UD Co-Spaces UD Co-Spaces is an interactive urban design public engagement tool that integrates a touch-table work surface with live-updated 3D visualizations and an indicators dashboard. Project Profile SponsorPacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaUBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement FundelementsLab elementsLab TeamRonald KellettCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelMichael van der LaanJohn Salter …
UBC Okanagan Measured Visualizations elementslab supported UBC Campus and Community Planning through model creation, mapping, measuring and visualizing information for the 2015 UBC Okanagan Campus Plan. Project Profile SponsorUBC Campus and Community Planning elementsLab TeamRonald KellettCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelNikiki NgMesa SheriffNegin Shakibi elementslab provided support to UBC Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) during a design charrette …
Marpole Measured Visualizations elementslab provided professional workshops and measured visualizations of contemplated land use planning to support the Marpole Community Plan process. Project Profile SponsorCity of Vancouver elementsLab TeamRonald KellettCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelMaysa PharesMichael van der LaanNegin ShakibiAndrew Yu elementslab provided workshops to City of Vancouver staff using UD-Co-Spaces and CityEngine. We then developed urban design metrics and …
Public Engagement in Planning for Climate Change We conducted public workshops in the town of Revelstoke to evaluate if and how rich information about urban form and climate change, employing UD Co-Spaces, would influence collaboration and decision-making about smart growth retrofits. Project Profile SponsorPacific Institute for Climate Solutions Research TeamRonald KellettCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelMark StevensMichael van …
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Teaching with elementsDB Over three years we taught the theory of and applications for elementsdb in courses in landscape architecture, urban design, planning, environmental design and agro-ecology. We concurrently improved the content, interface and added tutorials. Project Profile Sponsors:2010-2013 UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Project TeamFacultyCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelRonald KellettPaula Farrar (UBC Librarian)Kev Madill (UBC …
UniverCity: A Case Study elementslab conducted a post-occupancy case study of UniverCity, an intentional sustainable community, to assess if and how it was meeting goals of compactness, diversity, completeness and walkability while being low environmental impact. Project Profile Sponsors:SFU Community Trust elementsLab Team:Cynthia GirlingAlexandre Man-BourdonLainya RowettMiriam PlishkaReza Davani Acknowledgements: Thanks to Dale Mikkelsen and Chris …
Cambie Corridor Measured Visualizations elementslab created models and measured visualizations along the Cambie Corridor to help City of Vancouver staff, elected officials, and the public understand how the proposed Cambie Corridor Plan would change the area and help meet the city’s sustainability goals. Project Profile SponsorCity of Vancouver elementsLab TeamCynthia GirlingRonald KellettElsa SnyderInna OlchovskiEric SiuMike van …
UniverCity: A Case Study elementslab conducted a post-occupancy case study of UniverCity, an intentional sustainable community, to assess if and how it was meeting goals of compactness, diversity, completeness and walkability while being low environmental impact. We conducted a case study of UniverCity at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, eight years after construction began, and …
Cambie Corridor Measured Visualizations elementslab created models and measured visualizations along the Cambie Corridor to help City of Vancouver staff, elected officials, and the public understand how the proposed Cambie Corridor Plan would change the area and help meet the city’s sustainability goals. In parallel with City-run public workshops and open houses to introduce the plan …
+20 Canadian Open Spaces We added to elementsDB 20 CSLA award-winning plazas, parks, waterfronts, and natural areas in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Project Profile SponsorLandscape Architecture Canada Foundation TeamCynthia GirlingRonald KellettElsa SnyderCaroline Schutrumpf,Inna OlchovskiEric SiuDoreen Leo Publications Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation elementsdb is an online database of comparatively measured and illustrated examples of urban …
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elementslab is an applied urban design and environment research group in the School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture and the Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.