The rural industrial typology: resisting the imposition of the subdivision in Shelburne, Ontario
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Abstract
The town of Shelburne is the second fastest growing town in Canada having nearly doubled in size \nsince 2006.1 \n It is now facing an issue of housing that is common in rural communities in Ontario. The housing \nproblem is multifaceted, the cost of owning a home is higher than its residents can afford, the homes are not \nsupportive of a dynamic growing family, they lack efficiency, and they lack creativity. The irony of architecture \nin growing small towns is that there are conditions that require time and careful consideration to deal with, \nbut there is a lack of economic means to put towards solving them. The application of funding towards \nresidential architecture typically comes in the form of developer subdivisions and their primary concern is \neconomic gain, using architecture as a commodity. The inflated market that allows these homes to be sold at \nthis high price is outside the realm of intervention, however price and value are different things and value can \nbe improved. This problem is larger than just economics, the introduction of these urban homes has changed \nthe community fabric of these neighborhoods. The relationship between the individual and the community \nis dramatically different in urban and rural settings and this is reflected in the housing. In an urban and \nsuburban setting the home is designed for privacy as the city is a centralized public realm where individuals \ngo to interact with one another, then return to their suburban home or urban condominium where sanctuary \nawaits in the form of privacy. In sharp contrast to this, the rural landscape is designed to promote community \ninteraction everywhere in the town, especially in its neighborhoods, which results in a different residential \narchitecture. \nHow can the single-family house be rethought for growing rural communities like Shelburne? \nBy assessing the current contrasting elements of the typical rural home and the newly built subdivisions \nbased on their Transparency, Ingenuity, Sustainability, and Personality. Taking into consideration the towns \nvalues to create a series of rural principles that reflect the essence of the town and applying them to future \ndevelopment. I intend to re-prioritize rural values instead of applying an urban design strategy, while still \ncreating the density that growing towns demand. Focusing on a new proposed subdivision at the East end of \ntown at the intersection of Highway 89 and Dufferin Road 124, and the return of an existing housing typology \nas benchmarks for improvement this project aims to create a new precedent for further development in town.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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