LivingDensity

FORUM—-May 9th, 10am
EXHIBITION—-May 9th-22nd
CLOSING RECEPTION—-May 22nd, 7pm

PREFAB 20/20 Competition <<

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Location: Grace Gallery, 1898 Main Street, Vancouver

Architecture for Humanity Vancouver presents the LivingDensity Exhibition & Forum, an exploration on how humanity, sociability and density may be achieved through innovations in the interlinked disciplines of architecture, urban planning, industrial design and communication design.

LivingDensity is a response to the City of Vancouver’s EcoDensity Charter, a commitment to make environmental sustainability, housing affordability and livability a primary goal in all city planning decisions. LivingDensity seeks to address how urban densification can promote better communities, sustainability, as well as culturally stimulating experiences.

The exhibition and forum will be held at Grace Gallery and is the second event hosted by Architecture for Humanity Vancouver, a registered not-for-profit society promoting architectural and design solutions to local, social and environmental issues. Through design/build projects, competitions, workshops, educational forums, partnerships with related organizations, AFH Vancouver strives to create opportunities for local architects and designers to improve the quality of living through design, and to help communities in need.

The forum is a one-day event taking place Saturday, May 9th. The presenters represent a variety of disciplines from architects to urban planners and industrial designers to academics. They will address a variety of issues on urban densification and sustainable design in Vancouver.

In addition, in collaboration with the AIBC, IDSwest, and sponsored by Azure magazine; AFH Vancouver will be launching an international competition, Prefab 20/20.

Forum Schedule

10:20am: Opening

10:40am: Neal LaMontagne + Katherine Isaac (Urban Planners, City of Vancouver) – Neal will speak about Vancouver’s EcoDensity Charter and how it ties in with urban design, planning and architectural innovations. Katherine will elaborate the City’s directions in promoting alternative housing-forms to address densification.

11:00am: Joaquin Karakas (Urban Designer, HB LANARC Planning + Design) – Joaquin will present some urban design strategies that can promote the public uptake of laneway housing hence aiding densification.

11:20am: Bryn Davidson (Architect, Rao-D Cityworks/ Dynamic Cities Project) – Through one of his recent design projects, Bryn will explore the relation between net-positive design, density and sustainability.

11:40pm: Robert Chester (Architect, Robert Chester Architects) – Robert will show a laneway house he designed in East Vancouver; the project examines how laneway housing can add variety to a RM-zone neighbourhood.

1:20pm: Maged Senbel (Professor of Urban Design, UBC) – Maged will present participatory design strategies his urban design studio has devised for a project looking at densifying the Marpole Neighbourhood.

1:40pm: Peter Cardew (Architect, Peter Cardew Architects) – Peter will present a secondary dwelling he has designed in Shaughnessy; the project outlines how older neighbourhoods and heritage sites can be creatively densified.

2:00pm: Pat Chan (Design Lecturer, Emily Carr University) – Pat will explore how dwelling on laneways via laneway housing can aid making a laneway more ‘homely’, hence suggesting a community’s identity is transforming.

2:20pm: Michael Barber (Designer/Lecturer, BCIT) – Michael will show designs of pre-fabricated laneway houses he is currently designing in East Vancouver.

2:40am: Theresa Fresco (Graduate, University of the Fraser Valley) – Theresa will examine how monetary and social incentives may be used to encourage urban densification and sustainability.

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