YES2020 MPlan Community Planning Studio (Fox)

Year End Show Mplan Winter 2020

COMMUNITY PLANNING STUDIO

University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape

Town of Springbank The Team

Elie Jahshan | Mitch Stykalo | Alex Vainshtein

Introduction Calgary ’s west most edge is a site of continual urban sprawl and consistent annexation of Rocky View County. With the ring road Krisconnection Fox, Doug Leighton, Teresa commencing, a newand strategy neededGoldstein to be createdled ensure Rocky County was no longer being consumed by thetogroup of 25View first-year MPlan students to design Calgary ’s sprawling growth.

at the community scale, envisioning the next 50 The Town of Springbank offers a unique solution to the complex edge years. condition between the west edge of Calgary and Rocky View County.

In addition to addressing sprawl, The Town of Springbank creates new opportunities for commercial, residential, and agricultural uses Through a series of insightful lectures the teaching along with a sense of place for existing community residents.

team provided the knowledge and resources for the group to explore and develop different 1974 concepts andVision ideas.+ Concept 1984

Additionally, guest lecturers from private practice As a new municipality, The Town Springbank will stop Calgary ’s andof public sector shed light on case studies and urban sprawl by creating a hard 1994 growth boundary form of a the rest of Canada and challenges fromin the Calgary, municipal border and perimeter around the world. greenbelt, all while preserving a strong rural identity.

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Town of Springbank The Task

Elie Jahshan | Mitch Stykalo | Alex Vainshtein

Introduction The project area is split between Calgary and Rocky View County, just north of the Tsuu Calgary ’s west most edge is a site of continual urban sprawl and T’ina Nation. consistent annexation of Rocky View County. With the ring road connection commencing, a new strategy needed to be created to ensure Rocky View County was no longer being consumed by This is situated Calgaryarea ’s sprawling growth. between the Bow and

the Elbow river valleys, adjacent to where the The Town of Springbank offers a unique solution to the complex edge Calgary West Ring Road isCalgary beingand constructcondition between the west edge of Rocky View County.

In addition to addressing sprawl, The Town of Springbank creates ed. new opportunities for commercial, residential, and agricultural uses along with a sense of place for existing community residents.

This site may be considered a ‘fringe’ between rural and urban landscapes, being neither 1974 fully rural or urban. Currently, the land uses Vision + Concept on the site are mixed and conflicting. 1984

As a new municipality, The Town of Springbank will stop Calgary ’s As growth and change urban sprawl by creating a hardare seemingly innevi1994 growth boundary in the form of a table, a comprehensive plan for this area is municipal border and perimeter in demand.

Thepreserving boundary of each group was greenbelt, all while a 2005 strong rural identity.

drawn to align with their vision and design, each boundary varying in size.

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Town of Springbank Table of Contents

Elie Jahshan | Mitch Stykalo | Alex Vainshtein

IntroductionTown of Springbank 1-5 Elie Jahshan | Mitch Stykalo | Alex Vainshtein Calgary ’s west most edge is a site of continual urban sprawl and consistent annexation of Rocky View County. With the ring road connection commencing, a new strategy needed to be created to ensure Rocky View County was no longer being consumed by Urban West Calgary ’s sprawling growth.

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Barry Dai | Nathan Stelfox | Chris Zheng

The Town of Springbank offers a unique solution to the complex edge condition between the west edge of Calgary and Rocky View County.

In addition to addressing sprawl, The Town of Springbank creates new opportunities for commercial, residential, and agricultural uses Landscape Symbiosis along with a sense of place for existing community residents.

