Master Planned Community Dynamics
Master Planned Community Dynamics: Greenfield Developments Redefined Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Shifting Table Stakes for Residential Development People are still looking for the amenities that you can find in the city core:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Affordability Accessibility Green Space Recreation Access to healthy food Entertainment
Opportunities • Data-driven design • Our ability to use big data to predict demographic changes • Transforming dated bedroom communities to full amenities by creating vibrant communities for living, working, playing, learning and healing • Creating micro-economies • Sustainable communities – fewer cars, more transit, pedestrian-friendly, 24hrs. amenities (day + night) • Futureproofing • Walkability • Triple bottom line (environmental, social & financial) • Micro-community food gardens • Create sustainable, more affordable suburban communities
Disruptors driving the new suburbia • • • • •
Cost of livability in cities continues to rise Definition of “livable communities” is evolving Expectations of amenities in communities are shifting Long commutes to work are increasingly becoming less desirable Corporate entities driving planning and design decisions
Learning from the past…
Don Mills Don Mills
10 miles
Don Mills (suburb of Toronto, Ontario) Population: 26,000 Developed: 1952-1965
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Population: +13,000
Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario 2016
•
Population: +25,000
Downtown Toronto
Don Mills Don Mills
10 miles
Don Mills (suburb of Toronto, Ontario) Population: 26,000 Developed: 1952-1965
•
Population: +13,000
Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario 2016
•
Population: +25,000
Downtown Toronto
Creating the “There” There
ULI’s 10 Principles of Building Healthy Communities 1.
Analyzing designs of the past to plan & build better
Put people first (value creation, affordability/rental market) 2. Recognize the economic value 3. Empower champions for health 4. Energize shared spaces 5. Make heathy choices easy 6. Ensure equitable access 7. Mix it up 8. Embrace unique character 9. Promote access to healthy food 10. Make it active
Creating a community that aligns with employees’ values Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Case Study: Microsoft, Redmond Washington a “town” within a campus • Population: +60,000 (2015) Redmond
• Average age: 35 yrs. old • Distance to Seattle: 16 miles (approx. 22 mins) • 86% of residents are home owners • 30 primary/secondary schools
Seattle
Case Study: Microsoft, Redmond Washington a “town” within a campus • 120 buildings span across the Redmond suburb • An example of how a company’s need for space has transformed and shaped the surrounding community and caused a new reality • Allows employees to have a community and space to work, play, collaborate, live and learn, all close by
Mid-West City Suburb •
Main city population: • 2.5 million
•
Average age: 32 years old
•
Distance to main city: 7.5 miles • Driving 18 minutes
Mid-West City Suburb
Downtown
STREET VIEW
Suburbia Reimagined vs
West Coast Suburb Satellite ‘Cities’ Model •
Main city population: • 2.5 million
•
Greater metro area • 3.1 million
•
Satellite City Population: • 139,284
•
Average age: 40 years old
•
Distance to main city: 17 miles • Driving 1 hour • Transit: 46 minutes
Suburb
COMMUNITY
MALL
COMMUNITY AS
MALL
STREET VIEW
B+H Architects | COQUITLAM CENTRE | 24 MAY 2016 | 21
Preparing for the next disruptors • The sharing economy, not just car pooling • Autonomous cars • The retail of the future • Climate change: resiliency - protecting our green and blue belts with the surface temperature warming anomaly (2016 vs. 1951 – 1980 average)
Source: NASA Goddard institute
THANK YOU
Shifting Table Stakes for Residential Development People are still looking for the amenities that you can find in the city core:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Affordability Accessibility Green Space Recreation Access to healthy food Entertainment
Opportunities • Data-driven design • Our ability to use big data to predict demographic changes • Transforming dated bedroom communities to full amenities by creating vibrant communities for living, working, playing, learning and healing • Creating micro-economies • Sustainable communities – fewer cars, more transit, pedestrian-friendly, 24hrs. amenities (day + night) • Futureproofing • Walkability • Triple bottom line (environmental, social & financial) • Micro-community food gardens • Create sustainable, more affordable suburban communities
Disruptors driving the new suburbia • • • • •
Cost of livability in cities continues to rise Definition of “livable communities” is evolving Expectations of amenities in communities are shifting Long commutes to work are increasingly becoming less desirable Corporate entities driving planning and design decisions
Learning from the past…
Don Mills Don Mills
10 miles
Don Mills (suburb of Toronto, Ontario) Population: 26,000 Developed: 1952-1965
•
Population: +13,000
Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario 2016
•
Population: +25,000
Downtown Toronto
Don Mills Don Mills
10 miles
Don Mills (suburb of Toronto, Ontario) Population: 26,000 Developed: 1952-1965
•
Population: +13,000
Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario 2016
•
Population: +25,000
Downtown Toronto
Creating the “There” There
ULI’s 10 Principles of Building Healthy Communities 1.
Analyzing designs of the past to plan & build better
Put people first (value creation, affordability/rental market) 2. Recognize the economic value 3. Empower champions for health 4. Energize shared spaces 5. Make heathy choices easy 6. Ensure equitable access 7. Mix it up 8. Embrace unique character 9. Promote access to healthy food 10. Make it active
Creating a community that aligns with employees’ values Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Case Study: Microsoft, Redmond Washington a “town” within a campus • Population: +60,000 (2015) Redmond
• Average age: 35 yrs. old • Distance to Seattle: 16 miles (approx. 22 mins) • 86% of residents are home owners • 30 primary/secondary schools
Seattle
Case Study: Microsoft, Redmond Washington a “town” within a campus • 120 buildings span across the Redmond suburb • An example of how a company’s need for space has transformed and shaped the surrounding community and caused a new reality • Allows employees to have a community and space to work, play, collaborate, live and learn, all close by
Mid-West City Suburb •
Main city population: • 2.5 million
•
Average age: 32 years old
•
Distance to main city: 7.5 miles • Driving 18 minutes
Mid-West City Suburb
Downtown
STREET VIEW
Suburbia Reimagined vs
West Coast Suburb Satellite ‘Cities’ Model •
Main city population: • 2.5 million
•
Greater metro area • 3.1 million
•
Satellite City Population: • 139,284
•
Average age: 40 years old
•
Distance to main city: 17 miles • Driving 1 hour • Transit: 46 minutes
Suburb
COMMUNITY
MALL
COMMUNITY AS
MALL
STREET VIEW
B+H Architects | COQUITLAM CENTRE | 24 MAY 2016 | 21
Preparing for the next disruptors • The sharing economy, not just car pooling • Autonomous cars • The retail of the future • Climate change: resiliency - protecting our green and blue belts with the surface temperature warming anomaly (2016 vs. 1951 – 1980 average)
Source: NASA Goddard institute
THANK YOU
