An Interdisciplinary Design Approach: BAIDA x SvN Architects + Planners

An Interdisciplinary Design Approach

BAIDA is collaborating with SvN Architects + Planners invite registered members and professional colleagues to join us on September 20th at the SvN Toronto office for an in-depth discussion on the project 4910 Lynell Street, located in Pensacola, Florida.

This event is open to people at all points of their career, and will be eligible for Continuing Education Credits (1 Hour).

About SvN Architects + Planners

Since our inception over 40 years ago, we have done things differently. We work with our clients and partners to build a better world by creating great places where people thrive, and nature flourishes. We are an integrated planning and design firm comprised of architects, planners, urban designers and landscape architects. Together, we engage with the dynamic social, economic and environmental forces that define and govern where we live and work resulting in meaningful change and outcomes, focusing on regenerative solutions.

SvN is proud to be a Silver Level Sponsor of BAIDA.

4910 Lynell St

Pensacola is experiencing a housing and ecological crisis. The recent Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan has highlighted an urgent need to restore and protect the Carpenter Creek watershed. The Pensacola Affordable Housing Task Force has highlighted an urgent need to build 500 homes in 5 years in a diverse mix of unit types and levels of affordability.

SvN was recently invited to develop a new model of affordable housing in a residential neighborhood in the vicinity of the Creek. SvN Architects and Planners are developing a design that responds to the key recommendations of the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan and provides a model to address the acute housing needs in Escambia County. Developing solutions to these crises will take innovative strategies, rooted in a deep understanding of local climate and building culture.

SvN’s Missing Middle housing design provides a way to gently integrate more population density into the fabric of existing residential neighbourhoods. This type of housing is compatible in scale to single family homes and provides a greater number and mix of housing units. SvN’s design is an example of how challenges of housing affordability and ecology can be integrated into a resilient, locally appropriate design solution.