The courtyard at night, Photo: Roy Ooms

View of courtyard façade

Thirteenth Avenue (south) elevation

Courtyard facing southeast

Window in the south unit

Courtyard facing east

Axonometric from southwest corner

Sturgess Architecture

Project Programme

To develop a condominium townhousing project sympathetic with the existing street, avoiding as much as possible the impact of garages and curbcuts to the streetedge.

Project Concept

The project was sited to take advantage of the views of the open schoolground to the west, to fit into the tree-lined streetscape to the south, and to diminish the view of the apartment tower to the north. A row of five two-storey townhouses form the street edge, while a second row of five sit atop the lane-access individual garages at the north edge of the site, facing south onto the resultant courtyard. The increased height of the north units ensures solar penetration, while a rear walled terrace blocks the view of the highrise. An eleventh unit at the east end closes, and overlooks the courtyard. In order to widen the market for the condominiums, the south five units all include a developable 'basement suite' that provides additional living space for the principal unit, or extra income for the owner. All units enjoy a two-storey window to the south, and open-plan, loft-like floor space. The informal 'wild' nature of the courtyard garden creates a private space in front of each unit. By contrast, the street facing units' small formal gardens are ringed with hedges overlooking the boulevard trees.

Drawings

South Elevation

North Elevation

West Elevation

Project Details

Location		13 Avenue at 10 Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, Alberta
Client		Battistella Developments (1980) Ltd.
Architects		Sturgess Architecture
Cost		$1 000 000
Completion		January 1993
Notes		11 Units

Other Sturgess Architecture Projects

Banff Town Hall
Chuzenji Kanaya Hotel

This project was published on 1996.05.01.

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