Southlands • Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada

Client: Century Group Lands Corp.

Design Team: Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ) • Megan Richer, Urban Designer

Size: 530 acres (110-acre mixed-use neighborhood + 425 acres of preserved active farmland)

Rooted in the principles of Agricultural Urbanism, Southlands is a 530-acre community in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. Just south of Vancouver and a half-mile from Boundary Bay, this mixed-use development integrates food systems and placemaking across a rural-to-urban transect.

Community Framework

• Organized around a rural-to-urban Transect model

• Market District centered on two restored barns and a 19th-century farmhouse

• Community-scale agriculture integrated through orchards, allotment gardens, and demonstration plots

• Emphasis on walkability, mixed-use development, and diverse housing options—including missing middle housing

Public Spaces and Amenities

• Community hall, plaza, and open-air amphitheater for events and farmers markets

• New civic building connects local food production with civic life

• Infrastructure and programming designed to support a food-secure, participatory community