Advocacy, education and outreach in support of Vancouver's public spaces

Upcycled Urbanism: third event on March 17th!

YOU’RE INVITED! Please join us on March 17th for Block Talk, the VPSN’s collaboration with UBC SALA and MOV, along with the rest of the Upcycled Urbanism series: Block Talk – March 17th 2:00pm – 4:00pm @MOV (1100 Chestnut St.)... Continue reading »

March 8, 2013   |   0 comments
Hallucinating in Public: creating environments that are beautiful and disruptive

March 10th 2:00PM – 4:00PM @ MOV (1100 Chestnut St)  Have you ever looked at a space and thought: how did someone come up with that? Hallucinating in Public beings to explore the state of mind a designer, architect, landscape... Continue reading »

March 6, 2013   |   0 comments
Upcycled Urbanism

Please join us on March 3rd as VPSN partners with the Museum of Vancouver, Spacing Magazine and UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture to bring you an exciting series of events on public space design: Designing Together The first... Continue reading »

February 26, 2013   |   0 comments
Mark Kingwell Is Public Space a Public Good? A synopsis of Mark Kingwell’s public lecture

For those of you who missed out the February 21 Warren Gill Memorial Lecture, by Mark Kingwell, don’t fret. Our intrepid field reporter Katie Stowe has put together a synopsis of what was an inspired, fascinating, and complex exploration of... Continue reading »

February 24, 2013   |   0 comments
Hearts at the Art Gallery Valentine’s memories: 2008

Here’s a happy memory from the VPSN archives: our 2008 Valentine’s intervention on the south steps of the Art Gallery. A crew from the public space network rolled up their sleeves on the evening of February 13/14 and stamped hundreds... Continue reading »

February 14, 2013   |   0 comments