The Barcelona Chronicles: The Eixample and the Superilla
2024年10月11日 · The morning was overcast, but the mood was bright as our group of visiting BC Planners emerged from the Metro station into El Poblenou, Catalan for “new village.” It was a special day. We had ventured beyond the typical tourist spots into the southeast of the Eixample to learn about Barcelona’s innovative Superilla—or “Superblock”—initiative. This …
S101S: Understanding Affordable Housing: The Trickle-Down …
2024年12月9日 · EDITOR’S NOTE: With affordable housing debates raging, misinformation is everywhere.Trickle-down housing narratives loom large in the used-and-abused language littering media—with references to Alain Bertaud’s Order Without Design being particularly popular. Unfortunately, most references to the latter under the guise of “conventional economics” are incomplete, at best.
Broadway Plan Blues - Spacing Vancouver
2024年11月11日 · Editor’s Note: Many residents are unaware—and some are unpleasantly surprised—that the Broadway Plan allows for high-rise towers on quiet back streets of single-family homes and duplexes, many with only one traffic lane. This discovery has fueled concerns across the Plan’s extensive 500-block area, particularly since many affordable rental housing units are being demolished to ...
New study reveals zoning effects affordability - Spacing Vancouver
2024年10月28日 · Social cohesion, environmental health, and industrial development are paramount characteristics to sculpting a sustainable community. Yet a recent, ground-breaking report by a graduate student at Simon Fraser University found zoning restrictions are largely exacerbating British Columbia’s erratic housing costs and supply shortage. With an interdisciplinary knowledge of geography and ...
S101S—Understanding Residential Density: FSR ... - Spacing …
2023年6月26日 · 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 a place? Having covered why residential density is it so confusing and the difference between net and gross density, it’s worth going into how regulations related to densityContinue reading "S101S—Understanding Residential Density ...
S101S – Understanding Residential Density: Why is it so Confusing?
2023年2月6日 · 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 specific area and is significant because it helps us understand how densely populated an area is. It’s also very controversial. In certain folks, increasing density evokes fear aboutContinue reading "S101S – Understanding Residential ...
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 083, The War on Bikes - Spacing Toronto
2024年11月11日 · With Premier Doug Ford’s repeated promises to rip up bike lanes in Toronto, and possibly even other Ontario cities and towns, we’ve decided to dive deep into why and what that might mean for the future or road safety and city planning. We have a panel discussion featuring Cycle Toronto Executive Director Michael Longfied andContinue reading "PODCAST: Spacing Radio 083, The War on Bikes"
Spacing | Canadian Urbanism Uncovered
Chinatown Memory Collectors. Reimagining community heritage through storytelling By Simon Liao. A shiny sword, a stack of red packets, old Chinese books and brochures, a wooden folding fan, a souvenir mug, and faded photos of seniors – all are carefully displayed on a large round table draped in a red cloth.
Broadway Plan Interactive Map - Spacing Vancouver
2024年6月14日 · Information matters….and so does context. So, as the City of Vancouver embarks on four open houses related to the Broadway Plan over the next week and a half, we want to share the wonderful information in the interactive map below. Updated to June 12, 2024—and continually refreshed—it shows the active rezoning applications and possible sites for rezoning for the Broadway Plan.
Book Review - The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape ...
2024年11月5日 · Editor: Marc Treib (ORO Editions, 2022) Transforming the natural environment is fundamental to our species. Since ancient times, humans have reshaped landscapes for a variety of purposes. Some, like the Newark Earthworks and recently discovered patterns hidden beneath the dense canopy of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest remain shrouded in mystery. Others have more practical reasons ...