and amenity space requirements, introduces urban horticulture in the form of private gardens, vegetative roofs, apiaries, etc. at a scale not previously experienced in inner-city living in Calgary. It also creates a place to walk the dog or to get a breath of fresh air, encouraging spontaneous interactions amongst residents in an engaging and active context.

为进一步促进跨代人群背景的社交互动，GROW的住宅单位适合各个年龄段和家庭规模，包括小型（450平方英尺）工作室、中型（600平方英尺）公寓、1.5层阁楼以及大型（850-1,000平方英尺）两层联排别墅。这种安排有可能让退休夫妇与有小孩的年轻家庭邻居，或单身学生与年轻专业人士相邻，通过近距离的居住建立起弹性和社会联系。

To further support social interactions across intergenerational demographic backgrounds, GROW’s units suit a range of ages and family sizes, including small (450 sf) studios, medium-sized (600 sf) condos, 1.5 storey lofts, and large (850-1,000 sf) two-storey townhomes. This arrangement potentially places a retired couple next to a young family with children, or a single student next to a young professional, building resilience and social connections through proximity.

GROW提出了对多单元住宅生活中“私有化”的重新诠释，传统上社交互动仅限于公共通道或邮箱处。通过住宅单位的多样性和城市农业作为一种被动、非强制的多单元住宅方法，居民能够涵盖各个年龄和人群，并参与到包括春季种植、日常维护和照料、收获，以及通过每周的收获篮准备和销售与卡尔加里更广泛社区互动的各个方面农耕活动中。

GROW presents a reinterpretation of the ‘privatization’ of multi-residential living in which the only opportunities for social interaction typically occur in circulation areas or at the mailbox. Using both unit diversity and urban farming as a passive, non-forced approach to multi-residential housing, the building’s residents fall within the entire demographic spectrum and can participate in all facets of farming, including spring planting, daily maintenance and care, harvesting, and engaging with the broader community of Calgary through the weekly preparation and sale of harvest baskets.

这种细致入微的场所塑造方法对于建立具有韧性的社区至关重要，特别是在我们面对日益增加的社会分裂和社交孤立对健康的严重影响时。通过农耕等活动以及共同的抱负，即培育和关爱有益于整个社区的资源，社区居民之间建立了信任。在GROW强调激活社交空间的过程中，各年龄段和人群之间的差异变得不那么明显。

This granular approach to place-making is critical to building resilient communities as we navigate increasing social division, and the severe health impacts of social isolation. Trust is built through activities such as farming and the shared ambition to cultivate and care for a resource that benefits the community. In GROW’s emphasis on activated social spaces, differences in age and demographics become less pronounced.

虽然这种“社会工程”的方法并不完全激进，但在卡尔加里却显得不同寻常，因为私人或投机性开发主导了住房供给，成本削减常常优先于社区增长。如果GROW的“社会工程”方法在我们的市中心社区变得更为普遍，我们将集中精力在与房地产资本并行的社会资本建设上，那么我们可以创造更加公平和包容的市中心城市空间；设计用途多样的学校、社区中心和超市将为此服务。

While this approach to ‘social-engineering’ isn’t entirely radical, it is unusual in Calgary, where private/speculative development drives housing provision, and cost cutting takes precedence over community growth. If GROW’s approach to ‘social-engineering’ were to become more prevalent in our inner-city communities, and we were to focus on building social capital in tandem with real estate capital, we could create more equitable and inclusive inner-city urban spaces; schools, community centres, and grocery stores that serve multiple purposes by design.

Technical sheet 

Architecture: Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MODA)

-Dustin Couzens

-Ben Klumper

-Nicholas Tam

-Cara Tretiak

Interior Design: Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MODA)

-Cara Tretiak 

Landscape Architecture: Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MODA)

-Nicholas Tam

Urban Farming Consultant: YYC Growers

-Rod Olson

Energy Modelling: EMBE Consulting Engineers

-Moortaza Bhaiji

-Paul Caicedo

Envelope/Sustainability Engineering: Williams Engineering

-Hillary Davidson

Civil Engineering: Richview Engineering

-Robin Li

Structural Engineering: Wolsey Structural Engineering

-Danny Wolsey 

Mechanical/Electrical Engineering: TLJ Engineering Consultants 

-Kevin Vig

Builder: RNDSQR 

-Al Devani

Architectural Photography: Ema Peter Photography and MJay Photography

-Ema Peter (Exterior)

-Michelle Johnson (Interior)

Owner/Client: Andrei Metelitsa (Private Developer)