Multi-modal Workplace Campus
Production Way Master Plan
Urbanism and Landscapes
Revitalization is key for the vision to transform a 19-acre underutilized industrial site into a tech-oriented workplace campus.
Originally a lush forest at the foot of Burnaby Mountain, the Lake City Business Centre was developed in the 1950’s as an industrial area predominated by two-storey warehouse and manufacturing facilities. Since that time, biotech, engineering and media businesses have moved into the area, marking the shift away from the historical industrial and manufacturing uses towards knowledge-based industries.
The plan integrates the site’s natural topography by restoring the landscape and ecology of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. The landscape synthesizes the revitalized ecology and water systems with the infrastructure and requirements for a workplace.
Capitalizing on its proximity to a multi-modal transportation hub, and future gondola connection to Simon Fraser University atop nearby Burnaby Mountain, the location allows easy access to nearby destinations and the larger urban region.
The planning balances the site as a modern workplace with the multi-faceted landscaping. Building programs are developed in parallel to optimize visual and physical indoor and outdoor connections simultaneously supporting occupant well-being.
The site program is further enhanced by a complete suite of amenities including community spaces, retail, end-of-trip facilities, extensively landscaped green roof terraces and outdoor areas and multiple routes connecting to bike paths that contribute to a high-quality outdoor environment. The site is bisected by a multi-use path that meanders and connects to the Burnaby Mountain Urban Trail through a network of green spaces, swales, and wooded parklets with local plant species.
Location
Burnaby, British Columbia
Square Feet
1,619,000
Completion date
Master plan completed in 2021
Project Component
Architecture services
Master planning
Urban design and planning
Capitalizing on its proximity to a multi-modal transportation hub, and future gondola connection to Simon Fraser University atop nearby Burnaby Mountain, the location allows easy access to nearby destinations and the larger urban region.
The master plan will provide a carefully composed collection of building forms to create a variety of public/private open spaces, to be transit-oriented and to encourage multi-modal integration. Density will be concentrated at the southwest quadrant of the site, reflecting the quadrant’s more urban character and facilitating convenient access toward the Production Way – University SkyTrain Station.
The key moves for the site is envisioned to restore the forested landscape of Burnaby Mountain within a high-performance, highly amenitized campus for next-generation workplaces. Restorative, efficient and flexible.
Positioned to be a next-generation, sustainable workplace campus, Production Way has been designed to integrate with the site’s topography and restore the landscape and ecology of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area.
Building forms are configured to evoke a likeness of fallen logs, with spaces between buildings leveraged to reintroduce the local ecosystem and provide restorative landscaping on site. The site plan utilizes this form and the spaces created by it to provide an amenity rich, sustainable development that is well connected to its context.
Blackwood Partners, Central City Tower 2
Daniels Real Estate, The Mark/F5 Tower
Google, Spruce Goose
