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S101S: Describing Building Types: Formal and Use-Types
What are formal building types and use-types, and why is this differentiation important to planning? With a broad background on building types and it’s...
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How Rainways Could Restore ‘Raincouver’
They buried the creek under St. George Street to make room for roads and houses. Little waterways like it, fed by rainwater, were once everywhere in...
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S101S – Describing Building Types: Why They Matter
Why is an understanding of building types important to urban planning and design? What aspects of planning are they connected to? Given that urban...
By Erick Villagomez -
S101S: Explaining Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Drawbacks
What is Transit-Oriented Development and what are its benefits and drawbacks? Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has become so common within urban...
By Erick Villagomez -
West Coast Modernism in LEGO: Recognizing its heritage value
For artist and master LEGO builder Paul Hetherington, his love for architecture began with a train set. It was his first opportunity as a child to observe...
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S101S—Understanding Residential Density: FSR, Building Setbacks and Height Regulations
What is Floor Space Ratio (FSR) and how does it interact with building setbacks and height regulations to create building forms and the ‘look and feel’ of...
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Inequality, Gender, Intersectionality, Gentrification, and the City: An interview with Leslie Kern
Cities are political and economic centers of power. This comes with its fair share of challenges like poverty and inequality. Spacing Vancouver...
By Erick Villagomez -
Ken Sim’s Swagger and the Language of Inequality
swagger noun plural swaggers : an arrogantly self-confident way of walking: an act or instance of swaggering : arrogant or conceitedly self-assured...
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S101S – Understanding Density: Net vs. Gross Density
What is the difference between “net” and “gross” density, and how do these relate to urban planning? In Understanding Residential...
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S101S – Understanding Residential Density: Why is it so Confusing?
What is residential density and why is it so confusing? Residential density is critical to urban planning. It refers to the number of people living in a...
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S101 Series: Introduction and Call
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: cities are complex. But that doesn’t mean they need to be complicated. Complexity refers to...
By Erick Villagomez -
What Does Our $78-Billion Housing Program Really Fix?
How can Canada possibly spend five years and tens of billions to fix the housing crisis, but still have no idea if it’s working? That’s the question...
By Patrick Condon