Rocky View County, Harmony Developments Inc.

Paintbrush Park

Harmony is a mixed-use community being developed on 1,750 acres in the Rocky View County located adjacent to the Springbank Airport between Calgary and Cochrane. Harmony is comprehensively planned and combines a broad and extensive range of elements which focus on social, economic and environmental sustainability to ensure all generations are able to live, work, learn and play together - refered to as a “complete community”. One of the most important and challenging components of the Harmony project is to create a unique sense of place that promotes an interactive experience between humans and nature throughout the community. The character of Harmony will be shaped through the interrelationships of the site identity elements and their integration with the entire open space network. The design concept with respect to these elements shall incorporate a blend of natural and man made materials that invoke a sense of rhythm and balance between the built environment and the native landscape.

DESIGN INTENT

Harmony’s comprehensive design concept, centered around natural and built systems working together has a unique opportunity to create an overwhelmingly positive impact on both the land and the people.

LIVABILITY

This project will not only provide improvements to the land in the sense of human livability and quality of life, it will also generate habitat for a variety of simple and complex ecosystems to flourish, with all species contributing to the overall biodiversity of the population.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Harmony’s influence on a greater scale with respect to the notion of land and people will include, but not limited to the Town of Springbank, Rocky View County and the City of Calgary.

Landscape Architecture

Humans need contact with nature. Our team weaves creative and sustainable design into the built environment to create places that attract people for diverse activities. We start by learning about the ecology and condition of the site—understanding its traditions, resources and materials—and we work to express the natural heritage, social and cultural values of the space. Our solutions incorporate innovative techniques such as rainwater management to foster resilience, regeneration and value in community and place.