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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab

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Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · Nov 22

A short thread on going beyond #NetZero to build projects that are #NetPositive

First, I like to talk about "Projects" vs "Buildings".

It's an important distinction, because its not just about the physical artifact, but also:

where it is located?
what does it replace?

Net zero duplex in Vancouver BC, designed and built by Lanefab, viewed from the street.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23h

We keep saying we’re done with character home gut renovations …. But here we are again

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“Davidson has a few multiplex projects on the go, partly a result of his ability to get slightly more square footage than nominally allowed because he is using passive-house techniques to create net zero energy-efficient homes.”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 1d

“If cities had allowed this 10 years ago, it would have worked quite well,” says Bryn Davidson, co-owner of Lanefab Design/Build “

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 1d

@fabulavancouver.bsky.social and @bivnews.bsky.social
talk plex-onomics

bcbusiness.ca/industries/r...

Million-dollar potential, million-dollar headaches: Inside B.C.’s multiplex challenge

B.C.’s multiplex law promised big profits for homeowners. But high land and construction costs are stalling the building boom government hoped for.

bcbusiness.ca

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

We’re on site at E3rd with Martin from UBC / Futuri Power - looking at the potential to test a smart electrical panel.

Smart panels have the potential to reduce service sizes and dramatically scale up how many homes can be all electric w existing hydro infrastructure.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

SB79 (California) just signed into law

Muhammad Alameldin @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social · 29d

SB 79 now stands as the largest pro-housing land-use legislation in this nation’s modern history.

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 3d

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“We try to not lead with the solution”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Now for the panel discussion

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“No bike lanes on broadway. Nothing on commercial drive…

Hopefully there will be a better batch [of politicians] next year”

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Q: what do you think of vancouver after being away 6 years?

“Hmm kind of the same… there’s been a shift away from cycling in recent politics. We hope the energy can be re-ignited.

In 2019 we felt Vancouver had momentum… but then it disappeared”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“This book is not about the Netherlands- it’s about what’s happening in Brussels, Delhi, Mexico City…

Our visits to Delhi brought us to understand it would be its own version, not just a transplant of the Netherlands”

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

@lucymaloney.bsky.social in the house - asking how so much was able to happen in Paris?

> Anne Hidalgo: building on previous work. Used covid as an opportunity to change. Persevered through an onslaught of vitriol.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

And number 5:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Thesis. 4 of 5 reasons why women are succeeding in cities:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“These [street closure] projects were launched by the adjacent businesses to stay open during Covid”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“Traffic Playground”!

A playground with bike lanes and roundabouts and stops where kids can safely practice navigating the world on their bikes

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

This is what I’ve been curious about because it seems particularly true in recent years

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Bottom Line:

What do all these stories have in
common?
WOMEN ARE GETTING
SHIT DONE!

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

“There are more women in positions of leadership in Latin America than in Europe “

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Talking about school streets - removing parking and traffic from streets near schools as part of an outward growing network.

(Aside - This was part of the idea behind the St George rainway …)

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Manila now has 500km of bike lanes that didn’t exist before covid.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

About to kick it off

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Great sunset on the ride Downtown.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Glad to see the work has begun

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · Sep 5

Ok, I've been pondering some of the ways that BC's new housing minister @christineboyle.bsky.social might build on the expansive work championed by @ravikahlon.bsky.social and her previous work as a @cityofvancouver.bsky.social councillor.

So - here's a first draft: 🧵