34 replies to this topic

[Mike K.]

Crazy, right? $11.6 million.

[Matt R.]

Loving the Scandi trend. Also love when government reinvents the wheel.

[max.bravo]

Very Scandinavian looking.

You’d think at a time when Canada needs to build its cultural identity more than ever they could’ve at least found a Canadian architect with a unique vision for a new Canada-style house.

Even if it’s just an exercise in propaganda, it would be more beneficial than these recycled Danish whatever houses. This is basic af.

Edited by max.bravo, 12 March 2025 - 09:51 AM.

[Mike K.]

That style was definitely cool in 2010. I agree, we should have explored a series unique to each part of Canada. West Coast style for BC, at the very least. I mean we have our own architectural style out here!!

[dasmo]

It served its purpose. Look like they are doing something and give their cronies a crap load of money.
Ironic that this money printing for no real output adds to inflation. So does creating work for firms at 10x the going rate. Thus making the housing situation worse.

[Mike K.]

Yeah, well, you know.

[amor de cosmos]

$232,000 per design.

You can get any architect to make these for $25,000 to $35,000. Tops.

from the official site:

The catalogue includes 7 regional chapters offering 50 low-rise home designs. Each design is developed by local architecture and engineering teams to align with regional building codes, planning rules, climate zones, construction methods and materials.

so if they were thinking of all those other things besides simply what the houses look like it would be a longer design process possibly involving more people & from different disciplines, but definitely reduce the time & money needed for the rest, especially if they were thinking of the standard dimensions of the materials. i think that would dramatically reduce the labour costs for example, by reducing the time taken for measuring, cuts, reducing waste etc. see concurrent engineering.

Edited by amor de cosmos, 12 March 2025 - 11:40 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Why not just approach a designer or builder in each zone, that has presumably already met all local codes and indeed strived for efficiency in material usage. They already built the house. It gained all approvals. And just offer $20,000 to open-source her already-completed design?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 March 2025 - 11:42 AM.

[dasmo]

So? I hand engineers and a house designer on my house. Mind you I was the architect. It’s a unique design. Custom. Details figured out. I spent small a fraction of that and spent possibly 250 hours myself on the design. Tops the value is $50,000.

[dasmo]

There are hundreds of prefab companies with this figured out already.

[Tony]

Looks like most designs are for multi units rather than traditional single family concept.

 

Ties in with the new BC housing mandates for municipalities?

 

Would these be spec housing rather than customized for individual buyers?

[Victoria Watcher]

The idea was indeed not to disrupt the single-family structure. These designs are for more dense units. Plus garden suites or whatever.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 March 2025 - 12:19 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

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Either. But the idea is that you submit one of these, they get faster local approval. No money savings on permits though.

[dasmo]

So far it’s three pages for the 6 plex. That’s $75,000 a page! I wonder how many more pages the complete package will be.
It costs government $10,000 to shoot a deer. $75,000 to make a floor plan.

Edited by dasmo, 12 March 2025 - 01:03 PM.

[mbjj]

As a "regular" person who knows nothing about building or construction, they're all pretty ugly. The first is the worst. Wouldn't want to live in one or next to one.