BE PART OF A SPECTACULAR PUBLIC SPACE TRANSFORMATION!
After months of exciting and creative participatory design workshops, MOV and our partners are now getting ready for our spectacular July 13th Design+Build event on Granville Street.
Three design+build teams will be working with the public to transform the street using huge blocks of super-light polystyrene. We will be playing on a grand scale with Team Giant Games, collaborating on an inviting public space with Team Block Talk, and imagining new ideas with Team Hallucinating in Public. Think of it as part street party, part art installation, and part giant construction site.
If you would like to be part of this historic space-changing event, please join our volunteer team.
Opportunities include short shifts over the course of the day:
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Public Engagement and Fun Faces
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Sustainability Team and Vacuum Ninjas
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General Administration Helpers
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Building block stockpilers
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Security/wanderers
Bonus: Volunteers may also join build/play teams when not on shift!
Two ways to get involved:
1/ Join us for refreshments and inspiration at Volunteer Orientation night on June 26, from 6-8pm. Register here: (www.upcycledvolunteer-june26.eventbrite.com).
2/ If you can’t make it on June 26 but want to help, fire us an email at upcycledurbanism@museumofvancouver.ca
First Aid and/or a second language would be great assets (please note these when registering).
We’d love to hear from you: upcycledurbanism@museumofvancouver.ca
Twitter: #upcycled urbanism
@museumofvan
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Upcycled urbanism is a participatory design project that empowers everyone to reimagine Vancouver’s public spaces. Design and build prototypes in a team environment using modular blocks of polystyrene containing material salvaged from the construction of the Port Mann bridge. Then turn your public space dreams into reality on Granville Street on July 13. Upcycled Urbanism is a partnership between Museum of Vancouver, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Public Space Network, Maker Faire Vancouver, and Spacing Magazine, with generous additional support from SALA, Mansonville Plastics and the Vancouver Foundation.
