Dockside Green

Victoria, British Columbia | 2006-2017

Dockside Green is a model livable community, pursuing the highest goals in energy efficiency and sustainable design. The project started as a developer design competition by the City of Victoria and evolved into an opportunity to create a LEED® Platinum Neighbourhood Project—one of the first in North America.

This new community is a major achievement in community planning, pedestrian-oriented design, waste and rainwater management, environmental regeneration, and energy efficiency. Our team helped achieve outstanding environmental targets while developing a truly unique and richly-layered setting for residents. Many innovative approaches to sustainability and green infrastructure came to life in this project, some of which had never been seen before in a dense, urban North American environment. We helped create a blackwater treatment system, a biomass clean energy system, rainwater collection, and environmental biodiversity. All the systems had to work together and be integrated into the development seamlessly. A perfect example of this integration is the black water system, which added to the stormwater collection and created a pond system for aquatic and terrestrial life while creating a beautiful landscape for residents and visitors.

Starting in 2006, we co-led the overall master planning and design with Perkins+Will and proceeded to complete the first several phases of the project.  In 2015, we were instrumental in re-planning the remaining the site through an updated rezoning submission with HCMA, incorporating principles of social sustainability through an extensive process of community engagement.