West 7th + Arbutus Supportive Housing
The first modular Passive House project of its kind in Canada, providing dignified housing for those in need.
Vancouver, BC
Client BC Housing, NMHDO
Scope Rezoning, Design, Construction
Status In Construction
Julieta Alva, Zahra Asghari, Pete Atkinson, Jamie Banks, Emily Bolam, Samantha Bruegger, Bruce Haden, Adryn Galambos, Jessica Hanzelkova, Carmen Kam, Ramona Montecillo, Heidi Nesbitt, Jane Schaffhauser, Derek Shin, Paloma Spaizer
Nestled into a tight site between a pedestrian greenway and a busy vehicle corridor, this supportive housing project takes its visual cues from the surrounding brick buildings. When built, the project will provide critical housing, community garden space, and amenity services for residents. As a precedent-setting steel modular tower, this Passive House project will be affordable to build and to operate. Providing long-term durability and resilience for both people and the planet were key performance drivers for this project.