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The Future of Heritage Streets: Re-imagining Densification with Respect

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
12:30pm to 2:00pm

Part of: Edmonton Design Week

Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner)

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Organized by: Media Architecture Design Edmonton

Oct.
16

Witness real projects demonstrating how to achieve City Plan density goals while maintaining street character.

As Edmonton faces unprecedented intensification pressures that are atomizing mature neighbourhoods, this urgent panel explores Heritage Streets – protecting neighborhood character and tree canopy while achieving thoughtful densification without demolition.

Featured Panelists:

Barry Johns (Architect) - "BAAKFIL" development as alternative to overscaled infill
Yasushi Ohki (Green Violin) - Gentle densification that respects existing residents

Witness real projects demonstrating how to achieve City Plan density goals while maintaining street character and tree canopies that make mature communities livable and loved. Through case studies and frank discussion about construction quality and social impacts, explore how Heritage Street designation could preserve Edmonton's neighbourhood magic while accommodating growth through respect rather than displacement.

With municipal election day just four days later, this promises to be Edmonton's most crucial design conversation of 2025.

Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner)

7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 2V4