Principles of Park Planning SALA Vancouver Summer Program

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1 Principles of Park Planning SALA Vancouver Summer Program

2 Day 4 Lecture Lecture Principles of Park Planning The Public Realm Anatomy of a park Park planning and design Spirit of place genius loci

3 THE PUBLIC REALM

4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Public Realm WHAT IS IT? Regional Parks Greenways 14,452 ha Watersheds - - * Municipal Parks 12,622 ha Crippen Bowen Island Bowen Island Apodaca Ecological Reserve Lions Bay Capilano Watershed Lynn Headwaters Cypress Provincial Park West Vancouver Capilano River North Vancouver City Seymour Indian Arm Watershed Provincial Park Mt. Seymour Provincial Park Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve Thwaytes Landing Seymour River Greenway North Vancouver Belcarra Anmore District Belcarra Port Moody Coquitlam Watershed Minnekhada Pinecone / Burke Provincial Park Widgeon Marsh Pitt-Addington Marsh UBC Research Forest Pitt Lake Golden Ears Provincial Park Alouette Lake Provincial Parks & Ecological Reserves TOTAL *Watersheds & WMAs not factored into summary calculations * Wildlife Managment Areas Institutional Sites Federal Sites 39,853 ha - - * 5,078 ha 381 ha 72,387 ha - part of Fraser River Delta RAMSAR Site #243 April 2015 Strait of Georgia Electoral Area A Sturgeon Bank Kilometers * Roberts Bank Pacific Spirit Iona Beach Vancouver AlaksenNt'l South Arm Wildlife Area * Marshes* Richmond Tsawwassen First Nation Deas Island Delta Boundary Bay Burnaby Fraser River Islands Burns Bog * Burnaby Lake Fraser River Boundary Bay * New Westminster Delta Nature Reserve Delta South Surrey Greenway Brunette- Fraser Greenway Coquitlam Fraser River Islands Colony Farm * Serpentine Fen White Rock Port Coquitlam Surrey Bend Tynehead Surrey Pitt River Greenway Pitt Meadows Barnston Island Codd Wetland Langley City North Alouette Greenway Derby Reach Campbell Valley Blaney Bog Brae Island Langley Township Maple Ridge Kanaka Creek BCIT Woodlot Glen Valley Aldergrove Abbotsford Matsqui Trail Sumas Mountain

5 The Public Realm WHAT IS IT? Parks Greenways Urban parks Public plazas Public buildings Laneways Streets Green roofs Public transit Beaches publicly owned streets, pathways, right of ways, parks, publicly accessible open spaces and any public and civic building and facili9es

6 The Public Realm WHAT IS IT? Parks Greenways Urban parks Public plazas Public buildings Laneways Streets Green roofs Public transit Beaches publicly owned streets, pathways, right of ways, parks, publicly accessible open spaces and any public and civic building and facili9es

7 The Public Realm WHAT IS IT?

8 ANATOMY OF A PARK

9 Anatomy of a Park PARK TYPOLOGIES Large parks Neighbourhood parks Nature parks ConservaSon areas Plazas Pocket parks Sports/recreaSon parks Stanley Park, Vancouver Mid Main Park, Vancouver

10 Anatomy of a Park THE BASIC COMPONENTS Access + Entrance CirculaSon (connec9ons, places to move through) Nodes (places to stay) Natural Areas / PlanSng Features/points of interest English Bay, Vancouver the built and natural elements that make up a park

11 Anatomy of a Park ACCESS Stanley Park Entrance Gateway 1890 Stanley Park Entrance 2016 How do I get to the park, and how do I know when I have arrived?

12 How do I get to the park, and how do I know when I have arrived? Anatomy of a Park ACCESS

13 Anatomy of a Park CIRULCATION A hierarchy Designed for type, frequency and intended use Defines how people move through and experience the park Defines places within the circulason network Internal park users and those moving through the site

14 Anatomy of a Park CIRULCATION

15 Anatomy of a Park CIRULCATION

16 Anatomy of a Park CIRULATION

17 Anatomy of a Park NODES Gathering space Open space Formal gardens Beaches Picnic areas AcSvity zones Markets Playgrounds Community gardens Program areas.place to stay, spend 9me. Des9na9ons.

