The DVBIA asked 11,000 people who live, work, and visit downtown to share their dreams for the future of downtown Vancouver. This is what they said.
Category: Video
Video: Tilt City — Engaging the Streets
On November 4, 2015, I helped organize a unique day of public engagement and placemaking as part of the SFU Public Square 2015 Community Summit: We The City. Together with HCMA Architecture + Design and Tilt Curiosity Labs, we hosted over 100 designers, architects, students and community members who took to the street of downtown Vancouver as…
Video: No Fun City
This video has been making the rounds this week. Is Vancouver a No Fun City?
What is Urban Planning? [Video]
What is Urban Planning to you? A video by University of Michigan Taubman College
Democracy is a Design Problem [Video]
Dana Chisnell discusses how democracy can be improved by designing user experience for government and public in mind at CreativeMornings Vancouver on August 7, 2015.
Four Road Diets [Video]
This video describes some of the most common and most effective road diet redesigns.
Bike Lanes in Vancouver [Video]
This is a great segment on how Vancouver’s investments in bile lanes and related cycling infrastructures have made car-optional lifestyles possible in our city.
Help Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver
For the last several months, I’ve been working with SFU Public Square and the Downtown Vancouver Business Association (DVBIA) on an exciting initiative to “re-imagine” downtown Vancouver.
Do Canadian Cities Still Work?
Over the last century, Canadian cities have been designed to accommodate the automobile. So, how do we redesign them to benefit people?
Re-Imagining Urban Space in Vancouver [Video]
Ali Butcher knows the built forms of our cities expose something about our values and priorities. In his TEDxJacksonville talk, Redefining Space: Creativity and Sustainability in the City, Butcher first examines the shared historical narratives of Jacksonville and Vancouver, BC, and then charts where the cities’ values and growth patterns have diverged. Butcher challenges us to pursue a new urban…