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Langara Park : Rethinking Urban Golf Courses Kang, Kelly

Abstract

The Langara Park project explores how public golf courses could be transformed to provide more equitable access to green space and create a more resilient and adaptable city. The site is currently the Langara Golf Course, one of the three city-run eighteen-hole golf courses in Vancouver, Canada. It is located east of the Cambie Corridor/ Street, and within a five-minute walking distance from the Langara-49 Avenue skytrain station. With an ambitious Cambie Corridor Plan, the City of Vancouver is planning to double the population and add over 30,000 new homes in the corridor in the next 30 years. Instead of a golf course that only serves a privileged few, Langara Park promotes sustainable water management practices by bringing back the natural stream, celebrating Vancouver's unique history and culture, and connecting people to local food, plants, and artists.

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Langara Park : Rethinking Urban Golf Courses
Creator
Kang, Kelly
Date Issued
2022-05-30
Description
The Langara Park project explores how public golf courses could be transformed to provide more equitable access to green space and create a more resilient and adaptable city. The site is currently the Langara Golf Course, one of the three city-run eighteen-hole golf courses in Vancouver, Canada. It is located east of the Cambie Corridor/ Street, and within a five-minute walking distance from the Langara-49 Avenue skytrain station. With an ambitious Cambie Corridor Plan, the City of Vancouver is planning to double the population and add over 30,000 new homes in the corridor in the next 30 years. Instead of a golf course that only serves a privileged few, Langara Park promotes sustainable water management practices by bringing back the natural stream, celebrating Vancouver's unique history and culture, and connecting people to local food, plants, and artists.
Subject
landscape architecture; Design; public space; golf course
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. LARC598
Date Available
2023-04-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0431063
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84218
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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