Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wmiko butt it must Al que of in discover Meadowlark Green for an intimate Little apartment Community nestled next to 26 acres of living the Community consists of one and two bedroom Garden and two and three bedroom apartment each suite features a private Patio or Wall to Wall electric air conditioning and Cable in each apartment Home has a private who burning fireplace and full size Washer and residents will enjoy a seasonal swimming Pool As Well As full use of neighbouring Tennis and clubhouse visit our information 181 Strauss drive at Thompson drive from 12 to 6 daily or phone Meadowlark Greener r to flak View environmentally responsive design wins award architecture students show plans three prizewinning University of Manitoba architecture students will exhibit their concepts of alternative housing at Home expressions in answer to a demand for environmentally responsive two housing Urban development association of Manitoba Mem ber companies in conjunction with the University of Manitoba architecture department sponsored an alternative housing contest for Masterclass roman in conjunction with Andrew Bickford and Michael won the contest with his Al Ternate Ieuse proposals for an undeveloped site in in his thesis year at the University architecture chose a 12 acre site Between Youville Avenue and the Seine and designed a hypothetical development using a unique housing Cluster Bickford and who Are both in their masters used some of Burger mans research to develop their own they Bickford and Levin used my legwork and objectives to generate their own concepts for alternative As part of the Bergerman said in an University of Manitoba architecture students left to right roman Andrew Bickford and Michael Levin Are winners of a Huda sponsored alternative housing they proposed a design for 12acre lot in Boniface using Cluster their project will be on display at Home expressions i began the project six months he i studied the proposed area for the development and Exa mined census tracks provided by the Post with this data from the 1971 i established the kind of people who were Liv ing in the i identified who the users Are and what kind of housing they would instead of developing the site in a traditional with Marc and Coop town High 1 decided the area didst need More of Berger Man the whole area is up for Manitoba housing and re Newal corporation i planned the area with the Best Energy and land Conser vation measures available for the he the use of president t general manager m express March us at 1st to March 5th Winnipeg convention Centre the convention March 1st to 5th 9438087 conventional City blocks and chose to develop the 12 acres into 200 units divided into housing the project is a mix of Zero hotline stacked and upstairs people can identify with they make a hous ing fabric rather than a he its an alternative to the typical suburban and lot sizes Are reduced by half by increasing density and reducing the Cost it simply conserves Bergerman said his design reflects the demographic needs of the he found that families must now move out of the area to find adequate hous Coop housing for senior citizens is usually an isolating High Rise with housing Heel Derly persons could maintain their own Homes and be part of the Bergerman said he disco Vered that groups of senior citizens had already been at tempting to achieve this by pooling their resources to buy a the mix of old and Young people is possible As Long As you provide similar sub Urban lot he Michael Levin took the same sort of approach to the the Basic purpose of Zero hotline housing is to re Duce the lot the initial and the servicing Levin he designed the development in clusters with each unit having ground level Access to the this Way each unit is identifiable to the owner and to the he its adapting the old idea of the which is important to the Levin said his design would provide a housing Den sity of 20 units per Andrew Bickford used a different approach to the de i used attached Backoo Sidet Oside Row hous the intention is to save he by attaching the units and thereby eliminating three cold Walls Walls exposed to the Energy is maximum Yard space and ground Access Howe my intention was to pro vide one Large Yard space de fined As an immediate Pri vate Yard in front of the said by providing a maximum Yard it adjusts dense hous ing to a More private family we need More Environ mentally responsive housing in in houses built Here should be meant for the Winnipeg i mate not Vancouver he added i can see housing becom ing a specialized kind of environmental All three students agreed that landscaping is very important in establishing privacy in a densely populated Bickford what landscaping Means is your House Doest Stop at the architects should use landscaping to shield for Pri Vacy and the said ;