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Ian Ross McDonald

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re:THINK HOUSING - Building Bold Public / re:THINK HOUSING - Construire un espace public audacieux

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITOR

Team	Ian Ross McDonald

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Doc. level	75%

Description

Bridge Housing

This proposal begins with the assumption that there is value in maintaining a community's existing urban fabric: that there are economic, social, and cultural benefits that accrue to community members and the city at large when increased density is achieved while simultaneously keeping intact successful residential and commercial communities.

This project proposes regulatory reform to allow a more nimble approach to property ownership - one more appropriately responsive to Vancouver's unique market pressures.

Specifically, Bridge Housing requires an elaboration of Vancouver's existing Density Bonus tool in order to allow owners the right to combine the sale of density and air-rights and enable new developments to bridge directly overtop existing buildings. The imagined result a series of medium density additions to the city that maintain much of the physical fabric into which they are inserted - a fabric that benefits directly through the sale of density, an expanded customer base, and a more predictable future property value.

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