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Hinterland Tower
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Vancouver, Canada · 2026 · Westbank Corp.

Hinterland Tower.

Location

Vancouver, Canada

Year

2026

Typology

Residential Tower

Status

Conceptual

Area

12,800 m²

(i) · Brief

Stacked offset volumes wrapped in cedar screens · a vertical village against the coastal sky.

Twenty-eight residences arranged as a vertical village. Each home is rotated four degrees from the one below · a slow spiral that gives every dwelling a different view of the North Shore mountains.

The exterior is wrapped in a cedar screen of varying density, calibrated for solar exposure and visual privacy. The screen ages over thirty years from honey-gold to silver.

At ground level the tower releases the public realm: a small grove of mature alder, a covered passage to the seawall, a quiet garden room for residents.

(i·b) · Concept ↔ Built

From the first line to the last stone.

Concept · Section A·A
Built · Plate I
Scale 1 : 200
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Drawing N° 01 · Section A·A · 2026 · drag to reveal

(ii) · Solar Study · live

How the year moves across the façade.

Drawing · SOL · 01

Solar study

Latitude
49.30° N
Façade
240° (SW)
Site
Vancouver, Canada
Season
Summer · day 172
Solar hour · 13:00
Altitude · 61.6°
Azimuth · 209.9°

Altitude

61.6°

Azimuth

210°

Incidence

30°

Irradiance

685 W/m²

Hour of day13:00
05:0013:0020:00
Day of year172 · Summer
JanAprJulOct

NOAA solar position · ±0.5° · drag the sliders to walk the year

(iii) · Stratigraphy · 1:5

A wall, read as a geology.

Detail · STR · 02

Wall stratigraphy

Total thickness

524 mm

Mass · m²

567 kg

Embodied CO₂

77 kg

Scale
1 : 5

Hinterland Tower · build-up

  • 01Gypsum, painted
    16 mm13 kg/m²4 co₂
  • 02Mineral wool insulation
    200 mm12 kg/m²3 co₂
  • 03White concrete shear wall
    220 mm528 kg/m²68 co₂
  • 04Vented cavity
    50 mm0 kg/m²0 co₂
  • 05Western red cedar screen
    38 mm14 kg/m²2 co₂

(ii) · Materials

  • 01Western red cedarVertical screen, three densities
  • 02Exposed concreteWhite cement, fair-faced
  • 03BronzeEntry portals, lobby cladding
  • 04Coastal granitePlinth, flamed

Drawing · Section A-A

(iv) · Credits

  • Principal

    Sina Rezvani

  • Local Architect

    Office of McFarlane Biggar

  • Engineering

    Fast + Epp

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