The Baba Yagas Come to Ottawa: Cooperative Retirement Housing

Studio III - Second Year Masters

September 2014

Inspired by the French initiative called Baba Yaga House, numerous groups have been formed in Canada with the intention of creating similar communities of like-minded individuals who wish to have more control over their living arrangements in their old age. This project explores how such a community, in this case a community of retired Cirque du Soleil performers, might manifest itself architecturally in the City of Ottawa.

The program includes an indoor performance / training hall, a workshop for costumes and props, a cafe, and twenty-four residential units for the retired performers.