SHAPE Architecture
The design and building of laneway housing in Vancouver is a creative response to the problem of increasing the density, and therefore the sustainability, of this city. While the solution seems obvious—simply develop small structures that will creatively infill underutilized land in the city’s many alleyways—the process is encumbered by complex zoning laws, concerns around...
Pivot Legal Society
It has been nearly two decades since the federal government handed over responsibility for housing to the provinces, making Canada the only G8 country without a national housing strategy. In response, the Vancouver-based Pivot Legal Society initiated the Red Tent Campaign—an open-source, mobile protest that makes visible the issue of homelessness through the use of...
Althea Thauberger
Carrall Street was a one-night, site-responsive event, choreographed by Althea Thauberger. It took place on the evening of September 30, 2008, and for that brief time occupied and engaged the 200 block of Carrall Street, arguably the oldest street in Vancouver and a transition point between the most touristic area of the city and what...
