In Novae Res Urbis, Lana Hall looks at how a design proposal named as one of the Ontario Association of Architect's (OAA) winning SHIFT2025 Challenge selections seeks to reimagine suburban street networks to make them more walkable and community-oriented.

A design proposal named as one of the Ontario Association of Architect's (OAA) winning SHIFT2025 Challenge selections seeks to reimagine suburban street networks to make them more walkable and community-oriented.

The design concept, coined the "subdivillage;' was led by Smart Density founder Naama Blonder and Smart Density architect Misha Bereznyak. The subdivillage concept embraces low-density growth by redesigning suburban street networks to improve walkability, cycling, and local trips within the constraints of low-density urban form, car reliance, and limited public transit, which are often the reality of suburban neighbourhoods.

Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 22, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

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