Building to Thrive™ training:

How to create spaces that support community wellbeing

Transform Your Space into a Safe Haven

Building To Thrive Training™

Learn how to build safer homes to retain your tenants
without rising maintenance costs.

Safe Spaces, Healthy Residents, Flourishing Communities

Safe Spaces, Healthy Residents, Flourishing Communities

As builders and architects, we have the privilege of creating the homes and curating the communities where people will live their lives. This is why, when we design spaces that support physical, mental, and emotional well being, our businesses succeed, and our communities thrive. Without understanding the full impact that the physical surroundings have on the people who live there, our work can become very shortsighted.

As architects, designers, builders, and managers, we are vital in developing thriving communities.

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Architecture That Inspires Joy

What does this mean?

Ensuring Safety, Security and Well-being is your Mission

If you’re a building manager or owner, you’ve probably experienced it many times before: TENANT TURNOVER

At first glance, it may seem simple: find new tenants to replace previous tenants. But in fact, your work is just getting started.

Add in frequent tenant turnover, administration fees and income loss on vacancies and all of a sudden operational costs sky rocket.

But ultimately, it’s not rising operation costs that are the only challenge: you also want to be a leader in creating safe and secure buildings that contribute to the well-being of your tenants and the longevity and vibrancy of your community.

We applaud you for that. And we’re here to help you do just that.

Architecture That Inspires Joy

Architecture that Inspires Joy

That’s why we created the Building To Thrive™ Training. In this four-part training
series, you will learn the fundamentals of creating a vibrant living environment
and gain a solid foundation for curating spaces that inspire joy.

When you create safer spaces, it's proven that:

  • You can expect reduced maintenance costs, fewer evictions, and invested tenants
  • Crime and abuse decrease.
  • You’ll inspire confidence in financial partners and investors.

Finally, and most importantly, you’ll establish an elevated, welcoming, and inclusive community of wholly supported individuals.

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Create Better Homes While Reducing Costs

Safe Spaces, Healthy Residents, Flourishing Communities

What if we told you that you could build your business AND build a thriving community?

What if you could deliver places people call home instead of just physical spaces?

And what if you could do all of that amazing work while still reducing your costs?

Well we’re here to tell you that you CAN.

By creating buildings that contribute to a thriving community, you’ll be a recognized professional with a vision and a flourishing business, and as someone who is a leader in community well-being

By understanding the impact that the physical surroundings have on the people who live there.you’ll build vibrant, thriving, and supportive communities and you won’t have to sacrifice building your business too.

Building to Thrive Training™

Create Architecture that Inspires Joy

Safe Spaces, Healthy Residents, Flourishing Communities

In this four-part training series, you will learn the fundamentals of creating a vibrant living environment and gain a solid foundation for curating spaces that inspire joy.

This course IS FOR YOU IF:

  • You want reduced maintenance costs, fewer evictions, and invested tenants
  • You want to put a cap on excessive operational costs
  • It’s your goal to see crime and abuse decrease within your neighborhoods
  • You wish to retain your tenants and reduce tenant turnover
  • You wish to inspire confidence in financial partners and investors.
  • Your goal is to establish an elevated, welcoming, and inclusive community of wholly supported individuals

Our Building To Thrive™ Training is designed to help you succeed in your new mission: to create thriving communities. In order to achieve that, you need a concrete plan of action, like a well-thought out course that will make it easy for you to apply what you’ve learned.

Luckily, we’ve designed a course that does just that. Here’s how we’ve built a course to help you succeed!

Architecture That Inspires Joy

How is this course designed?

  • 6 modules exploring different aspects of residential building design and how they impact the well-being of residents
  • Situational examples exploring what works well in housing and what doesn’t
  • A guided case study that helps you apply the knowledge learned in the course to assess an existing building and identify ways to improve it
  • Implementation: easy-to-use checklists for assessing and improving your existing or new building
  • Tangible, practical solutions for common problems in multifamily housing
  • A framework to help you build a strategic action plan toward implementing the selected proposed upgrades using a cost and value analysis.
  • A Master the Building to Thrive™ framework so you can utilize this knowledge for your future success.

Architecture That Inspires Joy

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Architecture That Inspires Joy

Architecture that Inspires Joy

That’s why we created the Building To Thrive™ Training. In this four-part training
series, you will learn the fundamentals of creating a vibrant living environment
and gain a solid foundation for curating spaces that inspire joy.

When you create safer spaces, it's proven that:

  • You can expect reduced maintenance costs, fewer evictions, and invested tenants
  • Crime and abuse decrease.
  • You’ll inspire confidence in financial partners and investors.

Finally, and most importantly, you’ll establish an elevated, welcoming, and inclusive community of wholly supported individuals.

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Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.

Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.

Architecture That Inspires Joy

How much time will I need to dedicate to the course?

  • The training runs for 5 weeks
  • The weekly time commitment is about 4 hours per week
  • The checklists for assessing your building each take 1-3 hours to complete
  • The total time commitment for the course is roughly 24-30 hours

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But what if I have questions?

At AVID Architecture, we want to make sure you’ll get the promised results once you join us. That’s why you won’t be left alone, but you’ll have access to our team of experts to:

  • Get a feedback on your work
  • Enjoy a full Support
  • Accountability for completing checklists and support from your course colleagues
  • 2 LIVE discussion and integration sessions. If you can’t make the sessions live, you can ask your questions in advance and catch the replay later.

