Health and Housing Key for Redevelopment: Charrette
Participants in a recent design workshop agree that health and healthy living should drive the design and development of the 24.5 acre site. The one day workshop examined topics and themes ranging from...
View ArticleAging in Place – Canada’s Role in Developing International Standards
Community stakeholders in the Pearson Dogwood Redevelopment identified that an important aspect of a healthy community and of individual health is the ability to age in your chosen home, or “age in...
View ArticlePearson Dogwood – Behind the Scenes
Members of the Pearson Dogwood Community Advisory Group, City of Vancouver staff, current and former residents of the George Pearson Centre and family members from Dogwood Lodge enjoyed a day of...
View ArticleConcept Designs Unveiled!
The Pearson Dogwood redevelopment is centred on the principle of Whole Health. The idea is to develop a community that nourishes and sustains people, communities and ecologies.
View ArticleOpen House # 2 Public Input Summary
Nearly 300 community members attended the project’s second open house and offered several suggestions about how each of the three concept designs could be improved or modified. There were three...
View ArticleCommunity Design to be Unveiled at Third Open House
On September 12th and 14th VCH will unveil the final draff concept plan for the Pearson Dogwood Redvelopment. At Open House 2 in June, VCH presented three draft Concept Plans – Cluster, Continuum and...
View ArticleFinal Draft Concept Design Unveiled!
Building on the tremendous amount of valuable input received from existing residents and their families and the project’s Community Advisory Group, VCH has unveiled its final draft concept for the 25.4...
View ArticleCity Council Unanimously Approves Policy Statement
The City of Vancouver Standing Committee on Finance and Services unanimously approved the Pearson Dogwood Policy Statement on February 5, 2014. VCH will now complete the business case for submission to...
View ArticleUBC’s School of Landscape Architecture Student Design Proposals
In the Spring of 2013, Lower Mainland Facilities Management engaged UBC’s Landscape Architecture program to look at the Pearson Dogwood redevelopment as a case study for testing and exploring the urban...
View ArticlePearson Dogwood: A new model for health and wellness
Our friends at Dialog Design have produced a short video on the design approach and benefits of the Pearson Dogwood Redevelopment. Pearson Dogwood: A new model for health and wellness
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