Topics: SALA
At the Venice Architecture Biennale, architects tackle the housing crisis
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules comments on Canada’s Venice Biennale exhibit on the housing crisis.
Curiosity by design: using uncertainty to leverage learning
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I recently graduated with an honours undergraduate degree in Design in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism. I began my studies at UBC in the Faculty of Science and transferred to the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (…
Canadian architects bring campaign to address housing crisis from the street to world stage
CBC | | Media coverage
SALA faculty and students are representing Canada at the Venice Biennale, with an installation on Canada's housing crisis.
SALA co-leads exhibit highlighting Canada's housing crisis at Venice Biennale
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UBC Applied Science faculty and students are bringing 10 housing demands to the world stage.
Vancouver's housing crisis goes global at major architectural festival
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Architecture professor Matthew Soules said that homes are built as financial assets rather than spaces for living in Canada.
Patrick Condon: Behold Vancouver, where there are housing solutions to be found
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon argued that Vancouver should build more non-market housing projects to address the affordable housing problem.
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
UBC student engineering and architectural team Third Quadrant Design’s new carbon-minimal hempcrete building was featured by the media. The team was advised by SALA associate professor Dr. Adam Rysanek.
Calgary's long quest to infuse downtown with life enters new phase as election looms
CBC News | | Media coverage
Professor Patrick Condon from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture discussed converting commercial buildings in downtown Calgary for residential use.
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
James Olsen, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, commented on Third Space Commons, the new institutional space that is made out of hempcrete.
UBC engineering, architecture students redefine sustainable construction
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Welcome to UBC Third Space Commons - a near-zero carbon emissions building designed and built by students from UBC Applied Science and other faculties. This new space at UBC Vancouver is the first such building designed by students in Canada.