Interactive master plan
Four acres, arranged so no child crosses a road.
A strict vehicular-perimeter design: cars stop at the gate or on the gravel loop, and the entire interior belongs to people. Select any zone for its engineered specification.
Circular car-free housing ring
50 Winterized Housing Units
Fifty one- and two-bedroom winterized units wrap circularly around the Central Hub, doors facing inward. The entire interior is car-free so children move between home, play area, and garden without crossing a roadway.
Specification
- Unit count
- 50 (mix of 1BR / 2BR)
- Shell
- Bulk manufactured shell, ≤ $20,000 CAD base
- Foundation
- Pressure-treated timber skids on gravel pad
- Envelope
- 3" closed-cell polyurethane spray foam
- Skirting
- 2" XPS insulated frost skirt, full perimeter
- Ventilation
- Mini HRV in every unit (mandatory)
- Heat
- Subfloor PEX off the central hydronic loop
Code & standards
- CSA A277 — factory certification of the shell prior to site delivery.
- MBC 9.25 — continuous air/vapour barrier; spray foam serves as both.
- MBC 9.32 — mechanical ventilation; HRV sized to principal-exhaust requirement.
- MBC 9.36 — energy efficiency for housing (Zone 7A effective assemblies).
- MBC 9.10.19 — interconnected smoke alarms + CO alarm per unit.
Section through the site
Everything that keeps the village alive in January sits under the gravel: the municipal services at eight feet, and the insulated hydronic mains feeding each subfloor.