SpruceLab is providing Indigenous engagement and landscape architectural services to support the development of two significant Hamilton, ON Indigenous housing projects of Sacajawea Non-profit Housing (working closely with Invisij Architects and an interdisciplinary project team led by Flourish). The resulting landscape designs will be welcoming, healing, and promote a sense of well-being throughout. They will also be informed by accessibility, safety, and sustainable design considerations (including green stormwater infrastructure and native species plantings). This work demonstrates our collaborative and culturally aware approach to engagement, critical to achieving a successful new homes for the future residents and staff.

204 Gage Ave. N. - Affordable Indigenous Housing:

A 40-unit affordable housing development with integrated healthcare, intended for Indigenous residents at risk of homelessness (some reentering society following living in protected institutional settings). A rooftop amenity space is planned with gathering spaces and community gardens. There will be surface parking with ground floor access from the back of the building (also adjacent to a laneway).

95 Dundurn St. S. - Indigenous Learners Housing:

A 30-unit (10 apartments) affordable housing development designed for Indigenous learners at risk of homelessness (believed to be the first of it’s kind in Ontario). The project has ground floor access from Dundurn St. S., and parking at grade from Jackson St. (located at the dead-end of a quiet residential street, and across from a community park). Extensive restoration slope plantings of native species are planned to create a feeling of being surrounded by nature.