Bloom at Seaton is a forward-thinking response to the growing housing affordability crisis, offering 74 stacked townhouse units designed to balance attainability, sustainability, and family-friendly living. Located in Pickering’s Seaton Village, it is an award-winning development.
Bloom at Seaton
Recognized with the 2022 Building Industry and Land Development (BILD) Association’s Low-Rise Project of the Year and People’s Choice Awards, Bloom exemplifies how thoughtful design and sustainable practices can harmonize to create affordable and desirable living spaces.
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Bloom contains a mix of two and three-bedroom multi-floor dwelling units, each with a private outdoor amenity balcony or rooftop terrace, with the majority having private garage and driveway parking. Residents don’t walk apartment corridors or ride elevators, instead each home has its own front door entry with a grade-related address, providing a sense of independence that many homeowners desire but might otherwise struggle to attain.
These dwellings are well-suited for families, providing often under-represented square footages in an in-demand category below that of traditional townhouses but above compact high rise apartment suites. Affordability is further enhanced through the deployment of inventive stacked typologies that reduce land consumption through higher densities without compromising privacy.
Sustainability is embedded throughout the project. It contains numerous sustainable features that promote eco-conscious living, drawing upon economies of scale to reduce energy consumption. Q4 Architects designed it including the use of Geo Exchange heating and cooling, dedicated solar electric vehicle charging and greywater recovery systems.
Ecological considerations include onsite bee enclosures, pollinator gardens and permeable pavement in line with greater Seaton Village’s initiatives to protect its natural heritage system and bring residents closer to nature.
Despite the need for increased fire safety and sound attenuation in stacked townhouse construction, rated floor and wall assemblies are achieved using cost-effective and carbon-reducing wood framing. The use of prefabricated technologies further contributed to accelerated project timelines and efficiencies leveraged. These construction practices have been identified as potential key contributors to increasing housing supply in the coming years.
Bloom’s exterior building massing fits harmoniously with the general scale of the existing Seaton Village community at Taunton Road, only with a modern update. Its geometric, colourful exterior vocabulary contributes to individual but also repeatable building forms that adapt well to numerous urban and higher-density suburban environments.
While housing remains an expensive and challenging issue, creative grade-related options like Bloom offer promising possibilities. The project stands as a testament to how thoughtful architectural solutions can address the housing crisis while enhancing community and environmental well-being.
