{"id":28144,"date":"2016-01-26T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=28144"},"modified":"2016-01-24T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T05:51:53","slug":"video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18200\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/video-van_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"Video Vancouver\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRjewbDckw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Via\u00a0<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHEU1kClM4qZ2__6Z7mNSXA\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CC0Q4TkiEwjCkN6coMTKAhXIQ34KHe3VDDco-B0\" data-ytid=\"UCHEU1kClM4qZ2__6Z7mNSXA\">HCMA Architecture + Design<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver\u2019s water.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a seeming paradox in Vancouver\u2014it\u2019s a highly-livable city surrounded by unparalleled natural beauty, yet sometimes described as \u201cno fun\u201d by disengaged and unhappy residents. <a href=\"http:\/\/hcma.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">HCMA Architecture + Design<\/a> is exploring opportunities to combat this through their <a href=\"http:\/\/tilt.world\/\" target=\"_blank\">TILT Curiosity Labs<\/a> by introducing North America\u2019s first Harbour Deck, an innovative new type of engaging public space on and in the water.<\/p>\n<p>Proposed for Coal Harbour\u2014a dense residential area intermixed with luxury hotels and commercial office space in Vancouver\u2019s downtown core\u2014HCMA hopes to create an inviting urban harbour landscape that rekindles human connection with water in one of Canada\u2019s most densely-populated and expensive cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHCMA\u2019s focus is serving communities. We want to use our design potential to create healthy, delightful and sustainable environments that strengthen relationships of people who live shoulder-to-shoulder. We want to encourage activity and human connection,\u201d explains Darryl Condon, the firm\u2019s managing partner.<\/p>\n<p>Harbour Deck is about starting a conversation about what\u2019s possible for Vancouver\u2019s social spaces and re-establishing our connection with the marine environment. It\u2019s only in recent years that Vancouver has lost touch with the water that surrounds us\u2014opting to walk, bike and run around the Seawall rather than jump neck-deep into a resource that gives us life and vitality. Vancouverites are intrinsically water people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the indigenous peoples who called Coal Harbour home before Canada\u2019s conception, to crowded swimming platforms in Burrard Inlet and English Bay in the early 1900s, to the logging, fishing and modern port and tourism industries\u2014water has always played an essential role in the livelihood of the city. It\u2019s about time Vancouverites began benefitting from its full potential again,\u201d says Condon.\u02d9<\/p>\n<p>Close to transit and functioning as an extension of Bute Street, the proposed design for Harbour Deck is striking\u2014it includes an oval wooden boardwalk, wind-shielded seating, swim lanes and wading areas, water hammocks, a raised bridge, and a four-metre high platform. It also features space for picnicking and live performances and festivals, with stunning views of Stanley Park, the North Shore mountains and city skyline.<\/p>\n<p>Experts in designing aquatic and community spaces, such as Hillcrest Centre and West Vancouver Community Centre, building a public space on the water seemed obvious to HCMA\u2014from a health, historical and financial perspective. With downtown land prices hitting all-time highs and density approaching 5,300 people per square kilometre, public spaces often lose out to more profitable developments. Yet it\u2019s been proven these places are crucial to the sustainability, health and happiness of successful cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Not a pool, pier or park, Harbour Deck builds on successful precedential waterfront public squares in Northern European cities like Copenhagen and Oslo which have similar climates and urban environments. In the years since the introduction of these so-called \u201charbour baths\u201d, water quality around ports has improved as relationship between industry, the public and the marine environment is strengthened. Connection with the water fosters environmental stewardship and responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarbour Deck takes what was a poorly-used dock and turns it into something really fabulous. Make your fireworks reservations now. Plan a live concert, or start your own. This is not just a public space, it\u2019s a public stage with the best backdrop in Vancouver.\u201d says Gordon Price, urban planner and former City of Vancouver Councillor.<\/p>\n<p>There are no fixed plans yet to move ahead with construction, but HCMA hopes to kickstart a conversation around effective public spaces that redefine residents\u2019 relationship with the water. While HCMA\u2019s feasibility study specifically addresses a Harbour Deck located downtown in Coal Harbour, the firm envisions vibrant public spaces on the water in many more communities in and around the Lower Mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Harbour Deck is part of a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumofvancouver.ca\/exhibitions\/exhibit\/your-future-home-creating-new-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Vancouver<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanarium.org\/event\/your-future-home-creating-new-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\">Urbanarium<\/a> exhibition called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumofvancouver.ca\/exhibitions\/exhibit\/your-future-home-creating-new-vancouver\" target=\"_blank\">Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver<\/a>, running from January 21 to May 15, 2016. The exhibition spotlights 20 visions relating to issues that most concern residents: affordable housing, residential density, ease of transportation, and quality of public space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via\u00a0HCMA Architecture + Design: A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver\u2019s water. There\u2019s a seeming paradox in Vancouver\u2014it\u2019s a highly-livable city surrounded by unparalleled natural beauty, yet sometimes described as \u201cno fun\u201d by disengaged and unhappy residents. HCMA Architecture + Design is exploring opportunities to combat this through their TILT Curiosity Labs by<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":28145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11231,11293,11235,11237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosities","category-film-video","category-urban-design","category-waterfront","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver\u2019s water.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-26T20:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"868\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yuri Artibise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yuri Artibise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\",\"name\":\"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck - Spacing Vancouver\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-26T20:00:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png\",\"width\":1702,\"height\":868},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Vancouver\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9\",\"name\":\"Yuri Artibise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Yuri Artibise\"},\"description\":\"Yuri Artibiseis an experienced public policy advisor and digital engagement specialist with a passion for urban planning and community participation. He is the Executive Director of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the principle of Yurbanism, an urban engagement and communications consultancy, and an elected director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/yuriartibise.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/yuriartibise\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck - Spacing Vancouver","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck","og_description":"A new kind of public space that re-engages Vancouver\u2019s water.","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Vancouver","article_published_time":"2016-01-26T20:00:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1702,"height":868,"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Yuri Artibise","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Yuri Artibise","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/","name":"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck - Spacing Vancouver","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png","datePublished":"2016-01-26T20:00:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Screenshot-2016-01-24-21.45.42.png","width":1702,"height":868},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/26\/video-vancouver-coal-harbour-deck\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Video Vancouver: Coal Harbour Deck"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/","name":"Spacing Vancouver","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9","name":"Yuri Artibise","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Yuri Artibise"},"description":"Yuri Artibiseis an experienced public policy advisor and digital engagement specialist with a passion for urban planning and community participation. He is the Executive Director of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the principle of Yurbanism, an urban engagement and communications consultancy, and an elected director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia.","sameAs":["http:\/\/yuriartibise.com"],"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/yuriartibise\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28148,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144\/revisions\/28148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}