Ecohome: This prefab housing project in Toronto features rapid modular construction to create 25 sustainable units. Smart Density and Assembly, with the CMHC’s Rapid Housing Initiative, shows how prefab can provide quality and affordable housing for Toronto.

We keep hearing how the way forward for construction is to adopt standardized designs and prefabricated homes – but it isn’t yet accelerating construction industry productivity in Canada as fast as hoped. That’s why we were drawn to the groundbreaking affordable modular housing project at 1120 Ossington Avenue in Toronto.

This initiative is challenging conventional approaches to construction in a city that’s facing  growing pressure to rethink how properties are developed. Utilizing prefab and modular techniques, this project addresses the housing crisis by delivering affordable units efficiently and sustainably. By redefining construction practices, it sets a new standard for how urban spaces can adapt to the needs of their communities while showcasing the benefits of innovative building methods.

Traditionally, developers (including our own Robert J. Pierson), have operated to the mantra of only getting to choose two of the three: cheap, fast, or good when it comes to homebuilding. However, thanks to a collaboration between Smart Density, Assembly, and St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society, and some help from the CMHC’s Rapid Housing Initiative, this new project rewrites the rules in demonstrating that it’s possible to achieve all three when you go with prefabricated construction.

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