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The Alberni Towers site falls within areas described in the West End Community Plan. These identity urban design and open space strategies. The open space and streetscapes in the Alberni Towers project respond to this community plan and the City’s street design guidelines to deliver an open space design that integrates with and complements its urban context.

Georgia Street is the gateway to downtown Vancouver. West of Cardero Street, it consists of a series of green and quiet open spaces within residential buildings. East of Cardero Street, it transforms at the hill to a more urban mixed use street, with the 1500 West Georgia block becoming a key transition point, featuring the major water feature.

The design intent of the Alberni Towers is to integrate with the green and quiet residential block typology. The landscape design concept is inspired by the adjacent North Shore natural landscape of forest and mountain. Following the site’s grade change, a vegetated slope with lush planting and groves of trees embrace the buildings.

Design Rationale

Landscape Design Rationale

ALBERNI TOWERS REZONING BOOKLET

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PARKADE ENTRY

LOBBY ENTRYLOBBY ENTRY

Green Space

Private Patio

Entry courtyard

Mid-block pedestrian connectionPBS Location 4m x19mCourtyard pedestrian connection

Site Context – Landscape Concept


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Site Context - Landscape Concept


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Alberni Street

Ground floor edges are the interface between indoor and outdoor with design features including transparent glass in lobby and amenity, and an open courtyard with special paving pattern, seatings and landscape. Only one vehicular crossing to entry point into underground parking and drop off area. The Alberni streetscape continues the dedicated on-street bike lanes. Street trees to be retained as many as possible.

Cardero Street

The design concept brings the new Cardeoro streetscape with a unified public realm treatment for the Triangle West. A wider sidewalk area accommodates pedestrian movement. The pedestrian and cyclist greenway along Cardero will be enhanced by access into the Public Bike Station at the southeast corner of the building.

West Georgia Street

It is designed as per City’s West Georgia Street Tree and Sidewalk Design Guidelines with wider sidewalks, double rows of street trees, and dedicated on-street bike lanes. Seating high walls at the toe of the planting slope provide social and seating opportunities for pedestrians.

Mid-block Connection

Between the Alberni Towers site and the adjacent new development at the west, the public realm is designed to permit mid-block connection. A sequence stairs with pattern paving leads pedestrian down from Alberni Street to the West Georgia Street. Townhouse patios following the stairs and stepping down to West Georgia Strreet can provide active edge and a safe mid-block connection.

Landscape Strategies for LEED

The landscape will be designed to achieve credits for stormwater design, with pervious paving and stormwater harvesting for irrigation, for reducing heat island effects, with at least 50% of the roof in vegetation and materials with high solar reflectance, and for water efficiency with diverse and climate-tolerant plant selection and smart irrigation controllers.

Design Rationale


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PROPERTY LINE

228.6mm x 457.2mmSTONE BORDER(OF SLATE BLACK ORCHOCOLATE BROWN)

GRASS

COLOURED CONCRETESAWCUT

MEDALLION CENTREDWITHIN EACH BORDER

BROOM-FINISHEDCONCRETE SAWCUT

NOTE:

- THIS TREATMENT APPLIES TO NORTH/SOUTH STREETS

- GRASS IN THE SERVICE ZONE FOR SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS

- BROOM-FINISHED CONCRETE IN SERVICE ZONE FOR SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

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COLOURED CONCRETE BAND300mm WIDE AT TRADITIONALLOT SIZES

SIDEWALK TREATMENTMOUNT PLEASANT

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CONCRETE BANDAROUND TREE 300mm

STREET TREE INGRANITE CRUSH

EXPOSED AGGREGATE /COLOURED CONCRETERANDOM LOCATIONS

SANDBLASTED ART PATTERNRANDOM LOCATIONS

PROPERTY LINE

VARIES AT OWNERSDISCRETION

BUILDING SET BACK

CONCRETE CIPSIDEWALK WITH SAWCUT

STREET TREE IN METALTREE SURROUND

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CLAY PAVERS CHESTNUT317 x 889 x 1905mm

TRIANGLE WEST - NON-TERRACED

STREETSCAPE DESIGN DETAIL DATE: 2016-02-18SCALE: NTS

SDG-3BREV: 1.0

600mm x 600mm MODULEBROOM-FINISHEDCONCRETE SAWCUT

PROPERTY LINE

1200mm SQUARE DECORATIVETREE SURROUND

1500mm EXPOSEDAGGREGATE

2DESIGN TREATMENT 6-13CEREMONIAL STREETS

CHILCO - CARDERO(GEORGIA ST. WEST END)

GRANITE CAIRNLAMP STANDARD

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600mm x 600mm SAWCUTBROOM-FINISHEDCONCRETE SAWCUT

PROPERTY LINE

1500mm GRASS

TYP

GRANITE CAIRNLAMP STANDARD

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600mm x 600mm SAWCUTEXPOSED AGGREGATE

300mm

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1800-2400mm1500mm

EXPOSED AGGREGATE ORGRASS

GEORGIA STREET WEST END - RESIDENTIAL

STREETSCAPE DESIGN DETAIL DATE: 2016-02-18SCALE: NTS

SDG-2BREV: 1.0

CITY SIDEWALK DETAIL - WEST GEORGIA STREET

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CITY SIDEWALK DETAIL - CARDERO STREET

Streetscape Layout


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Streetscape Layout


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23ALBERNI TOWERSRezoning Booklet2018-06-28

Alberni Street Holdings Ltd.

INSPIRATION - VANCOUVER LANDSCAPE, MOUNTAIN & FOREST

Design Concept - Inspirations

Design Concept – Inspirations

Inspiration – Vancouver Landscape, Mountain & Forest


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Design Concept - Inspirations


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Precedent – Entry Courtyard


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Precedent - Entry Courtyard


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Existing West End Garden


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Existing West End Garden


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ACER PLATANOIDES ACER TRUNCATUM TILIA CORDATA

Norway Maple (Cardero St) Shantung Maple (Cardero St) Little Leaf Linden (Alberni St)

ACER RUBRUM’OCTOBER GLORY’

Red Maple (W. Georgia)

ZONE 1 STREET TREES

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Planting Design

POPULUS TREMULOIDES CORNUS NUTALII ‘EDDIE’S WHITE WONDER’

ZONE 2 - SLOPE PLANTING

AZALEA JAPONICA ’EIKAN GAZA’ GAULTHERIA SHALLONFlowering DogwoodTrembling Aspen Evergreen Azalea Salal

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PRUNUS SERRULATA ‘KWANZAN’Japanese Flowering Cherry

EUPHORBIA CHARACIAS WULFENIIEvergreen Spurge

CORNUS SERICEARedtwig Dogwood

ZONE 3 - ENTRY COURTYARD PLANTING

Planting Design


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EXISTING TREE TO BE RE-MOVED

EXISTING TREE TO BE RE-TAINED

Tree Management Plan


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Tree Management Plan


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Level 1 Floor Plan


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Level 1 Floor Plan


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