Petra Matar بترا مطر
@bonpetra.bsky.social
Architect ◡ Principal at https://dpai.ca/
Urbanist ◠ Hamilton, ON
Exploring the design of more sustainable, equitable, and enjoyable cities and spaces
Urbanist ◠ Hamilton, ON
Exploring the design of more sustainable, equitable, and enjoyable cities and spaces
You know that black mirror episode where they clone your consciousness into a small egg that becomes your virtual assistant? I thought it was mean but I get it now
March 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You know that black mirror episode where they clone your consciousness into a small egg that becomes your virtual assistant? I thought it was mean but I get it now
Affordable housing is possible if the political will power is there to support it. Proud to be a part of a group working to make this project possible and successful. It started out as a $16mil /35unit project and grew to a 56unit project for an extra $2.3mil. www.chch.com/chch-news/pr...
Province grants Dunnville $3M for affordable housing, new roadway
The provincial government has committed $3 million to support the construction of a new affordable housing project and roadway in Dunnville.
www.chch.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Affordable housing is possible if the political will power is there to support it. Proud to be a part of a group working to make this project possible and successful. It started out as a $16mil /35unit project and grew to a 56unit project for an extra $2.3mil. www.chch.com/chch-news/pr...
Born to make art
Forced to take meeting minutes
Forced to take meeting minutes
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Born to make art
Forced to take meeting minutes
Forced to take meeting minutes
That exciting feeling when you first get to walk through a project… in VR
February 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
That exciting feeling when you first get to walk through a project… in VR
A big part of being an architect is designing buildings that may never be realized—existing only in your imagination, like parallel worlds and unfulfilled dreams.
Renderings of the Brant Library Main Branch at the Historic Bawcutt Centre by DPAI.
Renderings of the Brant Library Main Branch at the Historic Bawcutt Centre by DPAI.
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A big part of being an architect is designing buildings that may never be realized—existing only in your imagination, like parallel worlds and unfulfilled dreams.
Renderings of the Brant Library Main Branch at the Historic Bawcutt Centre by DPAI.
Renderings of the Brant Library Main Branch at the Historic Bawcutt Centre by DPAI.
A career heartbreak for me: we worked tirelessly to deliver a project the County can be proud of only for it to die over parking. Unfathomable. A lot of emotions to process. I feel bad for the community who has been in great support of it.
Brant County library project didn’t die over issue ‘of spending $40 million … it died because it didn’t have enough parking spots’
Brant County council voted not to move forward as planned with the new main branch library and community hub in Paris, Ont.
www.thespec.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A career heartbreak for me: we worked tirelessly to deliver a project the County can be proud of only for it to die over parking. Unfathomable. A lot of emotions to process. I feel bad for the community who has been in great support of it.
Can we please legalize point access blocks in the code already???
Legalize and put one of these on each block corner in Seattle.
16-home 6-story point access block social housing in paris, MIR architectes
damn
studios to 3BRs.
ground floor retail space.
active solar protection.
<$200k per home.
and 100% illegal in every part of the US. i wonder why we have a housing crisis?
📸: Julien Lanoo
mirarchitectes.fr/16-logements/
damn
studios to 3BRs.
ground floor retail space.
active solar protection.
<$200k per home.
and 100% illegal in every part of the US. i wonder why we have a housing crisis?
📸: Julien Lanoo
mirarchitectes.fr/16-logements/
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Can we please legalize point access blocks in the code already???
Went to see the Brutalist yesterday and it was heavy on multiple fronts. it being about an architect is the last of those reasons. It’s the story of educated immigrants escaping a genocide to a new continent and the secondary plot line of the establishment of a Zionist state.
January 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Went to see the Brutalist yesterday and it was heavy on multiple fronts. it being about an architect is the last of those reasons. It’s the story of educated immigrants escaping a genocide to a new continent and the secondary plot line of the establishment of a Zionist state.
Thinking about the Beirut balcony. A private outdoor space that feels very connected. I spent a few years of my childhood enjoying my grandparents’ balconies where I played with my cousins and watched the action on the streets and peered into other balconies and lives
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thinking about the Beirut balcony. A private outdoor space that feels very connected. I spent a few years of my childhood enjoying my grandparents’ balconies where I played with my cousins and watched the action on the streets and peered into other balconies and lives