A project by Toronto, Canada-based architectural studio
RAWdesign, the Shift 20*20 Prefab Residential building concept is a
unique new initiative that looks to transform the urban landscape using
sustainable and economically beneficial building concepts. The proposed
concept for a 6-storey urban residential building in College Street,
Toronto explores the potential for a self-functioning prefabricated
dwelling unit that can be built in challenging spaces like sites with
imposing building code restrictions and sites that make traditional
building construction costly because of arduous and complex city
bylaws. Also targeting sites that render urban sites virtually
undevelopable because of the imposing of existing building structures
in its proximity, the SHIFT concept opens up the scope for usage,
habitation and redevelopment of existing tight urban sites much easier.
Prefab 20*20 - Shift
With a single
frontage, the 7m wide and 60m deep site of the proposed SHIFT concept
sits at the heart of Kensington Market in Toronto and has been left
untouched by developers because of the building challenges that it comes
with. The SHIFT concept, however, looks to create a residential
building on the same spot without sacrificing a common space necessary
for a building of this type. The concept proposes the use of semi
private and public spaces located throughout the building to serve as
circulation with modular living spaces arranged in a shifted manner.
Either side of a vertical framework would be utilized by each unit which
would attach themselves to it to respond to the limited width of the
site.
The plugged-in prefab module and the corridors would be used to feed the
building with electrical and mechanical utilities and both structure
and infrastructure would be provided by the central framework. To serve
as the main utility provider, a special unit crafted using the same
prefab techniques would be installed at the rear side of the main
building. Residents would be offered the option of determining the
configuration of each apartment and the use of reclaimed materials and
rainwater harvesting would make the construction more sustainable.
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