Situated on a parcel defined as periphery — a piece of land forgotten by the City of Calgary and inappropriately zoned — this residential remnant directly borders commercial zoning and existing mass to three sides. The RATH House becomes a zipper, a hybrid form that sutures the fractured zoning of the area and blends the residential into the commercial zone.
Below the residence, the ground is carved out at an open and glazed entry to a small but functional vintage bike restoration shop. An exercise in finding unique potential within an otherwise undervalued parcel.
