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Motor City Park : Reimagining privately owned public spaces as sites of collaborative self expression Reid, Jennifer

Abstract

Ongoing development pressure in the City of Vancouver has resulted in residents being priced out of neighbourhoods where they used to live and work. The proposed Broadway Plan calls for intensive upzoning over several neighbourhoods which currently contain some of the most affordable rents in the city, without planning for adequate public space needed for increased density. The city is to rely on private developers to provide public benefits through CACs (Community Amenity Agreements). Frequently, these agreements lead to the formation of Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), wherein private owners get to design and manage the space, often to the exclusion of the public. This project suggests a shift from the current status quo, instead giving this right to community groups to support creative expression. The former MEC flagship building at 130 West Broadway was chosen as the test site. Working within the context of this new development proposal allowed for the visualization of environmental changes that may take place on site. The design resolution sought to maximize light into the space, while connecting the street level to the higher elevation at the back lane, while also incorporating the use of indoor space for studios.

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Title
Motor City Park : Reimagining privately owned public spaces as sites of collaborative self expression
Creator
Reid, Jennifer
Date Issued
2023-08-27
Description
Ongoing development pressure in the City of Vancouver has resulted in residents being priced out of neighbourhoods where they used to live and work. The proposed Broadway Plan calls for intensive upzoning over several neighbourhoods which currently contain some of the most affordable rents in the city, without planning for adequate public space needed for increased density. The city is to rely on private developers to provide public benefits through CACs (Community Amenity Agreements). Frequently, these agreements lead to the formation of Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), wherein private owners get to design and manage the space, often to the exclusion of the public. This project suggests a shift from the current status quo, instead giving this right to community groups to support creative expression. The former MEC flagship building at 130 West Broadway was chosen as the test site. Working within the context of this new development proposal allowed for the visualization of environmental changes that may take place on site. The design resolution sought to maximize light into the space, while connecting the street level to the higher elevation at the back lane, while also incorporating the use of indoor space for studios.
Geographic Location
Vancouver (B.C.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text; Still Image
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. LARC 598
Date Available
2023-09-14
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0435877
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85915
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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