The Co-Design Group is an association of architects, designers and researchers based in western Canada. We possess skills in facilitating and drawing and we conduct Co-Design workshops. Founded by Stanley King, the Co-design Group has assisted 378 communities to plan the future of their neighbourhoods. We have conducted award-winning community engagement dialogues since 1971. Our experience enables us to facilitate positive dialogue amongst diverse stakeholders in challenging situations.
Stanley King was the president founder of the
Co-design group and he passed away peacefully leaving a legacy of co-design
Contact the Co-Design Group:
contact Drew Ferrari or Susan Chung
ASSOCIATES: CO-DESIGN FACILITATION AND WORKSHOP COORDINATION
Drew Ferrari workshop coordination
Susan Chung workshop coordination, director of youth programs, training.
contact Merinda Conley
ASSOCIATES: CO-DESIGN FACILITATION AND WORKSHOP COORDINATION
ASSOCIATES: CO-DESIGN FACILITATION AND WORKSHOP COORDINATION
CO-DESIGN ARTISTS, VANCOUVER
P Chung
Kimberley Wong
ADMINISTRATION
Ben Ostrander workshop management
SELECTED PROJECTS
URBAN
Block 51 Robson Square Co-Design, description and link to photos from the City of Vancouver redesign of block 51, 2012. Also a screen day for Chairs for Lovers
Reimagine Your Streets, Co-design of green streets hosted by City of Vancouver Parks for turning streets into miniparks , 2012
1300 block Ambleside, West Vancouver co-design for a waterfront, 2011
Reimagine Your Streets, Co-design of green streets hosted by City of Vancouver Parks for turning streets into miniparks , 2012
1300 block Ambleside, West Vancouver co-design for a waterfront, 2011
Little Mountain, Vancouver, BC. residential redesign for market and subsidized housing,
UBC Farm, part of a voluntary movement to save the UBC Farms, from development. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. BC, 2009
Downtown Eastside and Woodward’s, renovation of Woodward’s and the revitalization of the downtown area, Vancouver. BC, 2003-4
South East False Creek, sustainable development, Vancouver. BC, 1996
Vancouver CITYPLAN and Greenways Project: Co-Design Labs for 180 communities, Vancouver. BC, 1993
Robson Square, the first public workshops with artists. Documented by the National Film Board of Canada, Vancouver. BC, 1973
PARKS
Waterton National Park, Co-Design workshop with residents and managers of Waterton Town, including recreational and tourism opportunities. The drawings produced many buildable ideas for future Town improvements. 2010
Pacific Rim National Park. Co-Design workshop and youth workshop for renovations to the Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre, on Long Beach, Parks Canada, 2007.
Arbutus Corridor: Six workshops and open houses with surrounding communities for the future of an 11 k disused CPR rail line now used by walkers, bicyclists and allotment gardeners, a sustainable design project with Holland Barr Associates, 2006.
Kananaskis Country: Series of Co-Design workshops and design charettes for the upgrading of William Watson Lodge park grounds and buildings for barrier free design to suit needs of people with handicaps, Government of Alberta Parks, 2004-6.
Hastings Park/PNE, Vancouver BC: Co-Design workshop and youth workshops for the greening of the large urban park, City of Vancouver, 2004.
Memorial Drive, Calgary: Co-Design workshop and youth program for the upgrading of riverside park, with Stantec Consultants (received National Honour Award from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects), 2006.
Wainwright Buffalo National Park and Interpretive Centre, Alberta: Co-Design workshop for the proposed interpretive centre, 2002.
Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District, Alberta: Co-Design workshop and youth workshop for the design of the interpretive centre, Parks Canada, 2002.
Southeast False Creek Vancouver: Co-Design workshop and youth workshop for the design of the Olympic Village and its surrounding area and waterfront. Awarded National Honourable Mention by CMHC for Sustainable Life in South East False Creek, 1997.
Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Co-Design workshop with the staff and management of the park. Parks Canada, 1998.
Gulf of Georgia Cannery, BC: Co-Design workshop with ex-employees for the design of the interpretive centre for the cannery, Parks Canada, 1993.
Elk Beaver Lake, BC: Co-Design workshop with the public and with students of the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria. For the Capitol Regional District, Victoria, 1985.
Twin Island, Salmon Arm: Co-Design workshop for the sustainable lake area with students from the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Calgary, 1986
East Side Parks, Vancouver: Co-Design workshop for six east side urban parks with youth from nearby elementary and high schools, with Vancouver Parks and Recreation, funded by an award from the Vancouver Foundation, 1972-78
False Creek South: Co-Design workshop and image survey for the design of the waterside urban parks, with Vancouver Parks and Recreation and City of Vancouver, 1972-3