S9 Architecture

s9 architecture is a team of 70 designers dedicated to giving form to our client’s pragmatic needs, with a unique design approach rooted in “modern contextualism” and inspired by urban narratives. rejecting pre-conceived ideas and stylistic preoccupations, each design solution is informed by programmatic, physical, environmental, economic and contextual forces. we believe our projects are part of a larger whole, acting as glue that helps bind and enhance their context for human experiences. our design narratives include projects of all sizes, programs and complexities: - transforming an underutilized parking field around a stadium into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood with shops, apartments and offices by knitting the surrounding parkland into the urban fabric in ottawa. - bringing new life to abandoned historic landmarks by threading what we called "innovation alley"​ through several buildings, making them porous and bringing people in to work, shop, entertain or simply relax and cont