Urban Design portfolio. Anson Tin-long Chan
2022-2024
ABOUTME
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Languages
English Cantonese Mandarin
Native or trilingual proficiency
Anson Tin-long Chan
EDUCATION
Sheridan College Mississauaga, Ontario, Canada
Postgraduate Certificate - Urban Design Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 - with Honours
University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Honours Bachelor of Arts Sep 2019- Jan 2024
- with Distinction
Major in Human Geography with a focus in Urban Planning, Minor in Enviromental Studies, and Critical Studies in Equity & Solidarity
Certificate in Sustainability Pathways
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Acadmeic Exchange Semesters Sep 2021 - May 2022
Geography & Resource Management, Urban Studies Department
WORK EXPERIENCES
Town of Milton Milton, Ontario, Canada
Urban Design Intern May 2024 - Aug 2024
• Support conceptual and detailed urban design reviews and the production, and creation of diagrams / graphics conveying key themes and concepts, including streetscape improvement and public space design
• Provide design intervention for downtown Milton streetscape and implement public placemaking and tactical urbanism approach, with the end goal of producing an visual preference survey for public consultation
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Student Research Intern Sep 2022 - May 2023
• Research the impact of climate change on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Housing Stock and delivered potential solutions
• Provide advice and reporting on Literature Review, Stakeholder interview Findings, and GIS Mapping & Visuals
Sun Bus Limited Hong Kong
Summer Intern & Part Time Clerk Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
• Assisted the Business Development team with tasks including proposal drafting, managing quotations, handling customer inquiries, maintaining the filling and documentation system, and undertaking marketing research on the transportation network
CarbonCare Innolab (CCIL)
Hong Kong
Event Executive Assistant Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
• Conduct and assist in climate and community engagement programs, specifically “Energy Care Community Action - Kwai Chung”
• Assist in environmental event planning and execution. Responsibilities included: Project research, organizing community engagement events, social media management and liaising with the NGO partners and service users
V’air Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Project Executive. Policy Research & Advocacy Intern Jun 2021 – May 2023
• Plan and organize events, campaigns and environmental educational programmes on low-carbon and sustainable local tourism
• Promote public environmental education initiatives
• Organize and lead online webinar on countryside conservation featuring a panel of four speakers, attended by over 50 participants
• Contribute to the launch and features of the first V’air Youth Magazine, highlighting HK’s sustainable eco-tourism in Q1 2022
ABOUT ME
A motivated and aspiring student who graduated with Post-Grad degree from Urban Design at Sheridan College and a University of Toronto Human Geography, Urban Planning and Environmental studies Graduate, pursuing a career as an urban planner and designer focusing on the field of transportation, sustainability, and environmental and greener land-use advocacy.
Captivated by the intricate tapestry of city structures and designs, Anson also finds joy from capturing street photography through 35mm film and GIS mapping. Firmly believe that thoughtful city design weaves happiness into the lives of its citizens, creating spaces where joy can flourish.
CONTENTS
HARBOR WATERFRONT DESIGN (acadmeic)
“Harbor Haven”
Visualizating the Future of City (acadmeic) 01 02 03 04 05
Port Credit Waterfront Development, Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada
MIXED USE NEIGHBOURHOOD MAIN STREET DESIGN (acadmeic)
URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD REDEVELOPMENT (acadmeic)
“Mosaic Commons”
Re-imagining Erin Mills Town Center, Mississuaga Ontario, Canada
ARCGIS MAPPINGS
Toronto Bike Map & Students’ Mobility (acadmeic)
Research Maps for TRREB on research report “Impacts of Climate Change on the GTA
Housing Stock and Potential Solutions” (professional)
HARBOR WATERFRONT DESIGN
HARBOR HAVEN
Port Credit Waterfront Development Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada
PostGraduate Urban Design Studio Project l Sheridan College
Instructor: Prof. Hally Elkony
2024
A harbor revitalization project transforms an underused area into a lively mixed-use district with residential, commercial, and recreational spaces. A scenic promenade enhances lake views, while walkable streets and green spaces promote sustainability and community.
Members:
Anson Tin-long Chan
Himani Petel
Yogendra Lamichhane
Role:
Concept Statement, Land Use Plan, Mobility Plan, Study of Massing, 3D Massing Plan, Master Plan, Streetscape Design (Sections, 3D Visualization), Major Public Space – Human-scale 3D visualizations showcasing the major public space’s built environment and public realm, BluePrint
Design Vision Statement
Cultured Coastline, Green Lifestyles
In Harbor Haven, public areas are thoughtfully designed to be both sustainable and intricately woven into the fabric of neighborhood life. Our design is centered on developing green and inclusive public spaces that promote sustainability, social engagement, and accessibility for all. With its lively public squares, beautiful parks, and engaging waterfront promenades, Harbor Haven is a community that strives to make everyone feel like they belong. Sustainable landscaping, multipurpose street furniture, and intelligent lighting are given top priority in key combinations to improve the neighborhood’s nighttime safety and aesthetic appeal. Harbor Haven seeks to realize our vision of a connected and sustainable urban community by transforming the public realm into vibrant, welcoming spaces that facilitate a variety of activities and experiences.
