Bryn Davidson - Lanefab

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A beautiful home in a healthy city on a thriving planet Lanefab Design / Build Oori Architecture B.Eng M.Arch www.Lanefab.com Vancouver BC #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 28d

Also a favourite of the pup, who often gets a sweet potato treat

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 28d

Aka part of my daily coffee and lunch rotation

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 28d

Bryn Davidson, whose company Lanefab specializes in medium-density residential buildings such as multiplexes and laneway homes, is also broadly supportive of the villages plan.
"It's a shift 50 years in the making," Davidson said. "For the last 50 years, we have put single-family character as the top of our planning priorities, and we're now at a point in history where we really need small-lot apartment buildings to be part of our communities again, like they were a century ago."

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 29d

Roof access dog-houses (Woof)

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 29d

Sub slab insulation, air barrier and vapour retarder. Trying out a different GPS foam (graphite EPS) that gives you more R value per inch, and less embodied carbon. With passive house LEB we're using about half as much foam as for passive house classic.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· 29d

It’s summer on the Rainway

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 11

Rebuilding the character home... bit by bit. Theseus would be proud.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 10

The site design keeps a remnant idea of brewery creek ... but those 1000 parking stalls worth of cars are channeling right into the central valley greenway and skytrain ped traffic. I actually wish there was a whole lot less parking. If your rationale for 11 FSR is TOD, then do TOD all the way...

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 10

100' separation between towers... any idea how this compares to other recent projects in the city?

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 10

Popping up walls on the upper floor

Wood framed four plex under construction. Partial walls on the upper floor held with braces.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 9

The roof deck is intended to be shared.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 9

I’ll just leave it at that

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 9

Small but important for scaling single stair buildings: The Villages plan increases the density for small lots in all existing R3 zones across the city, not just the new ones being created. From 1.45FSR to 1.6FSR for lots ~41' to ~53' wide (by 122') >> this would allow our "Four/Five" prototype

"Four/Five" Single Stair Flats - Prototype, viewed from the rear yard above the lane.

"Four/Five" Single Stair Flats - Prototype, viewed from the front, above the street.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 8

Vancouver: Single Stair Code + "Villages" Plan Critics will be critics, but the truth is we've never seen single stair urbanism in action in Canada (or most of North America). It's a new thing.

Single stair small lot apartment building, 4 storeys with retail at grade.
Adjacent buildings include single stair flats, multiplexes and single family homes. 3D model and concept by Lanefab / Oori Architecture. Rendered by Gemini.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 7

Cheers to the Rainway!

Cherie Xiao
Senior Project Manager at City of Vancouver

"St. George Rainway - Blue Green System from Vancouver Canada made the list as one of the exemplary initiatives. How exciting!"

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 7

Lane building is backfilled. Should be able to start with plumbing and framing it up tomorrow.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 7

Stacking legos.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 5

Grateful for a campfire in July. Also mindful that it’s because our usual summer heat is currently baking the other half of the planet at the moment.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 4

“Villages” plan coming to council July 14. bit.ly/4atYlgE You can now sign up to speak! What do I think about the plan? Well…. 🧵

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 3

We're in the process of redesigning a cabin project that started construction years ago, but had to be stopped (after the foundation was poured) so the owner could attend to other matters. Now we're working to simplify the concept (and budget) while working with the in-situ foundation structure.

2 storey modern cabin with single car garage and large overhangs with cedar soffits.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 3

Fresh caught sockeye salmon from the Skagit River. Reminds of living in Alaska where everyone stocked up on an annual bounty of wild salmon and halibut. Reminds me also that I need a sharper knife…

Man and boy eyeing up a salmon holding a knife

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jul 3

Soffit detailing in the rain...

Plank soffits layed over decorative rafter tails with vent strips on top

plank soffiting viewed from below, with decorative rafter tails

Rebuilt character house with vented roof strapping being installed before the roof sheathing and roofing goes on

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jun 28

The 4 townhouse units are taking shape. They’ll overlook Woodland Park.

Wood framed passive house under construction next to a sidewalk with tree branches

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab· Jun 28

We put one in this house in vancouver. 3 level. Large enough for a wheelchair and assistant. ~45k at the time. A commercial North American elevator might be 150k to 200k plus annual inspection fees etc and expensive parts due to the regulatory monopoly / restrictions.