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Intensifying Publicness Within The Void Potvin, Joshua James

Abstract

Vancouver’s downtown is faced with a disappearing public realm. The rezoning of privately-owned public spaces for commercial, high-end retail and luxury housing, has further fragmented the urban public ground plane with sameness after sameness. As capital demands perpetuate, and land for permanent public intervention is diminished, the city of Vancouver is unable to adapt to the changing social and public demands within the downtown. This project proposes a kit of parts for the city to adopt within privately owned public spaces, to create a connected public urban network and support vibrant and dynamic public life within the downtown of Vancouver.

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Title
Intensifying Publicness Within The Void
Creator
Potvin, Joshua James
Date Issued
2019-04-25
Description
Vancouver’s downtown is faced with a disappearing public realm. The rezoning of privately-owned public spaces for commercial, high-end retail and luxury housing, has further fragmented the urban public ground plane with sameness after sameness. As capital demands perpetuate, and land for permanent public intervention is diminished, the city of Vancouver is unable to adapt to the changing social and public demands within the downtown. This project proposes a kit of parts for the city to adopt within privately owned public spaces, to create a connected public urban network and support vibrant and dynamic public life within the downtown of Vancouver.
Subject
Public Space; Urban Design; Architecture; Privately Owned Public Space
Geographic Location
Vancouver (B.C.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2019-12-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0378510
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/69992
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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