Design Competition

Life Between Umbrellas

Submitted with team mate Julie Ann

The goal of Life Between Umbrellas is to improve the opportunities for public life during the rainy months, respond to the challenges that are posed by wet weather, harness rain as a resource, and to encourage a culture of fun, friendly, wet weather activities for residents, workers and visitors to Vancouver.

Place: An idea to make a new or existing public space (such as a plaza, street, sidewalk, laneway, parklet, or park) rain-friendly;

The Intervention: A rain-friendly design feature, element, or seasonal structure; a design that can serve to enhance an existing public space;

The Celebration: A rain-friendly pop-up public space activation (e.g. an event or interactive installation) that will help build a more positive culture of rain-friendly activity, fostering social connections in the rainy months