Mental Map
Design Concept (Perceptual-Based Design Model (PBDM)
(Ten perceptual paths)
Concept Development
Sustainable Mobility and Green Spaces
Green infrastructure, such as rain gardens and permeable pavements, is given top priority in our streetscape to support environmental objectives and improve the aesthetics of public areas. This promotes sustainable mobility. Sustainable mobility options promote environmentally friendly transportation, such as electric vehicle charging facilities and bike-sharing stations.
Dynamic Public Spaces
Placement of parks, plazas, and seating places strategically encourages social interaction and neighborhood activities. Connectivity is improved by smart technology, and events showcasing Port Credit’s rich history are accommodated in versatile areas.
“Harbor Haven” integrates efficient spatial organization, a variety of building forms, and interactive indoor and outdoor spaces inside Port Credit’s waterfront, encapsulating a vision of sustainability and community vibrancy. Improving pedestrian connectivity is a key component of this concept, which is emphasized by the beautiful walking promenade along the waterfront and the designated bike and pedestrian lanes. These elements not only encourage active lives but also foster a connection between locals and tourists and the waterfront’s natural beauty.
The building’s architecture incorporates green advances for sustainability while combining modern style with references to the area’s history. While mixed-use areas are linked to ground-floor retail and community spaces beneath a variety of high rise structures that intelligently punctuate the skyline, residential zones are characterized by low-rise, approachable buildings. Outdoor spaces accommodate community gatherings, recreational activities, and environmental education, the waterfront is a vibrant gathering place for people of all ages.
Master Plan
The master plan designs a mixed-use area that uses space, blending residential, commercial, and recreational zones. Residential zones are clustered around a central area, encouraging socializing. Easy access is ensured with green paths for pedestrians and bikers connecting various zones. Being near water allows for waterfront activities, and green spaces promote sustainability and improve the neighborhood’s climate. Overall, the layout creates a cohesive and lively environment by striking a balance between open spaces and population density, functionality and aesthetics, and private areas and public facilities.
7. Retail/Offices
8-11. Mixed Use (Commercial +Residential)
12. Retail/Offices
13-17. Mixed Use (Commercial + Residential)
18. Multi Storeys Parking Lot 19. Retail/ Health Services 20. Restaurant 21-29. Open Public Space 30. Green Public Square
1. Hotel 2. Community Center 3. Cultural Center 4. Yacht Club Marina 5. Mixed Use (Commercial +Residential)
6. Retail/Offices
Land Use Plan
A balanced distribution of zones, each distinguished by unique architectural typologies and open spaces, is outlined in the Land-Use Plan. These zones are classified as commercial, recreational, institutional, ,mix use (residential commercial), and green spaces. The objective of this zoning approach is to promote an urban fabric that is multifaceted and harmonious with the vibrant energy of Port Credit.
“Harbor Haven” reinvents the streetscape as a colorful canvas for community involvement, sustainability, and connectivity. With a focus on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, the design includes extensive bike and pedestrian pathways as well as a beautiful waterfront promenade to guarantee accessibility and enjoyment for all. Green infrastructure, such as rain gardens and permeable pavements, is given top priority in our streetscape to support environmental objectives and improve the aesthetics of public areas. This promotes sustainable mobility. Sustainable mobility options promote environmentally friendly transportation, such as electric vehicle charging facilities and bike-sharing stations.
StreetScape Design (Plan and Section)
Pathways System
The waterfront region of “Harbor Haven” is now more connected and easier to navigate thanks to an intricate network of bike and pedestrian paths.
Waterfront Promenade
With the installation of an exquisite promenade that features seating and colorful planting to encourage social interaction and leisure, the waterfront has been completely changed.
Public Transportation Access Points
The community’s sustainable transportation options are made possible by the seamless integration of public transportation into the cityscape.
Residential Zone
To create an enjoyable and friendly environment, residential streets have been designed with green canopies, traffic-calming features, and cohesive atmosphere.
Street View
Public Realm Design
MIXED USE NEIGHBOURHOOD MAIN STREET DESIGN
PostGraudate Urban Design Visualization Project l Sheridan College Instructor: Yang Huang 2024
The Mixed-Use Neighbourhood Main Street design promotes vibrant communities by integrating commercial spaces like cafes, restaurants, and retail stores on the ground floor in mid-rise to low-rise buildings, with residences on upper floors accessed through separate entrances. It prioritizes pedestrians with wide sidewalks, supports sustainability with bike lanes, and enhances accessibility with on-street parking for local businesses.
