# A prototype for low-rise intensification

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2017-03-07

huron-sussex, laneway-housing, laneway-suite, low-rise, low-rise-intensification, secondary-suites, toronto, u-of-t, uncategorized, university-of-toronto

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Laneway housing is back in the news here in Toronto. Last week the [University of Toronto reported](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-experts-creative-solution-toronto-s-housing-problems-laneway-homes) that they would like to build 50 laneway houses within the Huron-Sussex neighborhood and that they are aiming to start a 2 house pilot project some time in 2018.

Here is a drawing from their [Planning Study](http://www.updc.utoronto.ca/Assets/REO+Digital+Assets/Real+Estate+Operations/REO+Digital+Assets/FacilitiesPlanning/Huron+Sussex+Neighbourhood+Planning+Study.pdf):

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e072fde391d79aa8eb0e3edac13e5d2d.png)

What you see is mid-rise infill (orange) along the main streets and low-rise infill (purple) along the secondary streets and laneways. There’s also a “living lane” that runs north-south through the neighborhood. 

I know we’ve talked a lot about laneway housing and neighborhood intensification on this blog, but I hadn’t seen the above plan before. And I wonder if we aren’t going to look back at this neighborhood plan as a prototype for low-rise intensification.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/a-prototype-for-low-rise-intensification)*