Public Space in Vancouver Analytical Essay by Top Papers

This paper addresses the use of public space within the context of the city of Vancouver. In particular, the paper discusses the mixed-use Office Tower in Surrey, Vancouver, British Columbia. While there are many excellent public space projects underway in Vancouver, such as Canada Place, the Art Gallery, the Airport, the Greater Vancouver Regional District Project, and the English Bay, the aforementioned mixed-use office tower designed by Bing Thom is a very interesting glance into how public space offers both the promise of inclusiveness at the same time as it presents the threat of public space slowly becoming overwhelmed by private interests to the exclusion of inclusiveness.