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Dimitri Giannoulis | Diba Mohebzadeh

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Stoney Village Martina MacFarlane | Gianmarco Visconti | Anil Yadav

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Wild Edge Megan Asbil | Zhuxuan Ma | Binderya Dyunbaatar

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Agrihood Asawari Modak | Tina Dagostar | Mina Rahimi

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Springbank Belt Kristen Mei | Oliver Prcic | Ivan Osorio-Avila

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Vision + Concept Two Rivers Provincial Park1984 15 - 18 Darby-Marie As a new municipality, The Town Henshaw | Adam Roberts of Springbank will stop Calgary ’s urban sprawl by creating a hard growth boundary in the form of a municipal border and perimeter The Third Way greenbelt, all while preserving a Mahshid Fadaei strong rural identity.

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Town of Springbank Elie Jahshan | Mitch Stykalo | Alex Vainshtein Introduction Calgary ’s west most edge is a site of continual urban sprawl and consistent annexation of Rocky View County. With the ring road connection commencing, a new strategy needed to be created to ensure Rocky View County was no longer being consumed by Calgary ’s sprawling growth.

The Town of Springbank offers a unique solution to the complex edge condition between the west edge of Calgary and Rocky View County.

In addition to addressing sprawl, The Town of Springbank creates new opportunities for commercial, residential, and agricultural uses along with a sense of place for existing community residents.

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Vision + Concept 1984

As a new municipality, The Town of Springbank will stop Calgary ’s urban sprawl by creating a hard growth boundary in the form of a municipal border and perimeter greenbelt, all while preserving a strong rural identity.

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Urban West Barry Dai | Nathan Stelfox | Chris Zheng This Master Plan envisions a new transit-oriented community that fosters cultural activities and technological growth. Urban West is a community planning project that focuses on the 30-year future of the neighbourhood on the western edge of Calgary with distinct characteristics such as the transition of rural/urban morphology, important animal corridors between the Bow River and Elbow River, and the new ring road. Urban West is meant as an extension of Calgary. An urban node in itself, Urban West will be a connected and complete community that fosters culture and innovation.

Rather than stopping development, we are proposing a more meaningful way of development that treats land as an important resource for human settlement as well as the overall ecological functioning.

Therefore, we are keen to step out of the comfort zone of urban sprawl and challenge ourselves to promote ‘urban extension’ which cherishes the urban lifestyle and its compactness.

Based on our vision, we’ve developed three principles to ensure all components of a complete community are established. Focusing on the sustainable land use that preserves the natural landscape when growing, connecting through innovative technology to help people commute, and offering an accessible community space for people to meet that helps foster a sense of belonging.

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Development is intensified in the central urban area, with a gradient to lower density residential around the edges. Urban West brings the grid back to the suburbs, providing walkability while its rotation provides sun exposure and wind protection.

The contrast between the urban core and the natural corridor creates a wide range of land use types for residents. The central three districts are accessible to all, annd connected to each other through 3 bridges.

The districts of Urban West help create a complete urban community. The Community District is a place for people to meet, the Innovation District helps people connect, and the Core district is where people can grow.

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CORE DISTRICT

The Core District is at the centre of Urban West, between the two neighborhoods, acting as a gateway into the community. The district is characterized by transit oriented development, main streets, and mixed used development.

All design elements are catered towards active transportation and transit so the community can grow in a sustainable way.

A large plaza sits on either side of the train, allowing a space for people to enter the core district.

To ensure that the district is comfortable not only for those who live in it, but also those adjacent, there is a gradient of building heights and a series of building stepbacks to prevennt larger buildings from overshadowing.

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INNOVATION DISTRICT

Providing innovative ideas to better help residents connect, this district is characterized by technological campuses, educational buildings, and a central green plaza, providing a space where residents can study, work and play.

The technological buildings are for those tech companies and startups, with amenities such as fitness centres and daycare service for employees, while the educational buildings are the homes to post-secondary education and research.

At the centre, a green plaza is established in a way like an urban park, where the social and recreational activities can happen in place. Further north, there is a pedestrian street connecting to the main ecological corridor.

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COMMUNITY DISTRICT

The community district is located just north of the ecological corridor, it will contribute to the vision of Urban West by fostering a sense of community through family and children-oriented social activities.

