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S101S – Understanding Density: Net vs. Gross Density
By Erick Villagomez
What is the difference between “net” and “gross” density, and how do these relate to urban planning? In... Read More
Video Vancouver: A Virtual Bike Tour of Vancouver’s Waterfront
By Spacing
This is a virtual bike tour (video with audio) of Vancouver’s waterfront, by the City of Vancouver’s Senior Urban Designer Scot Hein... Read More
Book review: DIY City
By Andrew Cuthbert
Author: Hank Dittmar (Island Press, 2020) DIY, or “do-it-yourself,” as it relates to urban planning, most easily evokes... Read More
On Interior Urbanism: An Interview with Jeremy Senko
By Erick Villagomez
Interiors and urbanism are often considered opposites of one another. But are they so different? Spacing Vancouver’s Erick... Read More
S101 Series: Introduction and Call
By Erick Villagomez
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: cities are complex. But that doesn’t mean they need to be complicated... Read More
Digging Into Where The Sun Needs Shine – BROADWAY PLAN – Part 2
By grahammcgarva
Expand upon our embedded assets This lyric essay digs inside the psyche of planning processes. It uses the oblique projection of... Read More
The Blue Cabin: A Dream of Home in Uncertain Times
By irisleung
Amidst widespread housing instability, many feel that we may never again be able to dream of a home to call our own. There’s a deep... Read More
Broadway & Vancouver Plans: A Rejection of Core Vancouver Planning Principles?
By Spacing
Author: Ralph Segal With the City’s current Zoning Map as an initial regulatory reference, Vancouver’s contemporary approach to... Read More
Broadway Plan Reflections
By Erick Villagomez
This piece started with a simple aspiration: to collect a diversity of meaningful 100-200 word reflections on Broadway Plan processes... Read More
VIDEO: Why does the Vancouver Plan matter to you?
By Yuri Artibise
On July 22, 2022, Vancouver City Council approved the Vancouver Plan, a citywide land use strategy to create a more livable... Read More