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KERUN IP
THIS MASSIVE MIXED-USE PROJECT BY B+H EXEMPLIFIES THE TYPICAL PROCESS OF DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE IN SHANGHAIS CURRENT CLIMATE OF TERRIFYINGLY RAPID
DEVELOPMENT. TEXT DAVID STEINER
STEVEN EVANS
STEVEN EVANS
STEVEN EVANS
CONTENTS
11 NEWS
Raymond Moriyama appointed as a Companion of the Order of Canada; winners of
the Canada Council for the Arts architecture awards announced.
14 REPORT
Alan Boniface provides details of the contentious EcoDensity initiative in Vancouver that seeks to address climate change
issues as they relate to city-building.
34 TECHNICAL
Douglas MacLeod asserts that Building
Information Modelling could be the most
important development in CAD, transforming our approach to design and documentation.
37 CALENDAR
Shanghai Kaleidoscope exhibition at the
Royal Ontario Museum; 10th Docomomo
conference on the Heritage of the Modern
Movement.
38 BACKPAGE
Leslie Jen reviews the Sacred Space exhibition at Torontos York Quay Centre.
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ABOVE ARBUTUS WALK IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGH-DENSITY MIXED-USE COMMUNITY THAT UPHOLDS
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REPORT
TOP BUSBY PERKINS+WILL CONSIDERS INCREASED DENSITY WITHIN THE CITY AS AN INTEGRAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS SKETCH ILLUSTRATES HOW DEVELOPMENT
ALONG VANCOUVERS CANADA LINE CAN EVENTUALLY RESPOND TO THE ADJACENT URBAN CONTEXT WHERE LEVELS OF DENSITY CORRESPOND TO EACH NODE/RAIL STATION. AT A LENGTH OF
NEARLY 19 KILOMETRES, THE CANADA LINE WILL BE AN AUTOMATED RAIL-BASED RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE CONNECTING VANCOUVER WITH CENTRAL RICHMOND AND THE VANCOUVER AIRPORT. IT IS
EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY 2009.
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him. This acrimony has occurred, despite overwhelming evidence about the benefitsboth
socially and ecologicallyof appropriately considered increased density and its profound realization in Vancouver itself, where it has been
illustrated that density can be dramatically increased with a simultaneous reduction in car
traffic, commuters and crime rates. This is a
well-documented phenomenon of the downtown.
In specific terms, this can be seen in statistics
produced by Environment Canada, which has
noted that Vancouver is the only Canadian city
with declining commute times, due in part to
40% of downtown residents using public transit.
An additional 25 to 30% walk or bike to work.
Moreover, an important element is that design
regulations have required that fully 25% of new
units in the downtown are designed for families.
Contrast this with its sister city Seattle, where
downtown units for families make up only 6% of
new housing.
The result is that Vancouver residents seem
supportive of density on the downtown peninsula,
but not in the pristine grassy backyards of the
citys other neighbourhoods, where densities can
be as low as 2 units per acre. Which is not to suggest that this is the ultimate destination of
EcoDensity as the rhetoric might suggest. Indeed,
recent revisions to the draft Charter are profound
in their attempts at integrating public input,
addressing misinformation and providing aggressive methods for carbon reduction. The City is
poised, for example, to incorporate in its official
language the statement that it will make environmental sustainability a primary consideration in
decisions about density, design and land use.
Additionally, the revised draft includes specific
language about mandating greener performance,
not bonusing it, and a directive to require all
buildings to be LEED Gold-equivalent by 2010.
A lack of clear communication of the intent of
the initiative and the lack of an emergent champion beyond the Mayor has caused delay but also
pause for important public input. As the document evolves as the result of public engagement
and dialogue, it has become clear that the current
21 components of the plan will require both
strong direction and strong political leadership
to manifest its important goals.
Vancouveritesand indeed the nationappear
to be postponing and politicizing a decision that
requires quick and meaningful action. Despite
the obvious problems associated with urban
sprawl and the negative effects of inaction, the
City along with many Vancouverites seem unable
to set aside historic divisions or self-serving
views, blissfully ignoring the fact that Vancouver
is using 300 times its own footprint ecologically
and thus contributing heavily to the global prob-
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ABOVE THE ARBUTUS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN KITSILANO IS A PIVOTAL EXAMPLE OF RESIDENTIAL INTENSIFICATION. THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A FORMER BREWERY AND SEVERAL FACTORIES HAS CREATED A
MEDIUM-DENSITY, LOW- TO MID-RISE PRECINCT ADJACENT TO A WELL-ESTABLISHED NEIGHBOURHOOD CONSISTING OF PRIMARILY ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS.
Vancouver. Peter Busby has produced a well-conceived commentary on EcoDensity, but overall
these initiatives remain the minority.
Whether one promotes consensus or a topdown approach, the latter is likely to be the only
viable method for quick action in order to avert
significant climate-induced problems. In this era
of minority governments and carefully scripted
speeches, it is difficult to see how any leader
professional or politicalwould be able to take
the strong stance required (witness the politically
safe US election debates and the paralyzing platform espoused by our federal government).
EcoDensity is a current example of this as it
shifts from strong idea to strong policy and perhapsdepending on the outcome of the upcoming municipal electionto nothing more than a
lengthy debate. In the meantime, the city has
produced 6.8 million additional tons of carbon,
and the region 38.4 million tons.
The reality is that the current City administration has waded into politically fraught territory in
pursuit of some fairly benign goals. As Trevor
Boddy has noted, There is little a guilty SUVdriver or even a Northern Alberta oil sands operator could not sign on to.
The Mayor, Council and staff have initiated a
debate into which all Canadians must enter,
especially at the local level, and moreover have
done the heavy lifting for the outlying municipalities most of whom have much less desire to walk
a green walk through their predominantly singlefamily neighbourhoods.
Where does this leave the debate as the municipal election and the final draft of the EcoDensity
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