Project Tag: Public

Other Projects

(1) Arbutus Centre Redevelopment (2013)
(2) False Creek Towers (2009)
(3) CBC Building (2009)

In all our work, we strive to create buildings that are connected to their surrounding community, making the neighbourhood a more vibrant and enjoyable place to live. Each project provides a unique opportunity to enhance this connectivity through thoughtful design at all scales.

Projects like the Arbutus Centre Redevelopment, False Creek Towers, and CBC Building all showcase this interplay with the public realm and careful attention to the public/private transition.

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Currie Barracks

Currie Barracks was intended to create a new central public gathering space surrounded by dense street connected commercial and residential buildings. The public space was carefully designed to deflect winter winds to become an all-season environment. Ongoing consultations about the evolving design were had with Canada Lands.

An urban grocer was the commercial centrepiece of the project with full underground accessibility for patrons, allowing for an at grade, smaller scale retail environment, not typical for a large grocer.

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Lansdowne Mall

This project is designed as a mixed-use redevelopment of the centrally located Lansdowne Mall in Richmond, highlighted by significant central landscape elements, a significant public realm, and a walkable mix of uses.

Linkages to the existing on-site transit station, walkable streets, and phase-able construction are all part of this project. Alan Boniface was a member of the design team on this project.

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Fraser Mills

Designed as an 82-acre mixed-use development, the design focused on a mix of uses including major employment nodes and light industry as well as up to 5 million sq. ft. of mixed residential uses, highlighted by a three-block Main Street leading to a waterfront pier at the Fraser River Edge.

Flood mitigation and river edge rehabilitation is a major part of this design. The project was focused on two kilometres of continuous publicly accessible waterfront, and a two-acre park. Design work was led by Alan Boniface while at HBBH.

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Pearson Dogwood

Working with the Health Authority, a masterplan was created for this site inclusive of health buildings a new transit stop on the Canada Line and residential parcelization and approval with the City of Vancouver for a future sale of the site to a developer (Onni).

Health and wellness was central to the work. Alan Boniface was the Partner in Charge and played a minor design role early on while at Dialog.

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Planning Projects

(1) Cowichan First Nation
(2) Diamond Ave
(3) Bowen Island Seymour Landing
(4) Leq’á:mel First Nation Deroche
(5) Westbank First Nation Kelowna

Urban design and planning are essential to the creation of healthy vibrant cities. Because of this, we believe in focusing our practice on the large and small city-making undertakings that truly make a difference. We combine this with our core architectural practice to continue our goal of creating locally focused vibrant communities. In our work we have also found that smaller oftentimes forgotten, communities, especially some First Nations communities, benefit greatly from this wholistic approach.

We believe that the best urban environments are vibrant, sustainable, walkable, and designed to grow with the community itself. We work closely with our clients and partners to bring their vision to life, creating joyful, livable neighbourhoods and connected communities.

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JJ Bean

Featured locations: Bidwell, Cambie, Dunsmuir, False Creek, Fraser, Lonsdale (North Van), Marine Building, St. Clair (Toronto)
Not pictured: Railway, Adelaide (Toronto)

JJ Bean built its brand on providing great service, great coffee and food, and great spaces. To deliver great spaces, each location is unique and responds to the neighbourhood or the building it finds itself in. Our work on ten locations in Vancouver and Toronto makes the history, character, and found condition the inspiration for the design.

Each location seeks to provide a memorable and highly particular experience. From a contemporary interpretation of Art-Deco ornament at the iconic Marine Building to an abstracted walk along a forest hiking trail at the Lonsdale store, each design finds a way to link the interior to local character.

Coronation Park

Boasting mountain views to the west and situated adjacent to Inlet Centre SkyTrain Station, Coronation Park is the ideal location for a people-centered mixed-use development that envisions the transformation of 14.8 acres of an existing single-family residential area into a series of parks, open space, and podium gardens amid low and high-rise residential buildings incorporating office, retail, daycare, amenity spaces, and homes. The project is designed as an essential piece of the Port Moody urban fabric as a place of community interactivity, small-scale commerce, and a sense of home. These critical design elements are not just for those who choose to live and work here, but for the greater community beyond. The Central Green (City-owned park) overlooking the Inlet will become a jewel for Port Moody, locals could gather and take part in any number of diverse activities.

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River Mile Denver

Representing one of the most significant Urban redevelopments in the United States, the Rivermile seeks to reconnect Denver to it’s river edge while providing a publicly focused, sustainable and walkable urban environment. Focused on a approximately 3-acre central park and gathering space, the development seeks to create a thriving mixed-use urban district unlike any other. With approximately 15 million square feet of development, a variety of walkable experiences characterize the spaces between buildings and along the River’s edge.

All of the mile long river’s edge is publicly accessible, highlighted by pedestrian bridges over the South Platte River. Roads have been carefully designed as pedestrian first environments and all parking and loading is accommodated on building sites. Alan Boniface helped lead the project for Revesco in partnership with SAR of Denver.

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River District OCP

River District, also known as East Fraser Lands, is embedded in layers of rich history, and meaning. Our design for the Waterfront Precinct seeks to unite the community with the Fraser River, making the riverfront an inseparable part of the East Fraser Lands experience. As the ‘soul’ of the project, the Waterfront Precinct includes the pedestrian-oriented High Street (now named River District Crossing), that gently curves towards the water, opening views out to the river, and terminates at a highly active and unique waterfront area.

The precinct contains the tallest buildings in the East Fraser Lands, making it the focal point of the community. All these buildings feature a mix of uses and a variety of housing tenure options including affordable, rental and market housing units. The Community Centre, local shops and services, waterfront retail, riverfront parks and plazas form part of this area and are key components of this vibrant waterfront.

Area 1’s master plan process (OCP and rezoning) has concluded, while Area 3 is currently in-process.

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