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 …
+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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