ULI BC: Environmental Development Certificate Series Part 3 - Contaminated Sites and Development

When

2024-05-29
2024-05-29T15:30:00 - 2024-05-29T17:30:00
America/Los_Angeles

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    Where

    PGL Environmental Consultants Suite 1500, 1185 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4E6 CANADA

    Pricing

    Pricing Members Non-Members
    All Types CA$20.00 CA$35.00
    All refund request must be submitted no later than May 27th, 2024.

    Main and Cordova (MAC) is a proposed mixed-use project to build 118 social housing units that support wellbeing for mixed-income families in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. It integrates 9 residential floors and 2 commercial floors with local shops, educational space, and a community theatre. MAC is designed to the Zero Carbon Building Design Standard (CaGBC) and to be built with mass timber.

    The site is in one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Join us as we discuss redevelopment in such a context. The multidisciplinary presenters will discuss various aspects of the project. In particular, the environmental implications of historical uses (such as onsite dry cleaner), the adoption of an intangible heritage approach, and the design and architecture of the proposed building.

    We are delighted to bring this third and final instalment of our Environmental Series!

     
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    Speakers

    Marianne Amodio

    Principal, MA+HG Architects

    Marianne began her eponymous firm, marianne amodio architecture studio in 2009. The practice was awarded the Arthur Erickson Award for Emerging Architect and the AIBC Award for Emerging Firm. In 2017, the firm welcomed Harley Grusko and was renamed MA+HG Architects. Marianne oversees all projects at the studio, ensuring design excellence, thoughtfulness and rigour. She is advocate for artfulness, meaning and service in Architecture and continually serves on various civic and cultural boards and committees. Marianne gleefully co-hosts Pecha Kucha Vancouver, is an avid speaker on Social Density and the right to beautiful housing, and mentors a growing brood of Intern Architects.

    Chelsea MacPherson

    Environmental Consultant, PGL Environmental Consultants

    Chelsea is a Professional Geoscientist and one of PGL’s Project Management Professionals. As a project manager, she’s a big-picture thinker who ensures to understand client needs before jumping into a project. Starting her career in 2009 working in northern BC and Yukon, Chelsea not only braved the elements during cold winter months but also learned valuable lessons in project preparation and risk management for remote sites. Chelsea has been working in our contaminated sites group since 2010, working on a range of sites, including complex redevelopment sites, bulk storage fuelling facilities, wastewater treatment plants, compost facilities, auto repair operations, and former dry-cleaning operations, to name a few. She now leads one of our contaminated sites groups focusing on a range of clientele, including developers, brokers, municipal and provincial governments, first nations and industry. Chelsea has been actively involved in competitive sports at a national level since the age of 14. She brings her hard work, dedication, and time management from sport to each of her projects. You can often find Chelsea on the sideline of a field hockey pitch, hiking with her silver lab in tow, or in her garden trying hard to convert her black thumb to green.

    Leslie Shieh

    Co-Founder, Tomo Spaces

    Leslie is the co-founder of Tomo Spaces, a real estate company that integrates research and development. Tomo stands for together more. Our mission is helping people live happier together. Some of Tomo's projects include award-winning places like Schoolhouse in Vancouver and River Market in New Westminster; and more recently, a "cohousing lite" project with middle-income families in Vancouver. Leslie holds a Master's in City Planning from UC Berkeley, and completed a PhD in Urban Planning from UBC. She currently serves on the board of Exchange Inner City. She previously served on Vancouver City Planning Commission and Vancouver Urban Design Panel.