Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver
2016-01-21T00:00:00
City Debate #16: REDUCE BUILDING CODE REGULATIONS
Are we too safe; have we gone too far with the building code?
Building regulations are in place for many good reasons, including keeping residents and first responders safe. At the end of 2023, the BC Government announced adjustments to the Building Code. They are aiming to “right-size” the code, mostly through seismic and accessibility provisions. But, with ambitious housing supply goals, are the proposed reforms enough or are the years of accrued regulations getting in the way of good and affordable housing design?
Drawer's Hour: Drawings with Legs
Creating illustrations that shape our cities.
The Urbanarium Studio encourages public discourse on the planning and design of our communities. The drawings our illustrator cohort creates are intended to live past a Studio, be shared widely, used freely (creative commons) and inspire new ideas that get implemented.
At this special session for our illustrator cohort, we considered what is needed in a co-designed illustration so that concepts live on and contribute to city-making processes, spaces and buildings.
CoLab: Manufacturing Hubs
Designing supportive spaces for small manufacturers.