The St George Rainway (te’statlew) is now a case study for landscape architects in other Canadian cities:

www.csla-aapc.ca/mission-area...

Plans...
1.6 FSR (living space + circulation)

Ground level cargo bike garage
Basement level storage and mech

Perhaps, though our projects almost always have really well insulated roofs with suspended service ceilings.

I'm partial to having individual balconies, but in some cases a nice big shared roof deck might be the better option.

This is the "Four/Five" single stair prototype, but this time with full height bay windows on each unit and a shared rooftop deck accessible by elevator and the shared stair.

No surprises to be found here.

Housing, Single Family Character... and puppies.

ok, we've got another batch of BCIT interns in the office for a week, so we'll be building out some additional context models for Vancouver's west side "Villages" to see how various forms of our "Four/Five" prototype might fit.

Oh we have so many different layers it’s crazy.

This is a good use of prefab

Cheers to Maple Cream Cookies on the far side of the moon.

Yeah - they’re trying to save floor space but it’s a bit scary

Near the museum… still under construction

Carved in ‘67

Kiddo says this is the origin of the meme

Skins

Bad bike details:
We’re staying in a newer condo building in downtown Vic.

They have decent bike room but the access to it is convoluted and the wall mounted racks that stick out into the circulation aisle nearly cost the kiddo an eye (fortunately just a banged up nose and head)

See you soon Victoria

The "Four/Five"
Single Stair Accessible Flats

“Four/Five” accessible flats - with bay window Juliette balconies.

We’ve been exploring a few different ways to bring some familiar elements to a new building type (while remaining honest about what is needed in the form and envelope of a contemporary low carbon building).

1/8” to spare

New little mid century bookshelf for the office

good riddance

New beams for old joists. Foundation for the infill at the rear.

The hole is following me. Starting to feel personal.

No idea, it’s usually pretty reliably within the block or two

When you’re in the @evocarshare.bsky.social Bermuda Triangle

Scary moment last night as we were waiting at the light at main and terminal.

This is the temp modular housing.

Called the VFD but watched as residents with extinguishers fought the blaze. Not sure what the outcome was…

Working through some prelim concepts for a new net zero home on a skinny 25' lot in East Van.

* to replace a van special that is falling over and sinking into the swamp

Unlock Housing: 'Mansions' vs 'Missing Middle' #shorts YouTube video by Lanefab

'Mansions' vs ' Missing Middle'
youtube.com/shorts/QqNzS...

Cheap and fast.
Just need to get the legacy politics out of the way.

We need more Clean Data