Overview
Designed once. Built for two lives.
The Olympic Legacy Affordable Housing Project used modular construction to solve two very different housing needs. BHA worked with VANOC, BC Housing and Britco to develop modules that first provided temporary accommodation in Whistler during the 2010 Winter Games, but were designed from the outset for their permanent second life. Following the Games, the modules were relocated and reconfigured into affordable and supportive housing in six communities across British Columbia. The approach required the permanent structural, servicing, accessibility and building-envelope requirements to be anticipated before the temporary buildings were even constructed—a genuinely innovative example of adaptive modular design.
