AZURE
Summary
An affordable post-secondary residence joins the neighbourhood’s pedestrian-friendly public realm and innovative district energy loop.
There’s housing, and then there’s student housing. While the build quality of new homes varies massively across the board, apartment buildings intended for Canada’s growing post-secondary population often feel notably cheaper or more haphazardly assembled than their market-rate counterparts. Not so at Montreal’s Technopôle Angus, where local architects ADHOC have added a sensitive, sustainable and affordable new residential complex to a fast-growing neighbourhood.
As part of the Technopôle Angus complex, the Rose des Vents residence also forms part of the neighbourhood’s district energy loop. The technology facilitates energy exchange between nearby buildings, optimizing efficiency on a larger scale. According to the architects, the “building achieves a 35.5 per cent better energy performance compared to a reference building meeting the 2015 CNÉB standard and shows a 51.5 per cent reduction in GHG emissions.” (In addition, three green roofs top the building).
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