Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Size

55,000 sf

A community more than just housing, but a place where people care.

Bob and Michael’s Place, at 32 West Hastings, is an innovative social housing project in the Downtown Eastside that creates 231 new welfare/pension and HILs homes alongside a 55,000-square-foot integrated health center serving the entire DTES community. This 10-storey building is a unique collaboration that brought together all levels of government and a charitable foundation to set a new benchmark for community-oriented social housing in Vancouver. With funding from BC Housing, CMHC, and proceeds from a $30-million community-based fundraising campaign by the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, the project has redefined what affordable social housing can be.

Bob and Michael’s Place is more than just housing. It is a community where meaningful moments are created—where residents can safely live, find the support to reset their lives, and thrive among others with shared goals.

For more info: https://bobandmichaelsplace.org/

*Project completed while employed at W. T. Leung Architects Inc.,  where Fang Liu served as the project architect.

Consultants

Structural: Weiler Smith Bowers – Consulting Structural Engineers

Mechanical:Yoneda & Associates

Electrical: Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd.

Landscape: ETA Landscape Architecture

Geotechnical: EXP

Code: LMDG

Construction: Axiom Builders

 

Images by Vancouver Chinatown Foundation