Mixed Use Activities
It incorporates mixed use in commercial and residential areas in cities with lower density. It lines mid-rise to low-rise buildings with a wide street right-ofway. Commercial activities such as cafes, restaurants, and retail stores are operated on the ground floor, with residential uses on the upper floors, which have separate entrances.
Wide Sidewalks and Pedestrian prioritize
The wide sidewalk aims to encourage pedestrianization with high-quality streetscapes and amenities. It also encourages dining and shopping with outdoor seating, cafe patios, plantings, and other street furnishings.Additionally, wide planting spaces are available to support healthy street tree growth with significant growing conditions.
Bike Lanes
The bike lanes in both directions, along with the provision of public bicycle parking spaces, help support sustainability measures.
On-street parking facilities
On-street parking provide access for local businsess for loading purposes, accessible vehicle boarding, and conveients the city’s garbage truck in handling busininess’ and residents’ trashes.
URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD REDEVELOPMENT
MOSAIC COMMONS
Re-imagining Erin Mills Town Center Mississuaga, Ontario, Canada
PostGraduate Urban Design Studio Project ll
Sheridan College
Instructor: Prof. Jana Kalemen
2024
Mosaic Commons at Erin Mills Town Center is a redevelopment project focused on community connections through inclusive design. It features a central green corridor, mixeduse areas, and public spaces, promoting sustainability, accessibility, and sociability within a 15-minute city concept that celebrates creativity and diversity.
Members: Anson Tin-long Chan
Pamela Jerezano Thais Vaz Silva Septuu Rajhi
Role: Vision/Guiding Principles, Land Use Plan, Mobility Plan, Streetscape Design (Plan, Sections), Major Public Spcae 2D Plan, 3D Visualization
Video Showcase
Design Vision Statement
A Neighbourhood where creativty, diversity and community unite with nature
Mosaic Commons located at Erin Mills will be a creative common that connects together diverse, neighboring neighborhoods and cultures through inclusive and interactive design. A mosaic village where creativity and diversity is celebrated. With an approach that not only allows to create real connections within the community but with the space and nature. Inspiring a sense of belonging, collective growth and creativity.
Guiding Principles
The neighbourhood is designed with a central green corridor and smaller green pockets within each block to enhance environmental sustainability, improve air quality, promote recreational opportunities, and community wellbeing. The corridor provides a natural, scenic pathway for walking, cycling, and leisure activities. It is a green spine of the community and along with the pockets, they offer seating, playgrounds, and community gardens to cater to diverse needs.
Public Open Spaces are planned in the areas for social gathering, such as plazas, squares and community center, in strengthening the overall livability and community spirit. Elements like trees, pergolas, and canopies are incorporated to provide shade and shelter, making public spaces comfortable in various weather conditions.
The design concept is inspired by the 15-minute city concept, where the provision of mixed-use areas will enable a close proximity of residential areas to the parks and other commercial and institutional facilities to get an easy access with either a short walk, biking and presence of public transport. The area is supported by integrated public transportation systems. High walkability is prioritized with human centric and inclusive design and clear wayfindings, in ensuring a vibrant, connected neighborhoods that enhance residents’ quality of life.
Land Use Plan
The design will promote an inclusive area where individuals of all ages, races, background and income can be able to use and share the natural and built environment with easy access to public transport, affordable housings, inclusive public facilities and recreational spaces including people with functional limitations.
Green Corridor and Pockets
Complete Communities
3D
Plan
Building Height
Mobility Plans
StreetScape Design
Street Plans & Sections
3D View Secondary Street (2) - ROW 24M Vehicular Lanes - 3.5M Parklets - 2.5M Bike Lanes - 1.8M Planters Areas - 2.2M
- 3.2M ; 3.5M
StreetScape
Major Public Space 3D View
“SURVIVIAL
VISUALIZING THE FUTURE OF CITY
CONCRETE & SHELTER CITY” - MISSISSUAGA YEAR 2070
PostGraudate Urban Design Visualization Project ll
Sheridan College
Instructor: Emily Phagoo 2024
The project, titled “City of the Future - Future of the City,” invites students to envision Mississauga’s urban landscape over the next 50 to 200 years. It involves collaborative research and design, culminating in a master plan and visual representations of a futuristic downtown. Students will explore innovative concepts, addressing current urban deficiencies while integrating technology and sustainability. The final output will be a comprehensive poster showcasing their vision, supported by master plan and diagrams.
