Buildable Space In Canada

Habitat ’67, designed as a major theme exhibition of the 1967 Montreal World Exposition, was originally intended as an experiential project for a new housing typology that could incorporate the qualities of a “suburban” home into an “urban” high-rise. Located on Mackay Pier in the St. Lawrence River, overlooking the city of Montreal on one end and IIe St. Helene on the other, the building sits on a narrow strip of land. Habitat ‘67 deals with its site condition in an intriguing way by fragmenting the architecture with rectangular boxes. The project builds a system of repetitive three-dimensional modules which are composed of boxes, a system that can be adopted to a wide range of site conditions. The modular is made of stacked rectangular boxes in varied geometrical configurations which gives the building the opportunity to break the traditional form of orthogonal high rises.

Vancouver as a coastal city is projected to experience increased annual precipitation and temperatures, with hotter, drier summers. More intense and frequent rain and wind storms are anticipated, and sea level rise will pose a significant challenge by mid-century.

(1)3D Coordination (2) Design Reviews (3)Design authoring (4)Construction System Design (5) Existing Condition Modeling (6) 3D Control and planning (7) Programming (8) Phase planning(4D modeling) (9) Record Modeling (10) Site Utilization Planning (11) Site analysis (12) structural Analysis (13) Energy Analysis (14) Cost Estimation (15)Sustainability LEED Evaluation (16) Building System Analysis (17) Space Management /Tracking (18)Mechanical Analysis (19) Code Validation (20) Lighting Analysis (21) Other Engineering analysis (22)Digital Fabrication (23) Asset Management (24) Building Maintenance Scheduling (25) Disaster Planning.

In my opinion, the greatest change to the city of Toronto would be the development of affordable housing which would provide it’s residences with more cash flow. The rental market today is out of control. It is impossible to rent a two bedroom apartment for less than $1200.00, which would likely be in a sketchy neighbourhood. The apartment listings today show some rentals up to $4500.00! The only people who could afford to live in a decent area are people who have two incomes well above minimum wage. There are a vast majority of people who are single income earners, and at minimum wage. The housing market is just as impossible to buy since the prices of homes are around the $1 million dollar range. These homes are not grand and luxurious,

“The idea was to incorporate a building that could be easily be built and taken down both constructively and economically. Most ideas involved a long, one-story building made of brick. The problem was that it looked far too solid difficult to remove later and it might be even harder to light- not to mention that it probably could not be built in time. Further debates and redrafting delayed the project even further.” (1)

The Ottawa-Gatineau non- residential construction industry is also a key contributor to the Ottawa-Gatineau economy, especially in the upcoming years as this sectors has seen a surplus of major projects that will continue for years. The city of Ottawa has started phase 1 of the 2.1 billion dollar Light-Rail-Transit project, and is expected to be finished by 2018, with (upon approval) phase 2 would begin and have a similar investment, this is the largest construction project in Ottawa’s history. The city has also invested millions of dollars in the renovations and enhancements of some of its buildings. Some of these building include the Government Conference Centre with a $190 million dollars investment, $360 million investment in the Rideau

Green buildings could become one of the main factors to preserve our rapidly decaying environment. There is no easy way to define a green building, but a green building is essentially a structure that amplifies the positives and mitigates the negatives throughout the entire life cycle of the building (Kriss, 2014). There are many definitions for a green building, but all of them include the planning, designing, constructing, and operating of the building while taking into huge considerations of the energy use, water use, indoor air environment, materials used and the effect it has on the site the green building is being built on. The first green buildings dates back to as far as the 1970’s, when solar panels went from experiments to reality. Green buildings were not as popular as they are today due to their extremely high pricing. With technology rapidly growing, solar panels are becoming cheaper and cheaper, making the transition to creating green buildings more affordable. This is the primary reason for the increased growth of green buildings today. A modern company that is paving the way to the growth of green buildings named LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, focuses primarily on new and effective ideas for environmentally friendly buildings projects. With more than 60,000 commercial projects worldwide and 1.7 million square feet being certified every day, LEED is one of the leading groups for promoting green buildings. LEED has popularized the entire

One of the most important issue that can affect my work would be impacts caused by poor land development practices which increased of “drinking water treatment costs, interference with navigation and recreation, flood damage and erosion, and destruction of aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife.”(“Land development”). Also the great amount of construction activities can release phosphorus, nitrogen, petroleum products, organic chemicals, metals, and sediments to adjacent waterbodies. The greatest example of damage that poor land development practices can have on aquatic ecosystems is fact that Vancouver once had more than 60 productive salmon streams, and now has only six. (“Land Development”).

In some regions of Canada, there are more than 50℃ differences between summer and winter. Southern Ontario has a humid continental climate which presents four distinct seasons. From previous decade’s records, the temperature in summer can rise higher than 25 °C. In winter, temperature can drop below -30 °C (South Ontario, 2015). These differences can form the freeze-thaw cycling during weather change. The freeze-thaw cycling changes the structure of the soils and it can influence soil engineering properties (Olgun,

This includes the building to be durable, prone to harsh weather conditions, including the rain and hail showers...

Population development is an issue set to move us all, not only those in the construction industry. Population development will put amplified stress on the world’s resources, with physical space on behalf of one of the most precious resources on the planet. It’s up to the construction workers and the architects to understand how to use urban spaces more professionally and efficiently, accommodating additional people in luxury without reducing resources drastically. Expanding populations and increasing economies overseas are expected to have a knock-on effect on Britain's construction industry, too. Britain has a worldwide recognised ability for design, architecture and engineering, although, according to the 2025 strategy report, we’re yet

This project is being undertaken to establish a new residence for Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. The new residence will be a free-standing, single-family dwelling built on a two-acre lot (lot 24) located at 200 North Maple Avenue, MyTown, MyState, 20001-1234, USA. The project is to commence on Monday, February 2, 2015 and will complete no later than Thursday, December 31, 2015. This home is being constructed to take advantage of the latest building materials and codes and will employ emerging technology to minimize energy consumption. Construction will be overseen and managed by Apex Home Builders, the prime contractor who may subcontract components of the construction effort. All

Unite d`habitation from Marseille was designed to host 16000 people to live in a single slab. Usually, structures like these are designed horizontally to cover more space, but Le Corbusier did the contrary, and designed a

After I stepped in Canada, I saw massive buildings all around me. All I saw was a rush everywhere on the streets and sidewalks. I was not prepared for this because I was not used to it. I lived in rural part of India where there are just flat lands and small houses to live. The houses and buildings in my home country are made of bricks and cement. I was totally amazed when I saw that all the houses in Canada are made of wood. I wondered because I never thought of such a weird way to build strong houses.

Wood-framеd construction rеquirеs lеss еnеrgy, and еmits lеss CO2 to thе atmosphеrе, than concrеtе-framеd construction. Thе lifеcyclе еmission diffеrеncе bеtwееn thе wood- and concrеtе-framеd buildings rangеs from 30 to 130 kg C pеr m2 of floor arеa. (Lеif еt al, 2006) Hеncе, a nеt rеduction of CO2 еmission can bе obtainеd by incrеasing thе proportion of wood-basеd building matеrials, rеlativе to concrеtе matеrials. Thе bеnеfits would bе grеatеst if thе biomass rеsiduеs rеsulting from thе production of thе wood building matеrials wеrе fully usеd in еnеrgy supply systеms. Thе carbon mitigation еfficiеncy, еxprеssеd in tеrms of biomass usеd pеr unit of rеducеd carbon еmission, is considеrably bеttеr if thе wood is usеd to rеplacе