{"id":28275,"date":"2016-02-22T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver?p=28275&#038;preview_id=28275"},"modified":"2016-03-03T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:21:14","slug":"re-engaging-vancouvers-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/02\/22\/re-engaging-vancouvers-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Engaging Vancouver&#8217;s Waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/indepth_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver is a beautiful city. Surrounded by the ocean, green mountains and parks, Vancouverites seem to thoroughly enjoy all its natural amenities, including its 28 km uninterrupted Seaside Greenway connecting the Vancouver Convention Centre to Spanish Banks Park along its watery edge. The city is also blessed with nine beautiful beaches. And yet, studies show that out of all the census metropolitan areas Vancouverites have the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/pub\/11-626-x\/11-626-x2015046-eng.htm\" target=\"_blank\">lowest life satisfaction rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So why are we so unhappy, amid all this natural beauty and what potential ?<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Vancouver&#8217;s Happy Hour Event, <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanarium.org\/event\/mov-happy-hour-re-engaging-vancouvers-water\" target=\"_blank\">Re-Engaging Vancouver&#8217;s Waters<\/a> sought to address this very these issue.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver&#8217;s downtown peninsula is one of the most densely populated cities in the country, and despite many wonderful attributes, it is known to lack vibrant public spaces that engage its citizens in daily encounters and foster mutual activities. The city&#8217;s waterfront spaces have the potential to offer such spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Towards this end, Mark Busse and his Team at <a href=\"http:\/\/hcma.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">HCMA Architecture + Design<\/a>\u00a0 shared their ideas and research findings on how to establish and redefine a healthy relationship with water that would contribute to Vancouver&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>The team was particularly inspired by examples in Europe, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slrg.ch\/de\/nw\/sektionen\/basel\/rheinschwimmen\/informations-in-english\/questions-and-answers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rheinschiwmmen<\/a> open water floating event in the Swiss city, Basel. And over the course of the event, Melissa Higgs\u2014Associate at HCMA\u2014showed various other examples from Denmark and Norway, where citizens gather after work or at weekends through networks of harbour baths. In all these cities, water becomes a prime location that bring the citizens of a city together.<\/p>\n<p>As one would expect, water programs such as these are very popular, something that is also reflected via social media such as Instagram through hashtags like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/sorengasjobad\/\" target=\"_blank\">#sorengasjobad<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/iconosquare.com\/tag\/islandsbrygge\" target=\"_blank\">#islandsbrygge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the presentations, the audience was invited to share their opinions, views and suggestions on how we can celebrate the life in the city and implement water for a new type of urban space. Some members in the audience, for example, expressed safety concerns with open water concepts. Is it safe to just dive into deep waters? Will there be any Lifeguards to protect the citizens?\u00a0Others were wondering how clean the waters are? Also, given the mild climate of Vancouver, wouldn&#8217;t it be too cold to swim in the open waters?<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mark Busse explained, that studies show that diving in cold water has significant health benefits, such as longer life expectancy, increased libido and fertility rates.<\/p>\n<p>One member of the audience also suggested to build public spaces similar to the <a href=\"http:\/\/waterfrontalliance.org\/what-we-do\/waterfront-edge-design-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Waterfront Design Guideline in New York<\/a>. It is an appraisal system for water similar to what <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design\" target=\"_blank\">LEED<\/a> is to buildings. Provided the City of Vancouver would support such an idea, it could help Vancouver to improve public access, support recreation and revive Vancouver&#8217;s waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>During the highly engaging and productive discussions, one thing became clear: Vancouverites are very open towards the idea of having public spaces around water and its natural resources. After all, \u00a0the idea of having a vibrant, engaging and inclusive city, where citizens can socialize and exchange their leisure time is a goal many Vancouverites share.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ulduz Maschaykh<\/strong> is an art\/urban historian with an interest in architecture, design and the impact of cities on people\u2019s lives. Through her international studies in Bonn (Germany), Vancouver (Canada) and Auckland (New Zealand) she has gained a diverse and intercultural understanding of cultures and cities. She is the author of the book\u2014<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Changing-Image-Affordable-Housing-Gentrification-ebook\/dp\/B00WX9C6NA\" target=\"_blank\">The Changing Image of Affordable Housing: Design, Gentrification and Community in Canada and Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver is a beautiful city. Surrounded by the ocean, green mountains and parks, Vancouverites seem to thoroughly enjoy all its natural amenities, including its 28 km uninterrupted Seaside Greenway connecting the Vancouver Convention Centre to Spanish Banks Park along its watery edge. The city is also blessed with nine beautiful beaches. And yet, studies show<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/02\/22\/re-engaging-vancouvers-waters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Re-Engaging Vancouver&#8217;s Waterfront&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":28280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":[11230,15,22,11235,11237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-culture","category-green-space","category-urban-design","category-waterfront"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Re-Engaging Vancouver&#039;s Waterfront - 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\/02\/22\/re-engaging-vancouvers-waters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Re-Engaging Vancouver&#039;s Waterfront - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vancouver is a beautiful city. 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