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Mixed Use Development Design

1. Introduction 2. Site design 3. Street to front door 4. Outdoor spaces 5. Accommodating Cars 6. The Building
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Topography
  • 2.3 Ecology and habitats
    • 2.3.1 Water sensitive design
  • 2.4 Connectivity
    • 2.4.1 Active design
    • 2.4.2 Integrating access and parking
  • 2.5 Diversify use and activity
    • 2.5.1 Mixed use and reverse sensitivity
    • 2.5.2 Getting mix of uses right
    • 2.5.3 Locating 'buffers'
    • 2.5.4 Locating outdoor spaces
    • 2.5.5 Choosing your uses
  • 2.6 Relate to urban structure
  • 2.7 Respond to built form
    • 2.7.1 Street setbacks and layouts
    • 2.7.2 Neighbourly privacy
    • 2.7.3 Sunlight, daylight and shadowing
  • 2.8 Cultural landscapes
  • 2.9 Safety and security
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Create a positive street edge
  • 3.3 Front boundary treatments
  • 3.4 Safety, activity and privacy
  • 3.5 Verandahs
  • 3.6 Defining the entrance
  • 3.7 Planting and landscaping
  • 3.8 Lighting
  • 3.9 Signage
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Balconies
  • 4.3 Communal outdoor spaces
  • 4.4 Service areas
  • 4.5 Landscape design
  • 4.6 Stormwater management
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Types of parking
    • 5.2.1 Underground parking
    • 5.2.2 Semi-basement
    • 5.2.3 Undercroft parking
    • 5.2.4 Ground floor parking
    • 5.2.5 Surface parking
    • 5.2.6 Above ground parking
    • 5.2.7 Multi-storey carparking
    • 5.2.8 Multi-storey sleeved parking
    • 5.2.9 Mechanised parking
  • 5.3 Access and wayfinding
    • 5.3.1 Car park approach and entrance
    • 5.3.2 Pedestrian access and legibility
    • 5.3.3 Signage and wayfinding
  • 5.4 Layout and configuration
    • 5.4.1 Parking building design
    • 5.4.2 Parking angles
    • 5.4.3 Structural configuration
  • 5.5 Facade design and screening
    • 5.5.1 Design Responses
    • 5.5.2 Weather-tightness and ventilation
  • 5.6 Landscaping
    • 5.6.1 Soft landscaping
    • 5.6.2 Hard landscaping
  • 5.7 Safety and Security
    • 5.7.1 Lighting
    • 5.7.2 Visibility
    • 5.7.3 Security of cars and patrons
  • 5.8 Utilities and storage
    • 5.8.1 Servicing and bin storage/collection
    • 5.8.2 Storage
  • 5.9 Bicycle parking
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Mixed use configurations
    • 6.2.1 Vertical mixed use
    • 6.2.2 Horizontal mixed use
    • 6.2.3 Courtyard developments
    • 6.2.4 Corner sites
    • 6.2.5 Adaptive re-use
  • 6.3 Building form
    • 6.3.1 Massing, height and placement
    • 6.3.2 Floor-to-ceiling heights
    • 6.3.3 Building depth
  • 6.4 Safe and easy access
    • 6.4.1 Building entrances
    • 6.4.2 Pedestrian circulation & accessibility
    • 6.4.3 Navigation and signage
    • 6.4.4 Designing for physical activity
  • 6.5 Facade design
  • 6.6 Building performance
    • 6.6.1 Building envelope
    • 6.6.2 Solar design
    • 6.6.3 Ventilation
    • 6.6.4 Water sensitive design
    • 6.6.5 Construction waste
    • 6.6.6 Material selection
    • 6.6.7 Management and maintenance

Case Studies

  • 3333 Main, Vancouver
  • Berenger Apartments, Portland
  • Collection 45, Vancouver
  • Cross Roads, Vancouver
  • Drake Street
  • Enso
  • North Main Village
  • On Que
  • Peirmont and Monument Apartments
  • The Wellington
  • Tupelo Alley, Portland

    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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