Crestmont West

Location: Calgary, Alberta
Project type: Multifamily

Landscape design linking homes, shared play space and the commercial frontage.

Homes and planted frontage at Crestmont West.

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Project information

Project type: Multifamily
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Landscape design: Pi Design Group
Architecture: Gravity
Year: 2019
Status: Built

The project

The site plan brings individual front entrances, common green space and a small commercial cluster into one connected layout. Within the residential areas, paths bend around planting and open into places to sit and play. Stone edging separates the gravel play surface from planted beds; closer to the shops, grasses and trees form a continuous edge along the sidewalk.

A shared path, timber seating and stone edging between the homes.

A curving path through trees, planting and shared outdoor space.

The play area between the homes and commercial frontage.

Timber seating beside the homes and shared courtyard.

Trees and planting at the corner entrance.

A green corridor between the residential buildings.

A curved path through newly planted common ground.

Flowering planting beside a residential entrance.

Grasses and flowering perennials along the public sidewalk.

Design details

Shared space, from plan to ground

Overall landscape plan: front entrances, common green space and play areas.Drawing

Open drawing

The overall plan places paths, planting and play areas between the homes and commercial frontage. At ground level, a low stone edge separates the planted bed from the gravel play space. The drawing describes the wider arrangement; the photograph brings one of its shared spaces into view.