The community centre aims to be the place for residents to gather and participate in social activities, whether it’s in the library, community organizations, sports facilities, or the daycare provided.

The green space is designed for residents to walk and enjoy the water and greenery. The plaza in the middle is designed for sports and other social activities that people can meet, play and chat.

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Landscape Symbiosis

Vision Our site is on the ‘fringe’ of Calgary and Rocky View County. It is neither fully rural or urban in character. Our vision for bringing together these landscape systems imagines food production, ecology, and people on the same location, or sideby-side and mutually affirtming each other. The fringe is a unique type of space where this symbiosis is possible, it only needs to be planned for.

Dimitri Giannoulis | Diba Mohebzadeh

Our site has urban, natural, and agricultural components, but they are not currently in balance.

It is out vision to re-write these three landscape systems (the urban, natural, and agricultural) as one system: as a symbiosis. Together, mutually affirming and working together to achieve more.

Let people, food, and nature cohabitate the land.

Landscape Symbiosis Regional Analysis

From vision to design: Site analysis, our vision, our Social Geography principles, and systems thinking all had to be combined for our plan to meet the ground successfully.

Population: 40,000

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Landscape Symbiosis Situating the Site Within the Region

Agricultural identity for both municipalities

Regional Ecology

Regional Analysis

Ring Road: A Wildlife Barrier

Bow River

Population: 40,000

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Site Pressure to Sprawl Agri-Culture

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Wildlife and Water Conflict Zone Elbow River

Agricultural identity for both municipalities

Regional Ecology

Conflicting uses side-by-side Disconnected ecosystems and people Unsustainable uses on the landscape Threatened by Sprawl ecological and agricultural areas are at risk

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Integrating Uses in the same space Making a Whole from Parts for an area and its neighbours Incorporating Agriculture into life, nature, economy Preserving and Enjoying Nature for ecology, economics, and human happiness

Fixing the Landscape System Modernist planning paradigms advocated for seperating all different land uses from each other, but this has caused our site to have a conflicting, disconnected, and unsustainable land use system. Our proposed approach is about finding co-productive ways to be side-by-side, or sharing space.

Ring Road: A Wildlife Barrier

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(Right) - Outlook The bulk of the site’s development is to happen here: where a gravel extraction pit has already disrupted the soil and ecosystem. AlOld Banff Coach Road most the entire communiCougar Ridge ty is within 600m of a BRT stop.

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Across Public Trails for Commercial Event Park/ Info Agriculture Hall the site, a wildlifeAgri-Therapy corridor View Rec Centre Existing Solar With Wind & Fire Hall Turbines Residential connects the Elbow and South Community: Farm Springville Bow river, and people are Pick-your-own Conventional Convenberries farm Small Scale connected by a Bus Rapid tional Aspen Woods Agriculture Organic Volunteer Agriculture Transit (BRT) line.

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Community Focal Point: The Farmers’ Market Heart of Springville (By Dimitri Giannoulis)

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The heart of this community is the farmers’ market, which has social, cultural, and economic uses. However, the farmers’ market does not operate in isolation: it supports and is supported by the main street and community areas.

As a landmark at the end of the main street, the market plaza is a social space that works with the market.

Follow the pathway to the cozy community area, complete with an edible landscape and community greenhouses.

A place for everyone, any time of year: this plaza is seasonally and socially adaptable. It is wind protected, sun exposed, and easily programmable with moveable elements.

Roof: Skylights Solar Panels Rain Capture Path

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Community Focal Point: The Modern, Sustainable Outlook (By Diba Mohebzadeh)

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The design follows the concept of Kevin Lynch’s ideology of great streets as well as walkability as a major aspect using the roman grid systems. The linear park offers park space, while the main street enhances mobility.

This is what a typical day looks like in Outlook. The sidewalks are wide enough to accommodate two pedestrians and a bike to pass.

