Vanier Towers Co-Design Project

The Vanier Towers Project involved a participatory and co-design process to explore the complex health and social needs of residents in a high rise social housing building owned by CityHousing Hamilton.

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The objective of the project was to determine what would enable residents to feel more comfortable, safe, secure, healthy and happy in the residential spaces - to improve the appearance and feel of the common spaces and make them more welcoming and friendly.

Through site visits and two co-design workshops, our design team identified three opportunity areas and proposed specific ideas that could be implemented by the community:

1. to improve the physical environment, including accessibility and common spaces;

2. to create a sense of community through improved communication and opportunities for residents to get involved;

3. to improve guard presence, space visibility, and  resident empowerment around safety and security.