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[Citified.ca]

M'akola Development Services and TL Housing Solutions have proposed a 23-storey affordable rental tower for Indigenous families, individuals, and Elders.

 

Citified profile: https://victoria.cit...douglas-street/

 

23-storey Indigenous peoples affordable rental tower proposed opposite Mayfair mall

https://victoria.cit...e-mayfair-mall/

[Victoria Watcher]

As we move forward, especially to reconciliation, it’s important we segregate most housing projects. Hopefully this model is the future.

[aastra]

Do we know the process by which this particular site was chosen?

 

My initial reaction to the tower design was quite negative but I'm hoping a higher-res rendering might change my tune a bit.

[LJ]

As we move forward, especially to reconciliation, it’s important we segregate most housing projects. Hopefully this model is the future.

When will we know we are reconciled?

[Victoria Watcher]

When will we know we are reconciled?

 

AI:

 

No, there is no "end date" for reconciliation in Canada because it is an ongoing, continuous process of building understanding, fostering respect, and improving relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. It requires a fundamental shift in societal structures, daily actions, and a commitment to a "new way forward" based on rights, respect, cooperation, and partnership. Reconciliation is a journey that involves consistent action and is embedded in daily routines, rather than a specific project with a defined endpoint.  

[LJ]

So we have to keep funnelling them money till the end of time, got it.

[aastra]

The first design wasn't terrific to begin with but I think it had a few things going for it and it probably could have worked. However, (shock and surprise) the CoV's recent advice has now taken the design in a much blander direction. No more strong vertical lines, and an exaggerated emphasis on the small punched windows and dreary plain panel surfaces.

 

Par for the course, really. I wish I had invested in plain cladding panels in ~2015 because the CoV's promotion of them on major buildings would have made me a fortune by now.

 

Seriously, in recent years the CoV's design advice seems to be about producing "after" images that look way more raw and unrefined than the "before" images ever did. To do this even one time would be pretty crazy, but to be doing it consistently is cuckoo bananas with nuts on top.

 

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