Also note the BRT stop, supporting this mixed-use main street.

The linear park is a hub for active and green living. The landscape is covered in edible plants, and the eethuis greenhouse is a personal community garden.

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Two Rivers Provincial Park Darby-Marie Henshaw | Adam Roberts

The project site is nestled along the urban fringe of the City of Calgary and Rocky View County. This unique location is framed naturally by the Bow and Elbow rivers, and is home to the natural rolling Foothills of Alberta. Despite these significant natural features, this area is at risk of becoming developed due to the City of Calgary’s sprawling density. The focus of this project is to redefine the purpose of this land and develop a mechanism to limit the impact of urban sprawl, while also utilizing the space to it’s fullest potential.

Vision Using our core principles, we aim to fulfill our vision.

We believe that this approach is innovative in reducing the impacts of urban sprawl and preservation of significant natural landscapes.

Natural Inspiration The site is surrounded by various elements of natural significance. Our goal is to celebrate these natural features. The prioritization of the preservation of the foothills found within our site boundaries has also preserved the fantastic views of the Rocky Mountains, and the drainage patterns of the Bow and Elbow rivers.

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Land Use Plan

Park Network PROVINCIAL PARK Two Rivers Provincial Park

HIGHWAY 1 Environmental Reserve

Commercial Gardens Municipal Parks

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TWO RIVERS PROVINCIAL PARK

Two Rivers Junction

Discovery Centre

The Crossing

This is the apex facility within the Two Rivers Provincial Park, where all amenities intersect to provide users with a grand welcoming experience for a desirable destination.

The Discovery Centre is the heart of the Junction that offers an interactive learning opportunity about the significant land features.

This is where a users journey through the park will begin, and will ultimately encourage the user to explore the other amenities.

This is where all modes of transportation intersect, and is the transitional area within the Junction. The showcased Green Gateway bike path offers a safe rider experience for an already popular biking corridor.

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Two Rivers Urban Village

Pothole Park

Pothole Pond

A place where the balance between urban and rural flourishes. As a community close to amenities such as the Two Rivers Provincial Park and the West Ring Road, the Village is ideal for outdoor lovers.

This is where it all comes together: living, shopping, working, learning, and playing. The dichotomy of the park and the urban main street reflects the larger context of the village itself.

As the heart of the Village, this is where users can choose their own adventure, depending on their own interests and desires.

From trail riding to visiting the shops, this area has it all and more.

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The Third Way

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This conceptual design laid out to support transition at the western edge by providing local point of connection along the utility corridors branching out of SW Ring road. Self-sustaining, and independent but incorporating identity to create a mutual connector serving both Calgary and regional network is the main objective of this master Plan.

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The focuse of the third way is to provide a local connector to serve provisioned non-local nodes (development) within and beyond the Calgary metropolitan entranceway. It is expected to function as mediator along the utility road laid on the transportion network.

It has formed on the already distured lands and extends in between natural areas over the ring road while expected to conduct future development in form and diretion.

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Green Street

Transportation Hub

Eco Connection Node

Interaction Edge

locating along the neighbor hood corridor, this transit hub can offer a focal point for people, local businesses, housing and services, and social occasions, as well as contributing to a community’s feel and identity.

landmark public amenity that provides Access to open space, parks and undeveloped, natural areas, and Benefit the hydrological, biological and social ecosystems of the neighborhood.

AImed to enhance relationship between Built-Environment and Physical Environment.Multi purpose community edge that Offer interrelated set of 3 elements: Services, Synergy Transportation Park and Space.

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Vision and Principles Design Vision To slow down the process of urban sprawl by creating a defensible space between Rocky View County and the City of Calgary.

Stoney Village

Community Vision To create an age-friendly community where people of all abilities can meet the needs of daily life and remain engaged in civic activity.

