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. elementsdb is an online database of comparatively measured and illustrated examples of urban land use ‘elements’— buildings, streets and open spaces. We added 20 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) award-winning open spaces …
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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.