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The City of Edmonton hosted a gala event at the Art Gallery of Alberta last night to announce and celebrate the winners of the "Missing Middle" Infill Design Competition.
Twenty-five finalists were announced in April, and the winning entries were selected by a jury of architecture and design experts from across Canada. Deputy City Manager, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development Stephanie McCabe alongside Councillors Bev Esslington, Sarah Hamilton, and Scott McKeen, as well as representatives from the Spruce Avenue Community League - where the winning design is proposed to be built - handed out the awards.
Part & Parcel, Studio North, and Gravity Architecture took home the first place award with their entry, The Goodweather.
The jury was particularly taken with how the entry was contextually sensitive to the neighbouring properties and community, provided excellent interaction with the street and inner courtyard, and how it offered opportunities for inter-generational living.
As first place winners, the team has the option to purchase the land from the City and will receive assistance rezoning the property in order to construct their vision.
Taking second place and a prize of $5,000 is Bricolage by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc., where the jury enjoyed the classic urbanism combined with high quality materials, a community garden, and communal kitchen.
RedBrick and SPECTACLE took home third place and a $3,000 prize for their checkerboard-patterned Spectrum proposal, with the innovative layout catching the jury's attention and imagination.
An unexpected honourable mention was also awarded, to Spruce Avenue Mews by Primavera Development, RPK Architects, McElhanney Consulting and Synergy Projects for its positive interaction with the street edges and thoughtful outdoor amenity spaces.
The public was also invited to vote for their favourite entry from April 15 to May 3. 5,437 votes were tallied, and Treehouse Community by Postmark Development, Holo-Blok Architecture, Ground3, Design Works, and Rahmaan Hameed Studios emerged as the top pick with 968 of the votes.
SkyriseEdmonton will be sure to provide updates on the winning project once it gets underway. What do you think of the winning selections? What projects from the finalists would you have chosen to win? Let us know in the comments below, or join the conversation in our discussion forum.
