Vancouver, BC – The new Marpole Community Centre, designed by Diamond Schmitt for the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, sets a new benchmark for low-carbon civic infrastructure in Canada. Realized with an exposed mass timber structure and targeting Passive House and LEED Gold certification, the project reimagines the role of the community centre as both environmental infrastructure and social anchor within the rapidly intensifying Marpole neighbourhood. …As part of B.C.’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program, a defining feature of the building is the exposed mass timber structure which shapes the interior character of the facility while significantly reducing embodied carbon. Enabled through an alternate building code approach, the extensive use of mass timber contributes to the building’s overall 41% embodied carbon reduction while creating a warm, tactile, and human-scale environment that reflects the natural context of Oak Park.