Bassin du Moulin
By: Marion Gale, Ellen Heshusius, Ted Horton, Chelsea Medd, Thushanti Selvarajah
McGill University School of Urban Planning
Studio 2
Winter 2013
The Bassin du Moulin plan was built around the idea of a diverse community in a neighbourhood that promoted active-transportation. Oriented in the east towards the Peel Basin waterfront and a renewed Wellington Basin, which echoes the site’s industrial heritage; the site is divided by a chain of green parks that provide ample activity spaces for its residents and surrounding community. With one of the lowest parking minimums for a new development in Montreal, the Bassin du Moulin connects to active transportation paths both inside and outside of the site to bring residents downtown and to the surrounding communities of Griffintown and Pointe-Saint-Charles. Such green facilities and mobility options will serve the project’s diverse community well – 15% of the residential units are affordably priced and a further 15% will be allocated as social housing, positioned within a built environment of mid-rise buildings with a range of market and luxury units featuring spectacular views of the downtown and waterfront.”
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