Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
Building better
Squamish Chief | | Media coverage
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture assistant professor Joe Dahmen discussed the use of natural building materials.
Too much and not enough: Not for Sale! at the Venice Biennale
Canadian Architect | | Media coverage
SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules commented on exhibiting Canada's housing crisis at the Venice Biennale.
Never A Dull Moment With Engineering
| Spotlight
Joses' experience in Civil Engineering and how he proceeded to work with the City of Vancouver.
States siphoned away $750 million in infrastructure law climate funds
Washington Post | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said congestion-reducing technology is not the most efficient way to cut emissions as unclogging roads encourages people to drive more.
Vancouver housing protest calls for more community ownership of rentals
City News Vancouver | | Media coverage
School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein commented on the rental housing market in B.C.
UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge
| Announcement
Using a combination of heat, water and phase separation, these researchers have developed a cost-effective method to concentrate phosphorous—which can be efficiently recovered by extraction—from wastewater sludge.
Next-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys
Daily Commercial News | | Media coverage
Civil and mechanical engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang is working on a government-funded that will make mass timber construction buildings of up to 20 storeys economically and technically feasible by 2028.
Funky website reveals the stinkiest smells around Vancouver
Daily Hive Vancouver | | Media coverage
A project led by mechanical engineering researchers called “Smell Vancouver” is tracking the worst and weirdest odours around Metro Vancouver.
Vancouver's east-west divide: To the east, suites, laneway houses. To the west, detached homes
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
School of community and regional planning adjunct professor Dr. Nathan Edelson said mid-rise buildings constructed on arterial roads like Granville and Cambie are missing “neighbourhood centres” where people can walk to cafés and stores.
Being The Bridge Between Technology And Business
| Spotlight
Arpan's experience in Biomedical Engineering and his journey with his startup.