JOURNAL
IncluCITY – can public process be truly public? RECAP
The Vancouver Urbanarium Society partnered with UBC’s School for Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) to host an event entitled IncluCity: Can public process be truly public? On October 27th, 2014, 88 people ventured to the Arts Club on Granville Island to participate in this dialogue on the public process in Vancouver. Dr Maged Senbel, Associate Professor for the UBC School of Community
Le Tour de Urban Vancouver
A small peloton of local urbanists gathered on August 15, 2014 at the Southeast False Creek Energy Centre to inaugurate Urbanarium's programming (the FCEC's LED panels atop the five exhaust "fingers" express energy consumption in real time). The tour enjoyed visiting, and hearing back stories for, contemporary urban design and architectural achievements including the Olympic Village ("The Birds"
A message from Richard Henriquez, Chairman
Cities are not just a collection of structures that grow and change as a result of external forces; they are also the setting for human rituals that bind us to our past, that define our relationship to each another, and that enhance our understanding of our place in the natural world. Their growth and evolution must be carefully cultivated through public engagement and thoughtful planning and
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