Progrès sur ce project visible dans ce vidéo de @emmacardinal à 26:05
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Cet article au sujet du développement autochtone à Vancouver est assez vieux (mars 2024) mais c’est excellent. Je le recommande.
Un immeuble passif en bois à Vancouver
GBL Architects celebrated the completion of Canada’s first tall timber Passive House building for the BC Indigenous Housing Society (BCIHS). This 81-unit purpose-built rental housing project comprises a childcare facility, studio units and several three- and four-bedroom suites for Vancouver’s Indigenous community.
The nine-storey building marks a new standard for affordable housing and environmental stewardship, achieving a 75 per cent reduction in embodied carbon and GHG emissions through the innovative use of locally sourced mass timber floor panels, pre-manufactured CLT envelope panels, and Passive House certification. While mass-timber construction plays a significant role in reducing a building’s embodied carbon, the Passive House design reduces operational carbon emissions.
The highly expressive façade is envisioned as a woven cedar basket, in celebration of traditional Coast Salish basketry, one of the oldest art forms on the Northwest Coast. These baskets are living expressions of cultural identity, women’s leadership, knowledge of local ecologies, and the continuity of teachings passed from one generation to the next.
The building is situated in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, east of historic Chinatown and Strathcona, an area appreciated for its ethnic diversity and proximity to the popular Commercial Drive.
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J’adore l’effet panier tressé!
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Les rendus (pour comparison) et un plan interactif sont disponibles ici: Chief Leonard George - Fast + Epp
Je suis d’accord, Vancouver fait depuis longtemps un plus grand effort au niveau de la qualité architecturale des nouvelles constructions. Montréal devrait s’en inspirer et mettre au pas certains gros promoteurs, qui ont plutôt tendance à banaliser le paysage urbain par des édifices bassement génériques, multipliés en plusieurs exemplaires à travers la ville.
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Floating hotel proposed for Vancouver’s Coal Harbour
A 250-room hotel could make a home floating on the water in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour. As the CBC’s Leanne Yu reports, Vancouver city council is set to discuss a proposal on Monday that would allow a floating hotel vessel and new dock connecting to the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Le texte sur le site de CBC News
Floating hotel with 250 rooms proposed for Vancouver’s Coal Harbour
250-room hotel could make a home floating on the water in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour.
Vancouver city council is set to discuss a proposal on Monday that would allow a floating hotel vessel and new dock connecting to the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Seaplane terminal Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, which submitted the rezoning application on behalf of the Finnish hospitality company Sunborn Group, said the project at 1055 Canada Place would be “one-of-a-kind.”
Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre chairman Graham Clarke said in a letter of intent submitted to the city in January 2025 that the proposal would contribute to Vancouver’s hotel stock, noting the city has “lost a significant number of hotel rooms to redevelopment.”
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Building vessels of this size that comply with environmental regulations for wastewater would be extremely expensive, unless they were somehow able to plumb it into the sewer network. But because it’s floating, and subject to the tides, I don’t see how that would be possible.
Given how long we heard about revival projects for the McBarge (none of which ever manifested, and the vessel eventually sank due to neglect), I doubt we’ll see this project come to fruition.
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Pour les connaisseurs la première photo c’est le même architecte que le 1250 RL?
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Chief Leonard George Building designed with community and sustainability in mind
A fire nearly a decade ago destroyed a social housing complex run by the B.C. Indigenous Housing Society near Commercial Drive in Vancouver. The society took the opportunity to build back better. CBC’s Caroline Chan reports on how the Chief Leonard George Building fits with the society’s values.
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Dans le quartier du Downtown Eastside de Vancouver, plusieurs personnes redoutent un « nettoyage » du secteur pour qu’il soit en mesure d’accueillir les matchs de la Coupe du monde de la FIFA (Fédération internationale de football association).
Vancouver sera l’hôte de sept matchs en juin et en juillet. L’événement se déroulera parallèlement à Toronto ainsi que dans 14 autres villes aux États-Unis et au Mexique.
Le quartier du Downtown Eastside, qui abrite des personnes sans domicile, est situé entre le stade BC Place, où auront lieu les matchs, et le parc Hastings, qui hébergera le festival des partisans.
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Kyli Murphy vit sur la rue Main, au cœur du quartier. Elle explique qu’un de ses amis a récemment été interné pendant 72 heures à l’hôpital psychiatrique Riverview.
Riverview a rouvert ses portes?? Tout cela m’a beaucoup manqué.
