In the era of hybrid work culture, how do central business districts adapt? Downtown’s across the world are needing to change in the pandemic world. In the North American context, Downtown Vancouver is seen as a good mixed-use downtown where people can live, work and play; however, a study showed that 62% of Metro Vancouver home workers would likely leave their current job if their supervisor did not allow them to work from home as much as they wanted.
What do you like about splash pads and community water parks? How can we make them exceptional, sustainable and multigenerational? What are some of the best examples around the world? How would a year-round splash pad function? Questions, questions, more questions!!
Air, Water, Land - A New Civic Space
SENIORS HOUSING - BUILDING ECOLOGY
Despite regulations, the pandemic has forced many of us into live-work situations. How could this influence planning and design for live-work in the future?
Challenge:
This session opened up the Planners Institute of BC’s 2021 Annual Conference with a session on designing a live-work community at the block scale that could inspire planning decisions across the province.
Co-design Process:
Young Planners ideas come to life for the Vancouver Plan.
Complete communities work well for everyone, which means people of ALL ages, backgrounds, needs and abilities can live, work, shop, learn, and play in close proximity to one another in their neighbourhood. When a community is just (equitable), green (sustainable) and fun, everyone can stay healthy and happy in the city.
Public Washrooms Part I:
What do public washroom facilities look like in just, green and thoughtful cities? How do they work?
Access to public washrooms is a basic need. Yet, they haven't received the attention they deserve in our communities. Municipalities across Canada, including Vancouver, are developing washroom strategies and plans. In this session we envisioned what we can do in the future but also addressed the massive health impacts in communities such as the DTES right now.
Re-tooling = transforming the function of existing systems to fill new value-adding roles in supporting thriving, equitable futures
Re-visioning = transforming our ideas of what a thriving, equitable future can be by re-imagining how it looks, feels and functions.
Regenerating = transforming our potential - as individuals, teams and communities - to collaboratively create and nurture thriving, equitable futures through seven generations.
Which public places, spaces or buildings need Redesign! ...which do you already Love!
Design Interventions for Public Spaces was a special Studio session to showcase this new program to our Board of Directors, Advisors and collaborators.
The challenge: As cities adapt to the next wave of Covid-19 and colder weather, what urban design interventions are needed for our public spaces like washrooms, food service, sheltering infrastructure and open markets?
If we want to make the world a more inclusive place, we’ll need to redesign and reshape the places we live to build connections. The Connected City Spring Break Camp aimed to explore the networks that connect us all.
In Studio 1: Mapping Experiences we asked: How do you travel around the city? How do you feel when you’re traveling? What do you hear? How does transportation affect your sense of connection?