ARCGIS MAPPINGS
Toronto Bike Map & Students’ Mobility - GGR386 Geovisualization
Research Maps for TRREB on research report “Impacts of Climate Change on the GTA Housing Stock and Potential Solutions” - GGR493 Geography Professional Experience Course
University of Toronto
Instructor: Prof. Lindsey Smith
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) 2023
urban design portfolio
Background
To achieve net-zero goals and combat traffic congestion, Toronto aims to become more bikefriendly. Bike ridership rose from 54% in 2009 to 70% in 2019, but the current infrastructure is inadequate, ranking lower than cities like Montreal and Calgary.
The Cycling Network Plan focuses on expanding bike lanes, aiming for 165 kilometers by 2024, but adds little bicycle parking—only 33 spaces in 2021. To promote cycling, it’s crucial to encourage students to make short trips to transit to school with adult supervision.
Visual Description
The map aims to illustrate the insufficient parking facilities around schools in Toronto by incorporating several key elements:
- Number of bicycle public parking facilities
- Student demographics
- Current bike lane network
This map targets to provide a brief concept of bike parking shortage to government policymakers and also the general public to locate bike parking and the bikeways near their schools.
Result and Discussion
It was found that the bicycle parking facilities are primarily centred in the downtown core of Toronto and lacking in most of the suburban areas. While the situation is typical since students’ need for public bike parking would be less owing to the possible provision of parking inside of schools, the amount of students studying in schools in areas like Davisville, North York and Etobicoke is substantial. The total number of post-and-rings parking stands is 17.3k, and the total number of students (elementary & high school) in 2021 is 234.3k. After calculation, approximately 14 students/people would be sharing 1 parking stand.
Key Takeaways
- There’s a need for more parking facilities near schools, especially in suburban areas and along major transit routes.
- As Toronto expands its bike lane network, corresponding increases in bike parking are necessary to encourage active transportation.
- A “bike-transit” system approach, combining bicycles with mass transit, could lead to a healthier, zero-emission sustainable cycle
Limitations
- the exclusion of subway and bus station locations from the map, which could have shown insufficient parking spaces outside transit stations
- the data set for public bike parking facilities was limited to post-and-ring stands on sidewalks and boulevard but not all the parking spaces in Toronto that may include a bigger number of indoor and other outdoor alternative parking facilities. The data is not available online and not collected by the City of Toronto’s open data portal. It can potentially underrepresent the total available parking in Toronto as the findings are restricted without the full complete data set available
Maps
in showcasing how the impacts of climate change have an impact on the housing stock in Toronto
Service Requests for Basement Flooding in Toronto by Ward
Toronto’s infrastructure and homes date back to the 18th century when floods, wind storms, and heat waves were not as intense. As time has passed, these storms have only gotten worse causing more damage. In Toronto, there has been recorded that floods have inundated city streets, severed power to approximately 300,000 residents, caused more than $940 million in insured property losses, and cost the municipal government more than $65 million for response and recovery.
This map uses a white-to-blue colour gradient in order to highlight which Toronto Wards are more susceptible to basement flooding using the recorded amount of service calls. As noted, older areas in Toronto are very prone to flooding especially those that border Lake Ontario. Out of the eight major wards along the lake, four are very high-risk flood zones, one is high-risk, and the others are in lower-risk areas as they are part of new home development areas. It is evident that Wards three, five, fourteen, nineteen, and twenty, are all very high-risk flood areas. These wards are mostly part of Toronto’s oldest neighbourhoods and have outdated pipes, drains, and foundations that are causing the increase in floods. Again, without more intervention from the city and private investors, homes will continue to flood in these areas if they are not repaired, modified, or completely torn down. With the rise of climate change, serious changes need to be made in order for the damage and risk of flooding in the city to decrease.
Approved Applications for the City’s Basement Flooding Subsidy Protection Program in Toronto by Ward
Complementary to the previous map, this map is focused on the approved applications for the Basement Flooding Subsidy Protection Program (BFPSP) that the City of Toronto implemented. This map uses a light-to-dark green gradient in order to show the average number of approved applications per year by ward from 2019 to 2022. Much like the previous map, the very high-risk wards have the most applications approved as they are all in areas where flooding is very common. The program works based on all of the service requests received for water or sewage entering a basement due to a blocked drain, sewer backing up, or surface flooding from storm events. Furthermore, the number of approved applications for the City’s Basement Flooding Subsidy Protection Program is used to assist homeowners. The City offers owners of single-family, duplex and triplex residential homes a financial subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices including a backwater valve, a sump pump, and pipe severance and capping of the home’s storm sewer or external weeping tile connection. Without an increase in subsidies like this program, Torontonians will continue to struggle with the impacts of flooding in their homes. This will further hinder the housing market as more homes will not be equipped with the proper protection from floods. Also, more homes will have flood damage which will impact sales in the future if more changes are not made.