Landlab

Lakeport Beach is a new Adaptive Development on the shores of Lake Ontario by Landlab Inc. It's a place to grow up, a place to work, and a place to retire. It’s a whole community where people have real connections to their neighbours when they want them, and lots of space for privacy when they don’t. Lakeport Beach been purposefully designed to village-scale, to encourage walking, play, recreation, social interaction, healthy lifestyles, and a sense of community. It will feature a mix of housing types, from single family homes and townhomes, to bungalows, small cottages, and ground floor one-storey units for seniors. Approximately 800 units are anticipated. Places to walk and explore nature are at the heart of the community. Approximately 40% of the land at Lakeport Beach will remain green space–whether as forested areas with trails, large and small parks, natural playgrounds, or the 1.3 km of pebble beach along Lake Ontario. Everyone will be welcome to walk, play, sit in the parks, and enjoy the beach. Landlab’s proposal for this complete community also includes a village-scale community hub where people can enjoy local shops and services. These amenities will be a short stroll or bike ride from all corners of the community. Lakeport Beach is a place to live, work, and play. Source: Lakeport Beach

HENDRICK FARM IS REVITALIZING VILLAGE-SCALE DESIGN. We believe in listening to the land. Done properly, developments should balance design, urban planning, engineering, environmental stewardship, and economics. The first neighbourhood of its kind in Canada People often wonder what actually sets Hendrick Farm apart. Step foot in the neighbourhood and it will immediately be clear that something feels different. There is no space wasted on huge driveways that overtake the front of the house. There are no colossal garage doors that feature more prominently than the front door. The streets seem more intimate somehow, not like the wide open spaces in all the other suburbs attached to larger cities in North America. You can find people sitting on their front porches and chatting with neighbours walking by to get their mail. You can find groups of children playing in the parks that are sprinkled throughout the houses, or zooming by on their bicycles. That feeling—of walkability, of intimacy of outdoor spaces, of community—can all be boiled down to our urban planning and architecture. Through these, Hendrick Farm has rejected today’s automobile-dependent, cookie cutter suburbs and reclaimed traditional village design, embodying the best aspects of some of the world’s most sought-after neighbourhoods. How? Hendrick Farm developer, Landlab Inc. partnered with world-renowned urban planning firm DPZ Co Design to design a neighbourhood for people first. Source: Hendrick Farm