L'art de vivre en ville Thème C: Les familles dont un parent travaille à domicile / The Art of City Living Theme C: Families With One Parent Working From Home
1991
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Domestic architecture
- Building
- House
The aim of the competition is to design new, flexible solutions to attract families with children to the city.
These urban homes have to fit into a program that defines the needs of the target clientele and the site:
A- first-time homebuyers
B- families with teenagers
C- families with a working parent
(CCC text)
Theme C: Homes for families with one parent working at home
These homes are designed for families purchasing a second home. For the purposes of the competition, we can imagine that in this case, both spouses work, one of them at home, in a professional or artistic service activity. They have good capital and above-average incomes.
The existing housing stock has not been designed to meet these new needs, and it is not easy to integrate an office or workshop space into a home, while at the same time leaving the necessary living space for family life.
Sufficient flexibility should be given to the entire project, so that it can be modulated to suit a variety of needs. For example, we could envisage separate or indistinct workspaces in the home, or a workspace adjoining the home, with the constraints of soundproofing, lighting and separate access for customers that each of these options implies. Consideration should also be given to the possibility of reallocating workspaces for residential use, to meet the needs of future occupants who would not be working from home.
(From competition program)
(Unofficial automated translation)
These urban homes have to fit into a program that defines the needs of the target clientele and the site:
A- first-time homebuyers
B- families with teenagers
C- families with a working parent
(CCC text)
Theme C: Homes for families with one parent working at home
These homes are designed for families purchasing a second home. For the purposes of the competition, we can imagine that in this case, both spouses work, one of them at home, in a professional or artistic service activity. They have good capital and above-average incomes.
The existing housing stock has not been designed to meet these new needs, and it is not easy to integrate an office or workshop space into a home, while at the same time leaving the necessary living space for family life.
Sufficient flexibility should be given to the entire project, so that it can be modulated to suit a variety of needs. For example, we could envisage separate or indistinct workspaces in the home, or a workspace adjoining the home, with the constraints of soundproofing, lighting and separate access for customers that each of these options implies. Consideration should also be given to the possibility of reallocating workspaces for residential use, to meet the needs of future occupants who would not be working from home.
(From competition program)
(Unofficial automated translation)