LEES+Associates - The Corporation of Delta

1. PROJECT CONTEXT
Boundary Bay Cemetery is nearing capacity.
Additional burial inventory can be created to
serve the needs of the community by:
EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT IMAGES
CEMETERY CHARACTER
Operations yard
1.Phased infilling with new graves along:
• Paths between rows of graves, and
• Redundant roads.
Residential neighbourhood
Woodland
2.Creating new burial areas within the
existing cemetery.
Main entry and parking lot
56th St
Infilling with new graves will occur in three
phases working from the east to the west.
Traditional lawn cemetery
Wooded area with mature trees and
bare understory
COLUMBARIA & MAUSOLEA
A new formal lawn burial area and new
woodland cremation garden will be created
in the west section of the Cemetery and is
scheduled for construction in 2016.
Phase
Phase 1
1 Infill
Infill
Phase 1 Infill
DEVELOPMENT AREA AND INFILL STRATEGY
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Phase
2
Infill
Phase
2
Infill
LEES+Associates
LEES+Associates
Phase
2 Infill
LEGEND
Toronto
Toronto
509-318
51
Wolseley
Homer
Street
Street Vancouver
509-318
51
Wolseley
British
Ontario
Homer
Street
Columbia
Street
Canada
Vancouver
Canada V6B
M5T
British
Ontario
2V2
1A4Columbia
Canada
Canada V6B
M5T 2V2
1A4
Phase
2016 DEVELOPMENT
AREA
Phase 3
3 Infill
Infill
(416) 899-3806
645-7033 Fax: (604)
(416) 899-3805
645-7046
(416)
Web:
645-7033
www.elac.ca
(416)Email:
645-7046
[email protected]
Web: www.elac.ca Email: [email protected]
Tel: (604)
Tel: (604)
899-3806
Fax: (604)
899-3805
Phase 3 Infill
New Formal Lawn
New
Interment
NewArea
Interment
Burial
-- Traditional
Traditional Inground
Inground Casket
Casket
New Interment - Traditional Inground Casket
2016 Development Area
New
Woodland
New
Interment
New
Interment
New Interment
Cremation
Gardens
-- Woodland
Woodland Cremation
Cremation Gardens
Gardens
- Woodland Cremation Gardens
Phase
Phase 1
1 Infill
Infill
Existing
Tree
Buffer
Existing
Tree
Existing
TreeTree
Buffer Buffer
Existing
Buffer
Phase
Phase 2
2 Infill
Infill
FUTURE INFILL WITH NEW GRAVES
56th St
Phase
Phase 3
3 Infill
Infill
URNS AND
Phase
A
Phase 1 Infill
New
New Interment
Interment -- Traditional
Traditional Inground
Inground Casket
Casket
Phase
B 2 Infill
Phase
New
New Interment
Interment -- Woodland
Woodland Cremation
Cremation Gardens
Gardens
Phase
C 3 Infill
Phase
Existing
Existing Tree
Tree Buffer
Buffer
New Interment - Traditional Inground Casket
FAMILY VESSELS
Funeral Procession
New Interment - Woodland Cremation Gardens
Visitor Vehicles
Existing Tree Buffer
Operations Vehicles
PROCESS DIAGRAM
MARCH 2015
PRESENTATION OF
CONCEPT DESIGN
TO COUNCIL
JUNE
2015
OPEN HOUSE #1
We are here!
LEES+Associates
Landscape Architects and Planners
509-318 Homer St Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2V2 | p: 604.899.3806
51 Wolseley St
Toronto ON Canada M5T 1A4 | p: 416.645.7033
www.elac.ca
SUMMER 2015
DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT
FALL
2015
OPEN HOUSE #2
BOUNDARY BAY CEMETERY
FALL
2015
PRESENTATION OF
DETAIL DESIGN TO
COUNCIL
DECEMBER
2015
FINAL CEMETERY
DESIGNS
CORPORATION OF DELTA CEMETERIES PLANNING PROJECT
SUMMER
2016
DEVELOPMENT
AREA PHASE 1
CONSTRUCTION
FLOWERING TREES
& SCATTERING GARDENS
2. CONCEPT DESIGN
The concept design for the 2016 Development
Area is divided into two distinct zones:
INTERMENT AND MEMORIALIZATION PLAN
CIRCULATION AND ACCESS
Phase 3 Infill
1.A new traditional in-ground burial area with
formal landscape treatment of lawn, hedges
and flower beds, and
LEGEND
LEGEND
New Interment Woodland Cremation Gardens
Traditional Inground
Burial
Funeral Procession and
Operations Access
Traditional Inground Casket
In-ground Cremation
Lots
Inground Cremation Lots
2.A new woodland cremation garden with
scattering and cremation gardens nestled
within existing trees.
Visitor Vehicle Access
and Parking
Columbaria
Columbaria
Pedestrian Access
and Circulation
Cremation Gardens
Cremation Gardens
Mausolea
Above Ground Crypts
Scattering Gardens
Scattering Gardens
THE DESIGN WILL:
• Respond to the existing site conditions, slopes, and
tree cover;
• Reflect and serve the needs of the community;
• Accommodate a wide range of interment options;
• Create a flexible and phased plan;
• Design with market and cost implications in mind,
and
• Provide for ease of maintenance and operations.
Woodland Cremation
Gardens
Woodland Cremation Gardens
Green Burial
Green Burial
Operations
Yard
Memorialization
Opportunities
56th Street
Bus Stop
Operations
Yard
56th Street
LANDSCAPE CONCEPT
Bus Stop
NEW BURIAL AREA CONCEPT SECTION A-A1
LEGEND
A1
New Trees
3
New Native Trees
and Shrubs
2
3
1
A
Existing Trees
B
B1
1
1
Future
Water
Feature
4
3
New Flowering Plants
New Woodland
Shrubs/Plants
Columbaria
Scale 1:50
Hedge
Family
Vessel
Pathway
Scattering Garden
Pathway
In-ground
Cremation
Hedge
WOODLAND CREMATION GARDENS CONCEPT SECTION B-B1
New Hedge
New Lawn
Operations
Yard
Existing Woodland
Understory
New Pathway
56th Street
Bus Stop
1. Woodland Cremation Gardens
2. Columbaria
New Gates at Main Entry
3. Scattering Gardens
4. Future Water Features
Woodland
Scale 1:50
LEES+Associates
Landscape Architects and Planners
509-318 Homer St Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2V2 | p: 604.899.3806
51 Wolseley St
Toronto ON Canada M5T 1A4 | p: 416.645.7033
www.elac.ca
BOUNDARY BAY CEMETERY
Pathway
Memorial Wall
CORPORATION OF DELTA CEMETERIES PLANNING PROJECT
Woodland Shrubs
Family Vessels and Urns
In-ground Cremation
Columbaria
Seating Area
Woodland
Shrubs