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Chelsea Station
Chelsea Station
The elderly
Allow cluster developments where development densities respect overall density allocations
MISSION STATEMENTS:
Provide more affordable housing solutions to enhance the
socio-economic diversity of our community
Fournir des solutions de logement abordable pour amliorer la
la diversit socio-conomique dans notre communaut
UNBUILDABLE
( min: 40 housing units)
UNBUILDABLE
(min 80 housing units)
UNBUILDABLE
UNBUILDABLE
Unbuildable
Land Expropriated
for sewage and
water systems
Community Gardens
Heritage market
Refurbishment of existing
buildings
Ground level
accessibility
Elevations Cascading down
to single-family home scale.
Underground Parking to
Reduce impact of cars on the site.
Landscaping close to
building to reduce
perception of size.
Community Gardens
Walking paths to
Freshmart and other local
services and amenities
Unbuildable
Land
Apple
Orchards
Community
Gardens
Chelsea Village
The Gateway to Chelsea and the Gatineau Hills
Site Survey
PARKING:
Underground:114
Exterior: 22
Total: 136
Topographical
Sustainability
Social
Environmental
Economic
Transfer of housing units from unbuildable to buildable land retains the economic value of Municipal taxation base.
include the
Park and the Spa, which support the provision of
services to primarily tourists, which in turn provide the economic incentive for beatification and
improvement of the neighborhood.)
Support
Im getting older and I want to stay in the community. Your project will give me that option
Vinyl Village in Wakefield is a great place to live despite what people say about the look and feel.
Im taking a huge chance on this neighborhood and I think that your plans will improve the neighborhood
and thereby improve my chances of success
Community Gardens would be an amazing addition to the community
Could I buy One Dad? I want to stay in this community
Conclusions
Housing diversity is needed to support the socio economic diversity of our community
Housing density will provide an economic engine to support improvments to the
neighborhood
Community planning documents define the needs and provide a guide
If it is truly good for the community, then the community will return its support .
APPENDIX
Affordability:
There has been considerable confusion over the term affordable. Without picking up a dictionary let me take a shot at this:
Affordable : If we were to analyze the social economic spectrum of our community we could determine the profile of the average
Chelsea resident , and from that we could establish what is both affordable and acceptable to that person. Then, if we were able
to build a housing option whereby the average unit was both affordable and acceptable to the average Chelsea resident , then I think
we will have accomplished our commitment to building affordable housing for this particular community.
Of course this does not preclude us from building housing options on both sides of the average including homes that are both affordable and acceptable to people of much lesser, and greater, means than the "average" person. The studio suitable for the young single
guy for example, or the 4 bedroom penthouse unit , with all the frills for that crazy investment banker that weve come to love over the
years. To do otherwise would not only be discriminatory to the unaverage but it would also remove the flavor of diversity from the
community.
The term acceptable used in this assessment is important in the following the sense: I could build a housing unit which would be
both affordable and acceptable in Calcutta India , which would certainly be affordable to a Chelsea resident but clearly would not be
acceptable. Similarly I could build a housing unit in Chelsea that would be both affordable and acceptable to an average Chelsea resident, which would certainly be affordable to a resident of Rockliffe Park but would probably not be acceptable. This is where size
comes in to the equation. People the world over accept a reduction in house size in order to live in an affordable living space in a given
location. That is why you have micro apartments in Tokyo japan, That is why the Smart House development is being proposed in Ottawa, That is why a massive micro chalet condo is being proposed for Mont Tremblant. More importantly that is why I am proposing a
building format which will allow me to offer small units which will be both affordable and acceptable to people who want to live in Chelsea, including but limited to our Children and our seniors , and people who just cant afford to anything else in Chelsea.
Of course there are options other than my proposal. Four-plexes, eight-plexes, etc, etc, but this particular options allows me to offer
units to the largest possible spectrum of our community in balanced way, which is in itself a definition of community is it not?
So there you go, thats my best shot at affordable and that is what we are endeavoring to do with this project. In fact, we would like to
go a bit further by building the average unit a bit under average, in terms of affordability , because we think that over the past few
years average has gotten a bit too rich - and I think that average Chelsea resident might agree with us on that point.
Traffic
This is a living Document which has and will continue to be revised over time
as conditions changeas evidenced by the updates to date
Update #7 incorporated the landslide risk mapping. This appendix should, ideally, have also included mitigation measures for reclaiming lost housing density, such as the ability to cluster between zones in the affected areas.
While some may view the lost density as a benefit or an opportunity to retain
natural green space, others see it as a lost opportunity to build divers housing
in an important central village land mass.
Markhauser Buildable
Land
Markhauser
Unbuildbable Land
Markhauser
Land
Major/Meredith
Unbuildable land
Major Meredith
Unbuildable land