airspace towns
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Urban areas use only a portion of lands
Mountains to some are an obstacle
Farmland is still at risk of suburban sprawl
Sprawl makes transportation inefficient
Cheap energy spawned this pattern
Expensive Energy means time to replan.
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Metro Vancouver: New Town Sites and Air Space Towns
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Now neglected lands, seen as liability
Chance to reduce sprawl - compact cities
Urban land reclamation; more efficiencies
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Mountain seen as barriers instead ofnatural areas for community
Traditional urban forms needed, notflatland development; new standards
Total withdrawal from farmlands; claw back farms from urban sprawl
New patterns foster better economy,
culture and environment
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Old Urban areas can quadruple density
Most of land still is not used effectively
All land use types need radical revision
End of cheap energy requires replanning
Soft landing can mean lifestyles improve
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Soft Landing=End of Cheap energy=Less energy for all
Smaller homes, closer together, less travel
More time, new local industry, & variety
Food production and culture increase
Environment protected better
Social cooperation increases
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Living on Mountain Slopes: new forms forcomprehensive new community
(David Spearing: Mount Eikos Model 1966)
Learning from traditional mountain towns,adapting to current needs(Richard Balfour Sumas Mountain Model 1974)
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Do Not plan large lot subdivisions- planfor clustered small lots in landscape
Do Not plan for Very Wide Roads- planfor narrow roads in a grid adapted to hills
Do not use over half of a townsite area-give every house a street address but arural back door.
Do not neglect all aspects of life- provideaccess to sho in , schools & obs b foot
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Resort
Marine City
Global Village
One prototype, but not sustainable tomorrow
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New/Old Site
Transportation+
Floodplain
Water Opportunity
Hole in Urban donut
A Link between communities?
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Hole in Urban Fabric
Mix of industry +?
CBD part 2?
Public Realm Crossroads?
A mid-rise alternative for livability.
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Plus 10m
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Reclamation10,000 people
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Freeway reclamation
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Village
Industry
Education
Still Creek
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Reclamation
Affordable
On transit
Revenue too
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Reclamation
Restoring City
Saving farms
Demographic+
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Neglected
Synergies+
New riverlife
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Reclaim
enliven
enhance
enjoy
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Making
enliven
enhance
affordable
missing types
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Bridge
community’
exchange
mix uses
symbiosis
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Reclaim
missing types
young market
marine options
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Forgotten
Serviced
Shangri-la
Villages+
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Tablelands
Serviced
100,000 +pop
South aspect
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Passed over
serviced
historical
3d bonus
saving farms
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Abbotsford
Mission
Sumas Mountain
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North-3
West 1
East 1
South-3
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10,000 pop
plus 10m
climate
views
marine
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plus 10m potential
hiding a utility
making a hilltown
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Living On
Mountain Slopes
Dave Spearing