ARCHITECTURE + PLACE
Architecture’s impact on collective identity and cultural vitality
- Cultural Heritage and Vitality
- Context and Scale
- Forging Community
- Land and Resources
VISION
OF VALUE
This Vision of Value provides a principle-based framework for understanding the cultural significance of the built environment. It is a basis for elevating architectural excellence by valuing people, place,prosperity and potential, and for challenging and expanding conventional design practices.
This Vision of Value is organized into four broad themes, forming the
structure for our discussion about architecture in Canada.
ARCHITECTURE + PEOPLE
Architecture’s impact on individual and collective well-being
- Health and Happiness
- Dignity and Social Justice
- Memory and Meaning
- Engagement, Empowerment and Reconciliation
ARCHITECTURE + PROSPERITY
Architecture’s impact on cities and society, sustainability and resiliency
- Environmental Stewardship
- Economic Development
- Sustainable Urbanism
- Adaptation
ARCHITECTURE + POTENTIAL
Architecture’s impact on the world and the future
- Architecture as a Creative Industry
- Research and Innovation
- Creative Collaboration
- Education and the Future of Architecture
