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Viaje, Maria Angela

On Arrival reimagines zoning and urban design through the lens of immigrant experiences in Canada’s Arrival Cities. Rooted in personal memories of informal economies and multigenerational living in Surrey, BC, the project asks how built form can support the complex, adaptive ways newcomers live, work, and care for one another. Focusing on a two-hectare parking lot adjacent to Guildford Mall, the proposal introduces low-rise, mixed-use typologies that blur residential, commercial, and light-industrial uses. Rather than meeting density targets through tower-podium morphologies, it explores a more intimate and socially responsive form of density, grounded in flexibility, affordability, and cultural context. Through speculative design, On Arrival challenges the rigidity of North American zoning and reframes value not around real estate, but around the richness of daily life and community support.

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0448758

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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