Neighbour Lab Information

Neighbour Lab is a design and urban planning studio that aims to develop neighbourhood-level resilience through creativity and co-creation in Vancouver. Our current project The Neighbour Hub has been designed to engage the City of Vancouver in Disaster preparedness through the implementation of off the grid infrastructure in public parks across the city. The structures responds to the implications of a crisis by offering energy, water, and communications – all independent of the city’s existing power and water supply. The NeighbourHub’s features, accessible for daily use, familiarize residents with the resources available to them and spark conversations in the neighbourhood around disaster preparedness.