Art in the City: A New Vancouver Art Gallery as a Means of Re-affirming Culture and Vitalizing the Urban Realm
| dc.contributor.author | Harper, Colin John Linton | |
| dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
| dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.external-examiner | Carol Burns | en_US |
| dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Steve Parcell | en_US |
| dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Roland Hudson | en_US |
| dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Catherine Venart | |
| dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Christine Macy | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-11T14:39:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-11T14:39:59Z | |
| dc.date.defence | 2011-03-22 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores the possibility that a well designed and situated urban art gallery might improve a problematic urban condition in Vancouver. The aim is to vitalize a neglected urban space, and connect the waterfront seawall with the downtown core, while exposing the gallery to the public. By playing on the potential of a formally rich urban context— characterized by viaducts, SkyTrain rails, tunnels, underpasses and abrupt elevation changes — the project aims to celebrate the site’s unusual formal qualities while reclaiming it for human, rather than vehicular, activity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13344 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | urban | en_US |
| dc.subject | art gallery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vancouver | en_US |
| dc.title | Art in the City: A New Vancouver Art Gallery as a Means of Re-affirming Culture and Vitalizing the Urban Realm | en_US |