Smart Density

124 vs. 4,196 New Homes. Check out our comparison: how many units we would have lost if we followed existing zoning patterns? National Housing Week 2024 HousingNowTO CreateTO #AffordableHousing #ZoningMatters #TorontoPlanning

For the last session of the Minds Behind New Neighbourhoods we brought it back home, to Toronto. Naama Blonder will have a 1:1 with The Daniels Corporation's Mitchell Cohen talking about Regent Park, Urban Planning, and his new book 'Rhythms of Change'. We will broadcast the conversation live from Regent Park. Join them on Nov 18, 11 a.m. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gdFD_56s

Our two co-founders will sit down for a conversation about one of Smart Density's most exciting urban design projects - in Seoul, South Korea! This project was featured as part of our New Neighbourhoods Exhibition and caught a lot of attention. Join Naama Blonder as she will interview Misha Bereznyak on Nov 11, 11:02 a.m. (We will honour Remembrance Day and will start at 11:02) Register in the comments below.

The Minds Behind New Neighbourhoods: Hafen City! We are excited to have our 2nd conversation with the brilliant minds behind some of the most interesting neighbourhoods and urban revitalization in our times. This Wednesday,Smart Density'S Mohcine Sadiq will chat with Manuel Giralt. Join them on this conversation! Link in comments!

Tomorrow! Join Smart Density's partner Naama Blonder at the Ratio.City, a division of Esri Canada event about efficiency in the municipal approval process. Naama will focus on the aspects of Planning and Design and how Smart Density thrives to improve efficiency, systems and processes. https://lnkd.in/exPMKXj9

Happening this week - join Mohcine Sadiq at the AZURE Media's conference this Thursday to discuss housing affordability and sustainability alongside great professionals from different backgrounds => Jonathan Diamond - Well Grounded Real Estate Tura Cousins Wilson - Studio of Contemporary Architecture David MacMillan - City of Toronto We are excited to present Smart Density's design for the deeply affordable housing project at 1120 Ossington project. St Clare's Multifaith Housing Society being built by Assembly Corp. The project was recently featured in The Globe and Mail! https://lnkd.in/gbCut8-q If you are attending the conference, please feel free to reach out!

The Minds Behind New Neighbourhoods part 1 - last week, Mohcine Sadiq kicked off a special series where we get to chat with the designers who worked on the neighbourhoods we studied and presented as part of our New Neighbourhoods exhibition. Mohcine, was at the exhibition venue at Regent Park and chatted with Johannes Tovatt about Aspen Seestadt in Vienna! Here's a little teaser....for the full recording see the link in the first comment below.

Check out this new podcast recording with Naama Blonder about her personal journey to Canada, her career and professional development and building Smart Density! #podcast #urbanplanning #architecture #urbandesign

*Developing Large-Scale Government Owned Land* As part of the New Neighbourhoods exhibition , we hosted a Solutions Lab focused on one of the most important and unique opportunities in urban development today: transforming large-scale government-owned land into sustainable, affordable, and inclusive communities. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL), Canada Lands Company / Société Immobilière du Canada, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, City Of Hamilton, Metrolinx, Waterfront Toronto, CreateTO, Northcrest Developments, Dream, QuadReal Property Group, Mattamy Homes, Brookfield Properties, and St.Clare's Multifaith Housing Society But it's not just about the development industry and government, large-scale sites carry their own unique set of challenges, so we made sure that we have all the right technical experts in the room to address the different questions Paula Schuster, P.Eng. Shadi Adab, Chris Hardwicke, Greg Rapp, Michael Linton, Richard Ositashvili, Frida Jones, Mark Richardson, Alexandra Cropp, Nigel Carvalho, Geoff Olsen, P.Eng., @Matt Coleridge, Leslie Woo CRE®, Bita Gharadaghi, Zoie Browne, Thank you, Vic Gupta, for kicking off the day, listening to your insights and your experience was the best start for the day we could have asked for! Stay tuned for our executive summary and next steps.... So, as you can see in the recap, the energy in the room was remarkable! Learn how Smart Density is working together to create the blueprint for sustainable urban growth. Solutions Lab facilitators: Negar Hashemi and Naama Blonder Smart Density team: Samuel Rose, Yvonne Ye, Perfecto Jr Villalba, Misha Bereznyak, Mohcine Sadiq Thank you to our sponsors and hosts at the World Urban Pavilion! Reza Pourvaziry Alex Venuto World Economic Forum

In collaboration with School of Cities, University of Toronto, Smart Density studied 10 existing neighbourhoods their vision, phasing, public realm, and long-term implementation. We turned that study into a gorgeous exhibition! Last week we celebrated the opening of the exhibition with some of the most exciting work being done locally, in Toronto, and we were fortunate to be joined by: Tsering Yangki of Dream Michael Wolfe of Waterfront Toronto Puja Sharma of QuadReal Property Group Melissa B. of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Kristy Shortall of Northcrest Developments Here's a quick recap of the event, and a reminder that the exhibition is open to the public until Nov 8 at 660 Dundas St East, Toronto. A special thank you to the team: Naama Blonder, Samuel Rose, Negar Hashemi, Misha Bereznyak Perfecto Jr Villalba, Mohcine Sadiq and Yvonne Ye Lastly a shout-out to our sponsors: Urban Economy Forum Reza Pourvaziry Alex Venuto