18 .place to stay, spend 9me. Des9na9ons. Anatomy of a Park NODES

19 Anatomy of a Park PLANTING / NATURAL AREAS / NATURAL FEATURES ConservaSon areas No access zones Boundary + edge definison Farm areas Natural amenises protected for Ecological services Contribute sound, air quality, visual interest and buffers, and natural sefng to park experience Stanley Park, Vancouver Mid Main Park, Vancouver

20 Anatomy of a Park FEATURES: POINTS OF INTERST Art InterpretaSon A view A surprise Heritage feature A relic A big tree A memorial Stanley Park Statue Stanley Park Carving Stanley Park Totem Poles

21 Anatomy of a Park THE BASIC COMPONENTS FEATURES: POINTS OF INTERST Stanley Park Totem Poles

22 Anatomy of a Park THE BASIC COMPONENTS STANLEY PARK Stanley Park Totem Poles

23 PARK PLANNING + DESIGN

24 HOW DO WE GET FROM.. Park Planning + Design PROCESS AN EMPTY SITE

25 TO A PARK PLAN + DESIGN Park Planning + Design PROCESS

26 TO A NEW PARK?.. Park Planning + Design PROCESS

27 Park Planning + Design PROCESS

28 Park Planning + Design RESEARCH AND INFORMATION GATHERING Regional Plans Policy SUSTAINABLE REGION INITIATIVE... TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No.1136, 2010 ExisSng recreasonal demand studies Metro Vancouver 2040 Shaping Our Future Growth projecsons and trend analysis Adopted by the Greater Vancouver Regional District Board on July 29, 2011 Updated to October 30, 2015 Regional Growth Strategy Regional RecreaSon Demand Study

29 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS - ECOLOGICAL DESIGN Ecological Design GIS Ecosystem Services Ian McHarg, 1971 design that minimizes environmentally destruc9ve impacts by integra9ng itself with living processes Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan

30 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS EXISTING CONDITIONS Environmental Geology Soils Hydrology ExisSng vegetason Wetlands Wildlife and habitat Climate orientason, wind, precipitason, humidity Topography

31 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS EXISTING CONDITIONS Socio Economic + Cultural Adjacent communises Cultures First NaSons TradiSonal land use ExisSng land use

32 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS EXISTING CONDITIONS Infrastructure Zoning ExisSng buildings USliSes + servicing Planned infrastructure Road, trail and other connecsons

33 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS EXISTING CONDITIONS ExperienSal Views Points of interest Special features Sound + smell

34 Park Planning + Design PUBLIC ENGAGMENT Who are the users What are their interests What do they want in the park? Are there others not being heard? Who is this park for? Masloves scale of engagment

35 Park Planning + Design PUBLIC ENGAGMENT Community meesng Special interest group meesngs Community workshops Public open houses Response?

36 Park Planning + Design PUBLIC ENGAGMENT Source

37 Park Planning + Design FIRST NATION ENGAGEMENT Stanley Park Totem Poles Musqueam First NaSon RepresentaSves

38 Park Planning + Design SPIRIT OF PLACE GENIUS LOCI Natural elements Sounds Smells History Built form Views The people in the space The textures, colors seasons What make a place special or dis9nct - its past, current and future essence

39 Park Planning + Design SPIRIT OF PLACE AUTHENTICITY Placemaking facilitates crea9ve paperns of use, paying par9cular apen9on to the physical, cultural, and social iden99es that define a place and support its ongoing evolu9on -Project for Public Space

40 Park Planning + Design SPIRIT OF PLACE THE SENSES

41 Park Planning + Design SPIRIT OF PLACE THE SENSES

42 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS

43 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS

44 Park Planning + Design SITE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS

45 Park Planning + Design CONCEPT DESIGN

46 Matsqui Trail Regional Park Concept Plan Park Program Vision + Goals Concept Plan Access + Entrance CirculaSon Nodes Natural Areas / PlanSng Features/points of interest Park Planning + Design CONCEPT PLAN

47 Design development Detailed design ConstrucSon Park Planning + Design DESIGN

48 Park Planning + Design IMPLEMENTATION

49 Are people using this park Do people take ownership of this park? Do those who engaged in the process support the end product? Is it performing its intended ecological services? Park Planning + Design SUCCESS?

50 QUESTIONS?