Creating a model high-density housing development for the city of Waterloo

Abstract

With the current housing shortage that currently exists in Canada, high- density housing will become more and more common. In its current state, these high-density developments are not effectively planned to serve their residents and surrounding communities. This thesis aims to explore the creation of a model high-density development based in the City of Waterloo, a rapidly growing municipality that is currently seeing a push for high-density, focusing on the design through the three pillars of Affordability, Sustainability and, Community. These pillars show up today independently or sometimes in duos but never to their fullest extent. However they are absolutely vital in deploying effective housing to tenants rather than becoming profit centres for developers.