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ADAPTIVE REUSE · HOUSING · 2026

The Lifecycle Loop

The Lifecycle Loop

The Lifecycle Loop

A second life for an industrial warehouse, and a more continuous way of living together.

A second life for an industrial warehouse, and a more continuous way of living together.

A second life for an industrial warehouse, and a more continuous way of living together.

290 McDERMOT AVE

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSING

FOURTH-YEAR STUDIO

North elevation of 290 McDermot Avenue and the surrounding warehouse block

FIG. 01

290 McDermot Avenue / Existing building, Winnipeg Exchange District

01 / CONTEXT

Understanding the Existing.

Understanding the Existing.

Understanding the Existing.

The project begins with the Glengarry Building, a historic warehouse on McDermot Avenue in Winnipeg's Exchange District. Historical research, site analysis, and structural documentation reveal opportunities for reimagining the existing building while retaining its architectural identity.

FIG. 02 / Historical plans and the inherited building fabric

FIG. 02 / Historical plans and the inherited building fabric

Building Model

Building Model

Facade

Facade

Interior Detail

Interior Detail

Columns & Beams

Columns & Beams

Floor Assembly

Floor Assembly

Building Model

Building Model

Facade

Facade

Interior Detail

Interior Detail

Columns & Beams

Columns & Beams

Floor Assembly

Floor Assembly

1/4" = 1'-0" Scale Model

FIG. 03/ Building a Physical Model of the Warehouse

THE CENTRAL QUESTION

What if architecture could make it possible to belong to one community throughout a lifetime?

What if architecture could make it possible to belong to one community throughout a lifetime?

What if architecture could make it possible to belong to one community throughout a lifetime?

02 / RESEARCH

Test through making.

Test through making.

Test through making.

The project moves between archival reconstruction, structural analysis, and physical experimentation. Existing floor assemblies are read as a source of material and spatial possibility, while models examine where new openings, light, and gathering spaces could take shape.

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FIG. 03 / Structural study and 3D analysis

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FIG. 04 / Site plan and urban relationships

03 / IDEA

A loop rather than a ladder.

A loop rather than a ladder.

A loop rather than a ladder.

Three generations are invited to live within a shared framework instead of moving between disconnected housing types. Private apartments, common spaces, and social amenities form a neighbourhood where needs can change without requiring people to leave.

FIG. 05 / Existing and proposed structure read together

FIG. 05 / Existing and proposed structure read together

HOUSING LOOPS

Precarity, dignity, fraternity, and prosperity describe the overlapping conditions of everyday life. The architecture works to hold these conditions together.

04 / PROPOSAL

Architecture for shared futures.

Architecture for shared futures.

Architecture for shared futures.

The final proposal introduces an intergenerational housing collective within the retained envelope of the Glengarry Building. Selective structural interventions, differentiated dwelling types, and shared environments establish a layered relationship between personal independence and social life.

FIG. 06 / Exploded architectural axonometric

FIG. 06 / Exploded architectural axonometric

FIG. 07 / Short section through the inserted collective spaces

FIG. 07 / Short section through the inserted collective spaces

FIG. 08 / Longitudinal section through the housing proposal

FIG. 08 / Longitudinal section through the housing proposal

05 / REFLECTION

Retain the fabric. Reimagine the everyday.

Retain the fabric. Reimagine the everyday.

Retain the fabric. Reimagine the everyday.

More than a conversion from industrial use to housing, Lifecycle Loop positions adaptive reuse as a social project: preserving embedded material value while creating room for changing lives and relationships.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Studio / loopStudio · Lancelot Coar

Year / 2026 · Fourth-Year Architecture

Site / 290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg

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