Tranquille Market Corridor Charrette

Aug 17

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Facilitating a community-driven design vision to inform Kamloops' North Shore.

THE CHALLENGE

As part of the update to the North Shore Neighbourhood Plan, the City of Kamloops sought to engage residents in a collaborative design visioning exercise. The goal was to create a framework that accurately captures and builds upon the community’s unique character and ambitions for the Tranquille Market Corridor.

THE RESPONSE

In support of these efforts, MODUS conducted a multi-day design charrette focused on understanding and recording a comprehensive design vision – in part defined by the existing character of the study area – in a series of discrete spaces along the corridor.

Working alongside community advocates, our team toured the study area, conducted workshops and developed a range of design ideas for the town centre, high street corridor and waterfront “precincts.”

Concepts were developed and communicated through a range of media, including: graphic facilitation and conceptual sketches, scaled siteplans and sections, perspective illustrations and 3D visualizations.

A series of check-in meetings with staff, stakeholders and the public helped refine and advance the design ideas and a final charrette report was produced to inform policy considerations for the neighbourhood plan update.