PROCESS

SxD will apply sustainability targets, tools and principles (arrived at via workshops and described in design briefs) to prototypical urban / suburban sites within the Vancouver region. In collaboration with its member municipalities, we will select those study area sites that are most likely to face significant growth (intensification, infill and redevelopment) over the next several decades.

We have identified three typical areas for study: corridors, edges and nodes. These three study areas represent the building blocks of a more sustainable region; each provides unique and replicable opportunities for smarter, greener urban design in the decades head.

corridors
e.g. commercial arterials, public transit corridors
edges
e.g. interfaces between green zones or agricultural lands and urban areas or industrial lands
nodes
e.g. key regional interchanges -- regional or town centres, transit stations or hubs, commercial shopping district