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06 • Residential + Community

Maple Courtyard Homes

A crafted residential community shaped by seasons, privacy and shared courtyards.

COMMUNITY THROUGH SEASONS
Design Narrative

Community is built in the threshold between private homes and shared seasonal landscape.

The project makes the shared court the centre of value: a threshold between individual privacy and neighbourly life, shaped by autumn landscape, brick, limestone and timber.

Courtyard as social heart, seasonal landscape, human scale and warm materiality.

12 courtyard homesTypical plot 350–480 sqmBuilt-up area 285–340 sqm4 bedrooms2 covered spacesSeasonal planting

How can twelve townhomes feel individual, connected and grounded in Toronto’s seasonal character?

Development Question

How can repeated housing create belonging without sacrificing privacy?

Governing Idea

Make the courtyard the social heart and seasonal landscape the identity layer.

Architectural Response

Brick, limestone, timber, layered thresholds and shared courts create a warm human-scale address.

Project Signature

A sequence of intimate courts and planted thresholds changes character with the seasons.

Why It Matters

Shared landscape gives repeated homes a collective identity while protecting domestic privacy.

Key Features

  • 12 courtyard homes
  • Typical plot 350–480 sqm
  • Built-up area 285–340 sqm
  • 4 bedrooms
  • 2 covered spaces
  • Seasonal planting
  • Layered privacy

Spaces + Experiences

  • Shared courtyards
  • Townhouse entries
  • Private patios
  • Family living spaces
  • Parking courts
  • Seasonal landscape