Harmony Village is located on a pivotal site at the City of Barrie’s waterfront. Through a raised publicly accessible park the project links the public spaces of Kempenfelt Bay to the downtown expansion planned for Bradford Street. The development is slated to become Barrie’s signature waterfront downtown community.
Located at the bay front of the rapidly urbanizing City of Barrie, Ontario, Harmony Village Lake Simcoe is a multi-unit mixed-use complete community Within the context of a large-scale master planning initiative, the design scheme is a socially-sustainable response to Barrie’s rising development momentum. Harmony transforms an underused contaminated site into an intelligible urban block and a shared public waterfront amenity.
As a key intensification project within one of the country’s fastest-growing cities, Harmony Village sets a strong design precedent for future development of the area.
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Barrie, ON, CA
Firm Role: architect
Additional Credits: in joint venture with Diamond Schmitt
Structural - Stephenson Engineering
Civil - EXP Global Inc.
Landscape - The Planning Partnership
LEED - ACE Consultants Ltd.