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Apartment Building Design Whare Whaitua Noho

1. Introduction 2. Site Design 3. Placing the Building 4. Street to Front Door 5. Outdoor Spaces 6. Accommodating Cars 7. The Building
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Site ecology and habitats
  • 2.3 Design for the topography
  • 2.4 Built environment
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Building placement
  • 3.3 Building separation and outlook
  • 3.4 Designing for privacy
  • 3.5 Designing for light and sun
  • 3.6 Site access
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Relating the Building to the Street
  • 4.3 Boundary treatments
  • 4.4 Safety, activity and overlooking
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Communal outdoor spaces
  • 5.3 Balconies & private outdoor spaces
  • 5.4 Service areas
  • 5.5 Landscape design and biodiversity
  • 5.6 Stormwater management
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Vehicle access
  • 6.3 Car Parking
  • 6.4 Surface Parking
  • 6.5 Alternative parking solutions
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Apartment building types
    • 7.2.1 Apartment building types: Basic forms
    • 7.2.2 Apartment building types: Building access arrangement
    • 7.2.3 Individual apartment types
  • 7.3 Principal components controlling building form
    • 7.3.1 Building height and massing
    • 7.3.2 Building depth
    • 7.3.3 Building setbacks (yards)
  • 7.4 Primary building elements
    • 7.4.1 Building entrance
    • 7.4.2 Building façade
    • 7.4.3 Integrated facades
  • 7.5 Universal design and Lifemark Standards - accessible and adaptable apartments
  • 7.6 Apartment layout
    • 7.6.1 Apartment mix and designing for families
    • 7.6.2 Apartment space
    • 7.6.3 Storage and utility space
  • 7.7 Sustainable design
    • 7.7.1 Energy efficiency - fixtures and fittings
    • 7.7.2 Energy efficiency - home management
    • 7.7.3 Energy efficiency - Space heating, cooling and the use of solar energy
    • 7.7.4 Energy efficiency - the building 'envelope'
    • 7.7.5 Material Selection
    • 7.7.6 Water conservation

Case Studies

  • 3333 Main, Vancouver
  • AUDP The Issac
  • Berenger Apartments, Portland
  • Camperdown Sydney (Common Ground)
  • Capers Building
  • Chapel Street, St Kilda, Melbourne
  • Chews Lane
  • Collection 45, Vancouver
  • Cross Roads, Vancouver
  • Drake Street
  • Enso
  • Ladies Mile
  • New Water, Vancouver
  • North Main Village
  • On Que
  • Peirmont and Monument Apartments
  • Redfern East, Sydney
  • The Isaac, Grey Lynn, Auckland
  • The Ockham
  • Trinity Apartments
  • Tupelo Alley, Portland
  • Zavos Corner

    Cross Roads, Vancouver

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    Overview

    A transit oriented development that incorporates a wide range of functions, including large and small format retail, commercial space and residential units and a landscaped podium roof.  A mix of uses in the truest sense of the word in a dense urban environment.

    Project Summary

    Project Summary
    ​​​​​​​​​​​​Developed in anticipation of the new Canada Line and the Cambie Rail Station just across the road, Crossroads is a mixed use development that has a two storey podium with two 8 storey towers, one residential and the other offices. The podium covers most of the site and contains a mix of retail and commercial uses. It is located 15 minutes south of downtown and is a leading example of transit-oriented, mixed use development in Vancouver.  

    It sits on a large corner site on a block, with street boundaries along two main arterials and a smaller connector street, at the intersections of West Broadway and Cambie Street, diagonally opposite a train station on the Canada line. The complex also benefits from location on bus routes along Broadway and Cambie Street.

    The project incorporates retail along the lower floors to all three streets, offices on the first and the two towers that rise from this podium. The residential block with 88 apartments runs north-south with double banked apartments facing east or west. They are set back from the main arterial. Residents have access to a landscaped roof garden, and all units have balconies with excellent views over the city. The development is home to large scale retailers Wholefoods and London Drugs, as well as other smaller retail and commercial businesses. All street interfaces connect directly to these retail outlets. The project is LEED Gold certified, integrating environmental design and green technologies, including green wall and roofs. ​

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