CIVIC STUDIO are the masterplanners of a prominent site in the Grand Boulevard neighbourhood of North Vancouver, Canada.

A masterplan was designed which explored the potential for 9 housing units with a variety of robust new housing typologies and contemporary architecture while also managing the delivery of new civic infrastructure for the street, boulevard and lane.

Focusing on the principles of contextualism and gentle density, the masterplan follows City of North Vancouver guidance on re-calibrating single family RS-1 neighbourhoods by sensitively inserting new sustainable housing types and plot sizes into the existing historic neighbourhood grid.

CIVIC STUDIO worked closely with the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society and the City of North Vancouver to produce the subdivision approval and received both Building and Development Permits for a prototype Coach House Typology in an expedited time frame.