Design Vision

Principles Vision and Principles Vision and Principles Martina MacFarlane | Gianmarco Visconti | Anil Yadav

To slow down the process of urban sprawl by creating a Design Vision Community Vision defensible space To slow down the process of urban sprawl by creating a To create an age-friendly community Design Vision Community Vision where people of all abilities slow down the process urban a Toof create community people of all abilities defensible space betweenTo Rocky View County andofthe Citysprawl of by creating can meet the needs dailyan lifeage-friendly and remain engagedwhere in civic Strategic Growth defensible space between Rocky View County and the City of can meet the needs of daily life and remain engaged in civic between Rocky View County Calgary. activity.

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Connected Communities

Ecological Design

Community Vision

Calgary’s leading community for aging in place To create an age-friendly Connected Communities Ecological Design community where people and preventing sprawl. Nestled amongst a band of of all abilities can meet the reclaimed green space, the expanseAccessibility of walkable Accessibility needs of daily life and remain Accessibility blocks and array of public services create aAccessibility engaged in civic activity.

Accessibility Accessibility A qualityof of space that ensures people of different abilities can access the services and resources required for everyday life (i.e., work, comfortable environment for folks atA quality all stages of space that ensures people of different abilities can access the services and resources required for everyday life (i.e., work, leisure, and self-care) A quality of space that ensures people of different abilities can access the services and resources required for everyday life (i.e., work, leisure, and self-care) A quality ofensures space that ensures people of different abilitiesthe canservices access the services and resources required for quality chapters. of space A quality thatofensures space that people of different people abilities of different can abilities access the canservices access and resources andrequired resources for required everyday for lifeeveryday (i.e., work, lifeeveryday (i.e., work,life (i.e., work, leisure, and self-care) life and support their transition into Aleisure, new leisure, and self-care) and leisure, self-care) and self-care) Designing for Accessibility While located on the edge, a strong network Designing for Accessibility Stoney Village is designed for of pathways and public transportation ensure accessibility by maintaining residents remain connected to the city’s heart. a quality of space that Strategic Growth

Connected Communities

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Increasing Connectivity

Creating Vibrant, Active Streets

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Stoney Trail

The Plan

Trans Canada Highway

Services First Approach

Old Banff Coach Road

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Density is focused on Stoney Village’s eastern side, connecting communities by mirroring the density of Calgary’s edge, tunneling Stoney Trail, and extending the LRT. The community is further serviced by bus.

Stoney Village takes a services-first approach, ensuring that neighbourhoods are supported by a full complement of community service facilities with a focus on family, health, and social connection.

A broader picture of surroundings and nodes.

The following pages will focus in on three community nodes that serve as vibrant examples of inclusive space connecting Stoney Village residents and visitors.

Stoney Trail Greenway Festival Boulevard

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On the Street

Atop the tunnelled Stoney Trail ring road, the Greenway is a highway-cap park connecting Stoney Village and Calgary.

Stoney Trail Greenway is directly serviced by bus and located within 250 metres of an LRT station. Open space, community gardens, sports fields, and a cafe are just some of many amenities of the park.

Vibrant, walkable streets surround the Stoney Trail Greenway, allowing for easy park access and greater sense of place. Building heights are set back to maximize sunlight and enrich the pedestrian experience.

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Stoney Village’s main Festival Boulevard uses curbless streets to shift focus to pedestrians rather than vehicular traffic. Adaptable street space allows for everyday, festival, service, and market uses.

The centre focal point for the Festival Boulevard is Stoney Village’s regional library.

Open space and green areas compliment vibrant mixeduse buildings to increase time spent on the street and encourage social interaction.

Curbless streets allow for fluid access from building to building for every user.

Pedestrians, cyclists, wheelchair users and families with strollers face no surface barriers to movement, and any vehicular traffic is slowed.

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Stoney Village’s Southern TOD utilizes principles of transit oriented development to concentrate highest densities and intensities around the newly extended LRT. Walkable blocks increase accessibility and connection.

