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Wood Frame

The development consists of two 6 storey buildings along Cambie street and 54th Ave. A two storey townhome and one amenity building are located along the back lane. The buildings are designed in wood frame construction to be durable, energy ef f icient and af fordable. Wood frame provides good energy per formance and a lower carbon footprint than concrete construction. The project wil l be designed to LEED Gold for midrise.

architectural Design

The buildings are both defined by rigorously ordered brick street walls. The southern building façade takes on a grid form with slightly horizontal propor tions, highlighted by a wrap-around opening at the impor tant corner of Cambie Street and 54th Avenue. The frame of the nor thern building has a ver tical orientation. A secondary and suppor ting f iner scale is incorporated into both frameworks through the use of per forated metal panels, either as an element of the window openings (both buildings) or as a facing layer to balconies (nor th building only).

The masonry frame of the southern building extends 5 stories to recognize the impor tance of this corner, with the top floor expressed through the use of a visually l ighter clapboard f inish, increased glazing and a stepback implied through the design of the balconies. The nor th building follows the 2 storey step-back more typical of the Cambie corridor and strong horizontal roof l ines cap both buildings.

At the Laneway, the 2 storey por tion of the south building, the amenity building and townhouse use the same palette of forms and materials in a way that echoes the design of the front facades, however taking a more relaxed approach to the ordering principles.

laneway Design

A continuous garden wall runs along the laneway edge, l inking laneway structures and providing views into the cour tyard. One lane home is expressed as a horizontal form resting atop the garden wall. The amenity building is provided with direct laneway access. A 24’ wide garden cour tyard between the main and laneway structures contains a diversity of amenity experiences, visible from the laneway. Parking is accessed from the lane through a shared parking ramp.

refer to landscape Design rationale for additional information.

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massing – north building

The primary mass of the nor th building is a simple, durable 6 storey wood frame form. This form is ar ticulated at Levels 5 & 6 to reduce visual mass of building by providing shoulders and corner balconies at the nor th and south facades.

In the nor th building, the stepping form envisioned in the CCP is achieved by 4 storey screen walls layered onto the main building mass on both the Cambie Street and Laneway facades. The screen walls are separated by approximately 8’ from the main building mass by generous balconies, creating layered and visually interesting building facades.

The Cambie Street facade is envisioned as a rigorously ordered and carefully detailed masonry wall, while the laneway facade is a l ighter framework of columns and beams, creating a ver tical garden wall.

massing – South building

The corner of Cambie Street and 54th Ave is a unique park front setting, and also marks the beginning of the 6 storey typology moving nor th. As such, a 6 storey facade richly ar ticulated with brick and metal screen anchoring the corner is proposed. On the western side the building is stepped back at Level 3 to provide a transition to the existing single family lots. Balconies at Levels 4 and 5 create a fur ther gradation in scale on this face of the building.

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Corner of 54th Ave and Cambie Street

Connectivity

A pathway between the Nor th and South buildings runs from Cambie Street through to the lane. The front entry to the south building, the indoor and outdoor Amenity spaces, and the main floor of the nor th building all connect directly to this pathway with the intent of fostering a sense of community within the development.

Streetscape Design

Ground level homes along Cambie Street and 54th Ave are provided with outdoor spaces accessible from the street. Generous landscaping and garden walls provide a pedestrian friendly street edge and delineate the separation of public and private spaces. The nor th building lobby entrance is clearly distinguishable with projecting canopies and transparency to indoor spaces. The south building entrance is situated in between the 2 buildings, accessing from an entry pavil ion fronting Cambie Street through a richly planted garden path.


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