Third year student work profiled in Cambridge Times

The Cambridge Times visited Waterloo Architecture to profile the student work in ARCH 392 Intergenerational Urban Motility and Housing.

This studio explores the future of the Waterloo Region, focusing on the potential for new GO Stations at Hespeler and Pinebush in Cambridge, as well as the planned Stage 2 ION expansion to extend the existing light rail train from Kitchener into downtown Galt by 2032. 

Students are studying the possible trajectories for future housing and citizen motility along the ION transit line between Sportsworld, the future Pinebush Transit Hub, and Downtown Cambridge, as well as the possibility for a GO Station in Hespeler.

Each station will have its own unique urban context that will require its own response in terms of housing typologies and planned urban amenities and services that are accessible for all. Beyond adding an adequate number of “units” to fulfill critical housing needs. The studio proposes the question, 'how can this be done in a way that ensures there is equitable opportunity for all demographics of citizens, including a special focus on seniors housing, to live within walking distance of the stations, in affordable housing that provides for a high quality of life and dignity?'

The article, available to read on Cambridge Times, discusses the course with Professor David Fortin.