Urban Form and Energy elementslab worked with Esri Canada to develop an approach for simulating building energy demand at neighbourhood to community scales and integrating those simulations with procedural methods for generating urban form. Project Profile SponsorNational Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)Esri Canada elementslab TeamSheryl Staub-FrenchRonald KellettJon SalterChristina BolloBrendan Buchanan-DeeFausto InomataJuchan KimAlix Krahn Esri Canada …
Climate and Community Climate and Community is an interactive educational web site about community planning for climate change mitigation in a Columbia Basin, B.C. community. Project Profile SponsorColumbia Basin TrustCity of RevelstokeelementslabUniversity of British Columbia Research TeamRonald KellettCynthia GirlingMaged SenbelOwen de LancieNegin ShakibiEmily WarkentinKorbin da Silva Web DesignerDave Peacock Targeted to a general population, visitors to …
UD Co-Spaces User Study We conducted a user study of UD Co-Spaces, comparing it to a similar paper-based workspace. In the exercise, groups of 4 to 5 participants collaboratively designed a walkable neighbourhood centre, while we observed. Project Profile Research TeamNarges MahyarKellogg BoothCynthia GirlingKelly BurkeAlix KrahnXiang (Ernest) JialingSiyi (Cathy) Ming We tested UD Co-Spaces, a …
Olympic Village Public Realm Study With partners, the elementslab conducted an observational study of people using the public realm at the Olympic Village in Vancouver, BC to evaluate if the design goals and strategies were being met in practice. Project Profile Research TeamCynthia GirlingKejia ZhengMarjan EbneshahidiHanyu Gao The public realm of the Olympic Village was …
Wesbrook Place: A Case Study elementslab evaluated Wesbrook Place, an intentional sustainable neighbourhood against measures such as compactness, completeness, connectivity, quality of habitat, land cover, impervious surfaces and tree canopy cover. Project Profile SponsorA UBC SEEDS Study elementsLab TeamCynthia GirlingAnezka GocovaVanessa GoldgrubNicole Sylvia This post-occupancy study looks at Wesbrook Place, an intentional sustainable neighbourhood, nine …
Integrating Building-Scale and Geospatial Tools elementslab developed methods for converting building models from multiple different software formats into the CityGML standard, and examined the implications of CityGML’s levels of detail (LOD) for building and urban energy simulation. Project Profile SponsorNatural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)Esri Canada elementsLab TeamSheryl Staub-FrenchRonald KellettJon SalterVictor NgoYunpiao BaiNicole SylviaDaniel Espinosa …
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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