Live - work - play - sustain
Vancouver is a city that embraces diversity and new ideas in a variety of forums that include cultural, political, and social. In the same spirit, this design proposal looks to embrace the city's unique qualities that makes Vancouver a leader in sustainability. Focusing on the basics of sound design principles such as building orientation, passive solar design, natural ventilation, and day lighting will help to guide the City in its goals to meet the 2030 challenge.
Creating a density that allows families with small businesses to live, work, and share in vibrant neighborhoods and creating outdoor spaces that are unique and useful contribute to the goals set out in the Eco-Density Charter. Add to that the recycling of our resources, such as rainwater for use in irrigation or grey water applications within the home, and you have a design that creates a dialogue with the city's existing fabric.
With many Vancouver residential lots oriented with the long axis in the north-south direction, this design proposal can be adapted to both north and south facing lots. The path of the sun as it applies to Vancouver's latitude guided the form and functionality of the design. The most public and used spaces are on the third level and can be opened up in the summer to create indoor/outdoor rooms. The angled southeast-facing and southwest facing walls allow for side-yard setback relief and lead to interior courtyards that allow sunlight into the vertical circulation core of the building. Ample operable windows and clerestories bring in the prevailing southwesterly breezes and contribute to the useful day lighting of spaces. Sustainable and efficient means of construction include using insulated concrete forms, structurally insulated panels, and hydronic radiant floors systems.
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