100 x 100 metre blocks provide ease of access to Stoney Village’s transit system. Green space and tree plantings create an urban canopy that maintains human scale amongst higher densities.

Taking a bird’s-eye view, one can fully appreciate the TOD’s public plaza. Open space, landscape design, and mixeduse intensity comes together adjacent to the LRT station to create a destination for social gathering.

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We see our site as a way to connect all parks together, from Bragg Creek to Downtown Calgary. We see our site as an example of what can be done in other areas along the Ring Road, where ecological corridors are at risk.

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While trying to create a conflict free environment, we also want to create sustainable communities The North Plan is an urban condifor residents. This means communities that are tion, connected to the City of Calgary, while the South Plan is more less car dependent and have high walkability. natural, serving the Rocky View oa d 250

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CONCEPT

Our development represents Calgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wild Edge â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where wildlife and urban-life meet and interact. Our site is located between two key biodiversity zones; we saw this as an opportunity to enhance ecological corridors in Calgary, and design with wildlife and human interactions in mind. By doing so we are able to limit the amount of wildlife/human conflict that takes place on the The concept came up based on edge of the city.

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(Above) - Master Plan

(Top Right) - North Plan

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The Master Plan shows our site divided by a wildlife corridor. We propose to reduce the amount of lanes in on the Ring Road to 8, and to introduce wildlife overpasses, to allow for safe animal crossings.

The North Planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shape was determined based on topography and the existing gravel pit. It features pedestrian main streets, many opportunities to walk and bike, and has nature woven throughout. With greenspaces determined on a grid of a 5-minute walk.

The South Plan incorporates some existing residential with new residential, and is a lower density than the North Plan in Calgary.

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Interwoven Nature

PERSPECTIVES

Be Part Of Nature! - By Zhuxuan Ma

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Retrieved from: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/15/metro/next-generation-bus-lanes-iscoming-greater-boston/

Urban features intertwined with nature, a linear park with water infrastructure through the central area. Main street is Pedestrian only, incorporated with the bus priority street, encourage the green travel.

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The linear park along the main street, water infrastructure goes all the way to the Edge Node, through the North section. the bus priority street has a bus lane in the middle, as the precedent above shows.

Linear Park Driveway Central Plaza Pedestrian-only Bus Lane

We are trying to integrate human activities with wildlife habitat. Creating a place for human, and wildlife as well, which is our overall goal.

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Urban features intertwined with nature, a linear park with water infrastructure through the central area. Main street is Pedestrian only, incorporated with the bus priority street, encourage the green travel.

The linear park along the main street, wa-ter infrastructure goes all the way to the Edge Node, through the North section. the bus priority street has a bus lane in the middle, as the precedent above shows.

We are trying to integrate human activi-ties with wildlife habitat. Creating a place for human, and wildlife as well, which is our overall goal.

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Plan This node represents the edge condition of our community in the North, where residential area meets nature.

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This node has 3 main objectives: to interconnect animal habitats and enable uninterrupted wildlife movements, while also creating safe and enjoyable living experience for people, who will have the opportunity to live by the nature! And lastly to reduce human and wildlife conflict by creating a buffer zone in between.

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Where Nature Begins! - By Megan Asbil

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Plan This node, natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gate, is the entrance to our park, and the beginning of the wildlife corridor that runs through our site. Its also where the commercial, residential areas, and cemetery all meet. The objectives for this node are: to enhance & maintain ecological corridors, Bring nature to residents, and limit human-wildlife conflicts.

The Cemetery has been integrated into the park, by taking a european approach and becoming a burial forest (where people buy family trees instead of tombstones). The park has an ecological centre which teaches visitors about the wildlife corridors.

The park, cemetery, commercial, residential areas, and the wildlife corridor come together and allow wildlife and humans to live harmoniously alongside one another.

Representing a living community of plants, animals, and people.

