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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab

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Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · Nov 22

A short thread on going beyond #NetZero to build projects that are #NetPositive

First, I like to talk about "Projects" vs "Buildings".

It's an important distinction, because its not just about the physical artifact, but also:

where it is located?
what does it replace?

Net zero duplex in Vancouver BC, designed and built by Lanefab, viewed from the street.

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 16h

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3h

“We try to not lead with the solution”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3h

Now for the panel discussion

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

“No bike lanes on broadway. Nothing on commercial drive…

Hopefully there will be a better batch [of politicians] next year”

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

Q: what do you think of vancouver after being away 6 years?

“Hmm kind of the same… there’s been a shift away from cycling in recent politics. We hope the energy can be re-ignited.

In 2019 we felt Vancouver had momentum… but then it disappeared”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

“This book is not about the Netherlands- it’s about what’s happening in Brussels, Delhi, Mexico City…

Our visits to Delhi brought us to understand it would be its own version, not just a transplant of the Netherlands”

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

@lucymaloney.bsky.social in the house - asking how so much was able to happen in Paris?

> Anne Hidalgo: building on previous work. Used covid as an opportunity to change. Persevered through an onslaught of vitriol.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

And number 5:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

Thesis. 4 of 5 reasons why women are succeeding in cities:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

“These [street closure] projects were launched by the adjacent businesses to stay open during Covid”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

“Traffic Playground”!

A playground with bike lanes and roundabouts and stops where kids can safely practice navigating the world on their bikes

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

This is what I’ve been curious about because it seems particularly true in recent years

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

Bottom Line:

What do all these stories have in
common?
WOMEN ARE GETTING
SHIT DONE!

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

“There are more women in positions of leadership in Latin America than in Europe “

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

Talking about school streets - removing parking and traffic from streets near schools as part of an outward growing network.

(Aside - This was part of the idea behind the St George rainway …)

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4h

Manila now has 500km of bike lanes that didn’t exist before covid.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 5h

About to kick it off

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 5h

Great sunset on the ride Downtown.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 6h

Glad to see the work has begun

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · Sep 5

Ok, I've been pondering some of the ways that BC's new housing minister @christineboyle.bsky.social might build on the expansive work championed by @ravikahlon.bsky.social and her previous work as a @cityofvancouver.bsky.social councillor.

So - here's a first draft: 🧵

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 7h

I have an extra ticket if anyone needs

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 9h

Single stair stacked flats on a consolidated 66' lot,
amid 33' single family.

30 units.
6 per floor (floors 1-3)
4 per floor (foors 3-6)
10% side yard (6.6')

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 10h

Yes - this seems to be the opening move; asking for the ability to regulate without detailing specifics

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 11h

Will see you there tonight

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 16h

Dear Vancouver,

Tonight is the night! Join us at the SFU Harbour Centre for the launch of “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation”. After a presentation and panel discussion, we will be selling and signing copies of the book.

Remaining tickets: www.modacitylife.com/vancouver

A paperback book sits on a balcony in an alleyway in downtown Vancouver: “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation”.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 11h

perhaps @newwestminster.bsky.social will finally get around to adopting plex rules...

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 11h

"expand the list of provincial site standards that can be regulated:

1. buildable area and number of buildings on a lot;

2. housing forms (to allow triplexes, rowhomes and townhouses)

3. parking requirements (to ensure excessive parking requirements ... are not limiting housing development)."

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