Key Facts
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2016
Designed
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40 ac.
Project Size
Program
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315
Units
About Hendrick Farm
Hendrick Farm’s mission is to exemplify best practices for combining land conservation and community development. Seeking to encourage a healthy lifestyle and sense of community, the plan preserves more than fifty per cent of the property as green space for recreation, gardening, social interaction and pedestrian connectivity. The five-acre certified organic farm focused on Hendrick House has been transformed into a park with community garden plots, fruit orchards, picnic tables, walking paths that anchors the community, incorporating some elements of the land’s longtime use. The pre-existing agricultural precinct, including the commercial food structures, are part of the mixed-use village center that also includes convenience shops with housing above. Parking occurs on village streets and in shared space behind the buildings. The village green faces Old Chelsea Road, and from it emanate the streets, parks and trails that connect residential clusters to the center, and to the preserve areas to the west and south, and beyond to Gatineau Park. Several kilometers of walking trails and parklands run through forest, meadow, and other open spaces, accessible during the winter via snowshoes and skis.
Development Approach
- A new standard: combining open space, community gardens and healthy living
- Social and cultural program: integrating community gardens, walking paths, and civic spaces as a shared focus for community life, educational experiences and land stewardship
- Multigenerational community: offering a wide array of building types, such as live-work units, apartments, townhouses, mews houses, and single-family houses
Defining Design Details
- Respecting predecessors: seamlessly incorporating in the master plan, the land’s original farming activities and the pre-existing development of several houses
- Conservation and development: green spaces connecting a network of sidewalks, green corridors, and footpaths for maximum walkability
- Increments of identity: housing clusters distinguished by architectural style
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