The Connaught Open Street is a collaborative, community-led project that provides a safer way for kids to get to school.
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Learn from species around you to design healthier, more sustainable ways of living!
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A collaboration of the City of Calgary, University of Calgary and Sustainable Calgary: rules of thumb for folks planning neighbourhood streets!
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Stepping Towards a Greener Tomorrow takes kids out of the back seat (figuratively and literally) and gets them involved in planning healthy communities.
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Anchored by the art installation titled “While We Wait" by Blank Page Studio, Destination Marlborough is rooted in design schemes chosen by the community.
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A publication and conversation series on how policy can promote healthy design.
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Local citizens and professional designers team up to co-create healthier neighbourhoods.
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How can existing pathways improve pedestrian networks? Enter Catwalks. Found in 134 communities in YYC, these often neglected spaces connect people to parks, schools and transit.
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Co-designing for the “regional” and “commuter” scales with Acadia, Haysboro, Fairview, Kingsland, Willow Ridge and Southwood.
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Co-design with the future in mind. How can Manchester meet the needs of local residents and businesses while aiming for a zero-waste, net-zero-energy circular economy?
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Are we designing our communities for health equity? Original research investigates.
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Can a parking lot be a park? A market? A concert venue? A shared space? A flood management tool? An oasis from the heat island effect? We think so!
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An annual professional workshop that turns community feedback into design schemes. Step 3 of our co-design process.
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A sample of the conversations we love to host!
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Prototypes Acadia’s top-voted Design Scheme! Features designed-for-Acadia furniture, espresso, pop-up bookstore, bocce ball, ping pong, board games, arts & crafts, snacks, and simple traffic calming.
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The pre-cursors to pie: planters and seating created with strawberries and rhubarb in mind. Project of O2 Planning + Design and YRK YPK for SustainableYYC and community of Acadia.
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Everyone’s invited! 26-foot slabs of Douglas Fir are held together by locally welded steel brackets. ‘Made for you with love’ by the bench project and Keith Simmons for the community of Acadia.
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