Richmond’s Capstan Village is a new emerging master planned neighbourhood focussed on young families and the city’s creative community. With the rapid increase of residential dwellings and the construction of a new Skytrain station, the City of Richmond has contracted DIALOG to research ways to integrate the new station and the neighbourhood’s other public spaces to build a sense of community and place. The Capstan Station Integration Plan is a public realm design exercise understanding how the city might program or activate the space through public art, markets or vendors, or seating design.

As part of this project, I have coordinated the public engagement component seeking to understand community interest in how to activate the future Skytrain station and neighbouring public spaces. This work includes analysis of the socio-demographic make-up of the city and nearby areas as well as pop-up stations, intercept surveys, and observational studies. The engagement asks the public, “how could make Capstan Station feel like a neighbourhood hub?”

Client: DIALOG for the City of Richmond

Status: Ongoing

Core Skills & Concepts:

• Public arts planning

• Urban design

• Public engagement

• Site activations