Central Lonsdale Planning Study
City of North Vancouver
Project Type
Master Planning + Density Bonusing for Rental Housing Policy + Feasibility Study
Employer
Urban Design + Planning Project Lead
City of North Vancouver
Role
Urban Planning Policy Project Lead
Central Lonsdale Planning Study was an urban design/master planning feasibility study, working with in-house expertise on proformas, land value for density bonusing for cost-free non-market + market rental housing construction, demographic + housing stats. Developed massing, floor plate and urban design scenarios on where to locate the density within the study boundaries of 23rd Street down to 8th Street +St. Georges Ave to Chesterfield Ave. 8 month process.
Results included:
-Capacity building for 12 member Council Appointed Steering Committee on planning tools + concepts on zoning wrt Official Community Plan, social diversity, the need for housing verity + affordability, what density bonusing is, snap shot of current housing stock + future projections, principles of pedestrian oriented streetscape design + retail success, parking reductions, TOD etc..
-Steering Committee returned a near unanimous recommendation to Council on density + building form.
-Public realm + open space planning for amenity hubs along Lonsdale Avenue as Ceremonial Gateways, Destination Greenways/Playspace, Seniors Gathering + Outdoor Brown Bag, Transportation/Multi-modal + Info, Office + Outdoor Brown Bag
-Side Street + Laneway amenity + character programming for residential streets, greenways, bikeways and transportation
Community/Professional Forum for Dialogue + Capacity Building on Curbside Management
Project Type
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada , MetroVan's
Built City Speaker Series
Role
Thought Leader
Role
Thought Leader,
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada,
MetroVan's + City of North Vancouver's
Built City Speaker Series
"The Best High Street Design-Future Proofing for Vibrancy + Technology"
Walkable, affordable and vibrant city building hard questions asked:
1. Urban ingredients for vibrant streetscapes?
2. Why are small businesses closing? Solutions?
3. What does small business + public spaces + climate change have to do with social resiliency?
4. How do we integrate micromobility, autonomous vehicles into vibrant high streets with outdoor public living rooms? Curbside management?
5. Who owns & stores personal data from sensor infrastructure, aka, smart cities, collected
from publicly owned streets? Rule of Law?
+ Post-Covid Recovery + Economic Equity + Climate Friendly Cities + Walkability + Vibrancy + Social Media vs Place Based Social Connectedness + Affordable Housing + Equity + Public Spaces + Social Resiliency + Micromobility + Curbside Management + Autonomous Vehicles + Data Collection + Privacy + Smart Tech + Democracy + Public Capacity Building + Process + Happiness
City Building Policy