Presentation to a City of Vancouver workshop looking at ways to support/create 'Missing Middle' housing including duplex, triplex and multi-family house types.

1. Missing
Middle

2. Forgotten Middle?

3. Illegal Middle?
RS-1ZoningEnvelope

5. No City-wide Plan…

6. No City-wide Plan…
Some
Neighbourhood
Plans
Rezoning
Policies

7. No City-wide Plan…
Some
Neighbourhood
Plans
Rezoning
Policies

8. No City-wide Plan…
Some
Neighbourhood
Plans
Rezoning
Policies

9. M.M. pre-zoned areas
are Tiny ‘One Offs’
No City-wide Plan…
Some
Neighbourhood
Plans
Vancouver: RM-7, 8, 9
(Newer, ground oriented multifamily zones)

10. No City-wide Plan…
Some
Neighbourhood
Plans
Rezoning
Policies

11. The Opposite? Vancouver’s 2009 Lane House Policy

12. ‘ZonedCapacity’(60,000+)
‘Annual Uptake’
0.5% of capacity
(~350 /yr)
The Opposite? Vancouver’s 2009 Lane House Policy

13. The Opposite? Vancouver’s 2009 Lane House Policy

15. 2 Different Conversations
About the future of the city
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16. HousingCharacter
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17. UpzoneDownzone
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18. Vancouver: RS (‘Single Family’) and RT (Duplex) zones
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21. Queens / Brooklyn

22. Montreal ‘Plex’

23. ‘Triple Decker’

24. Amsterdam

25. An example of a ‘Baugruppen’ (Group Build) Project; Non Market Housing in Germany

26. ‘Baugruppen’ in Vancouver?
Needs pre-zoning, and more units on small lots.

27. 4-plex within existing RS-1 height and FSR
The only hurdle?
“Status” design guidelines…

28. Don’t like ‘Monster Houses’ on 50’ lots?

29. Don’t like ‘Monster Houses’ on 50’ lots?
How about 6 units on two freehold lots?

30. Don’t like ‘Monster Houses’ on 50’ lots?
How about 10 units on two lots?

31. The Vancouver ‘Plex’?

32. The Vancouver ‘Plex’?
5 units on a standard 33’ lot.

33. The Vancouver ‘Triple Decker’?
4 family sized units on a standard 33’ lot.

34. Opportunity: RM-4 Apartment Zones

35. Infill 4 Plex in RS (33’ Lot)

36. Infill 4 Plex in RS (33’ Lot)

37. ‘Pork Chop Lot’ Subdivision
(Edmonton is looking at this…)

38. Seattle

39. Portland

40. Missing Middle
Bryn Davidson
B.Eng. M.Arch LEED-AP
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