Here Is What Some of Our Clients Had to Say About Our Building to Thrive ™ Course:

This training is impacting our world one neighborhood at a time. Hear what some of our clients had to say:

Norwood Medical Centre

Since we did a façade reno at our property, we have seen an improvement in safety around the building with less incidents occurring – we no longer have graffiti and loitering around the building has become less of a concern.

DWAYNE SAMYCIA

Owner, Royal Alex Plaza

Norwood Medical Centre

AVID responded with innovative and creative solutions, to the integral problems in the space to be retrofitted. The final project was a beautiful response to our desires for a bright, accessible and welcoming library.

INEZ KOSINSKI

Manager, Didsbury Library

Norwood Medical Centre

Since we did a façade reno at our property, we have seen an improvement in safety around the building with less incidents occurring – we no longer have graffiti and loitering around the building has become less of a concern.

DWAYNE SAMYCIA

Owner, Royal Alex Plaza

Norwood Medical Centre

AVID responded with innovative and creative solutions, to the integral problems in the space to be retrofitted. The final project was a beautiful response to our desires for a bright, accessible and welcoming library.

INEZ KOSINSKI

Manager, Didsbury Library

Norwood Medical Centre

Since we did a façade reno at our property, we have seen an improvement in safety around the building with less incidents occurring – we no longer have graffiti and loitering around the building has become less of a concern.

DWAYNE SAMYCIA

Owner, Royal Alex Plaza

Norwood Medical Centre

AVID responded with innovative and creative solutions, to the integral problems in the space to be retrofitted. The final project was a beautiful response to our desires for a bright, accessible and welcoming library.

INEZ KOSINSKI

Manager, Didsbury Library

Get Much More Than Just Training

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Direct access to our team of experts at AVID Architecture Support by some of the top thinkers in the industry with regards to how architecture affects our well-being. Our team of diverse backgrounds is unparalleled.

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Systematized checklists for automating the implementation of Building to Thrive™ principals in your work.

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Learn about the impact that the built environment has on the human body and the ripple effects of these impacts on well-being, our relationships and our communities.

4

Receive recognition through a certificate and LIVE celebration session at the end of the course.

 

Here's what you will find in our unique training:

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Discover how a safe space is defined and why they are vital for communities.

2

Determine both the foundational elements and subtle shifts that will empower you to transform existing spaces.

3

Understand your role as a developer, building manager, or community leader in maintaining safe spaces.

4

Techniques and action steps to collaborate with the community for greater impact.

Yes, I'm Ready to Stand With My Community

Get value beyond your expectations in the Building To Thrive™ Training, the kind I wish I had when I realized how important safety and security are to create thriving communities.

But before you go any further, I’d like to warn you…

 

This Course IS NOT FOR YOU IF:

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You don’t want to increase the positive psychological impact of spaces

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Supporting your clients' well-being and the surrounding community is not top of mind

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You don’t want to retain your tenants

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You can afford to increase operational and maintenance costs 

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How your buildings impact the mental and physical well-being of residents isn’t a priority

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You don’t care about getting clarity and awareness on how to positively support your clients physiologically in your buildings.

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You don’t want to create a plan to implement these design upgrades through the renovation process.

Here's what you will find in our unique training:

1

Discover how a safe space is defined and why they are vital for communities.

2

Determine both the foundational elements and subtle shifts that will empower you to transform existing spaces.

3

Understand your role as a developer, building manager, or community leader in maintaining safe spaces.

4

Techniques and action steps to collaborate with the community for greater impact.

Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.

Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.

We Take on The Risk So You Don’t Have to

Safe Spaces, Healthy Residents, Flourishing Communities

Architecture That Inspires Joy

We’re not leaving the success of your building projects up to chance. Your professional reputation and success, and the well being of those who live in those spaces are at stake.

Within 7 days, if you’re not happy with all the value packed into The Building to Thrive™ course, we’ll refund the full amount, no questions asked.

Let us take on all the risk so you can reach right for this course and start applying what you learn to create safer, more stable, and happier living conditions for those who occupy the spaces that you create.

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Cynthia Dovell

Meet Cynthia, the Heart Behind AVID

Meet Cynthia, the Heart Behind AVID

Cynthia Dovell is an award-winning architect, chair of the Alberta Chapter of the RAIC, and founder of AVID Architecture. She experienced the difference that a safe living environment can make in your life when she attended the University of Toronto. After a childhood full of challenges and unstable living conditions, finally living in a safe space allowed Cynthia to reach her highest potential.

Cynthia founded AVID Architecture upon the belief that a space that supports physical safety and mental and emotional well-being can transform the lives of the people who live there. Her story is proof of the impact architecture can have.

At AVID Architecture, we believe that, together, our industry can transform the communities we live in and build spaces that create joy.

Do It Better: Create Safer Homes

Yes, I'm Ready to Stand With My Community

As a building owner, designer, developer, or manager, it can feel creating and maintaining spaces that positively impact tenants, the community, and your bottom line is a huge responsibility.

But that’s exactly why AVID has created this course for you..

When joining our Building to Thrive ™ course, you’ll learn skills that can change people’s lives for the better. You have everything you need to take your mission to a whole new level by creating safe havens and thriving communities.

Still having doubts about whether you should join us? Let us help you.

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Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.

Sign up and begin your Building to Thrive™ training today.