Join us on February 6th for a discussion on how the residential design community can provide more spatially equitable housing options with John Brown, co-founder of Garden Loft and Dean of UCalgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Doors open at 5 pm; the lecture begins at 6 pm.

About Garden Loft

Accessible design is more than satisfying the code requirements for things like wheelchair turning radii, minimum door widths, and lever-style faucets. In housing, this means ensuring seniors and others with differing abilities have access to domestic environments that are equivalent in quality and opportunity to those enjoyed by the rest of the population.

Garden Loft, a design-focused, value-driven manufacturing start-up, addresses this emerging design challenge with a modular supportive housing system suitable for various community settings.

About John Brown

John Brown, PhD, is a Professor of Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary. He is a registered architect in Alberta, Immediate Past President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and a founding partner of the residential design/build company Housebrand and Garden Loft, a manufacturing start-up exploring new senior housing forms. His work is published internationally and has received an RAIC Award of Excellence for Innovation, the Prairie Design Award, the Residential Architect Leadership Award, two Mayor’s Urban Design Awards, and the City of Calgary Accessibility Award.