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Agrihood Asawari Modak | Tina Dadgostar | Mina Rahimi

Tackle Urban Sprawl by using Agricultural Lands A global crisis rages around a shortage of healthy food, clean water, clean energy and waste to resource management, as the ‘big city’ economic model struggles to support the health and happiness of those within it. The Agri-hood Master Plan seeks to set a precedent in envisioning a self- sufficient agricultural community at the fringe of a developing city.

Principles Environmental protection Healthy lifestyle Sense of community Energy conservation Efficient transportation Economic viability

Approach Site’s agricultural patterns Green corridors & hydrology Soil fertility Slope

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Agrihood - Masterplan Apartment style neighbourhoods have been laid out in a grid pattern and away from the community seasonal gardens.

The community garden neighbourhood have direct access to the community seasonal gardens which house community greenhouses and aquaponics facilities.

The farm neighbourhood are single family detached dwelling units with large acreages of agriculture land to facilitate the self-sufficiency and economic viability of the plan. They produce majority of the consumable resource that sustains the population of the agrihood.

In order to minimize environmental damage; the street conďŹ guration was laid out to work hand in hand with the topography of the site.

The plan was then divided into developable and undevelopable on the basis of un slope and green corridors.

The arterial road runs from North to South spanning the length of the site and different neighbourhoods shape the collector and arterial roads in the communities. The master plan does do not disturb natural green spaces. Seasonal gardens line the arterial road.

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In this node the traditional detached houses are replaced by social clusters integrated in the surrounding natural landscape. The majority of the land is shared among the residents allowing for a larger managed food la production.

The gateway acts as a onestop- experience for people wanting to immerse themselves into the urban agrihood culture. It is situated at the northern edge of the masterplan, adjacent to Springbank Springba Road.

This node is a combination of large agricultural lands and farm neighborhood. In the farm neighborhood which is a low density neighborhood, each house has its own private agricultural land la and attached green house.

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The overall design of Springbank Belt consists of two developments and the reconfiguration of the Ring Road as a tunnel and trench.

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Springanbank Belt is the proposed development strategy over the West Calgary Ring Road. Its vision is to transform the Ring Road from a standalone thoroughfare into a system of road and deBow Trail velopment typologies. Use this redefined system to untap the potential for a more connected, sustainable and compact city. This is done with the design principles of Reconfiguration, Connectivity, Placemaking, Sustainability and Inclusiveness.

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The devlopments consist of mixed use high density uses, as well as lower density resindential land uses on the westernmost areas.

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The developmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focal nodes are three. The Market Centre turns Old Banff Coach Road into a mixed use main street.

The lower area of the northern node is Central Park, a transitional area between low density residential and reclaimed park land. In the south the Bussiness Belt transforms the Ring Road into a trench with a surface main street with mixed use buildings.

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Market Centre The WCRR runs in a tunnel underneath the development. Old Banff Coach Road is lined with trees and intersects 101st running Southbound.

The Eastern edge of Market Centre creates a transitional edge into the existing Cougar Ridge neighbourhood through mixed use buildings and green spaces.

Generous sidewalk space (3.5m), bike paths, medians and urban fixtures such as lighting, benches and many trees create a permeable, attractive streetscape.

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Central Park This node has medium and low density housing, as well as a community/rec center with an urban park leading into the natural woodland park.

While the WCRR runs as a tunnel underneath the urban park before it turns into a trench further south of the development, the residential street is tree-lined with ample sidewalks.

The core of Central Park is its transitional feature into the restored woodland park. This consists of Westbound views, hiking and biking trails and streams.

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Business Belt The southern development transforms the WCRR into a trench just below surface level. This devides the main street and creates a belt of green spaces along the top of the WCRR.

The Business Belt focuses on creating a vibrant, mixed-use district with flexible use buildings. High and medium density mixed use buildings line the Main Street and the Trench.

Brick-type paving patterns, non curbed roads and shared road surfaces make the Business Belt a highly walkable area to live and work.

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