Taryn Plater RPP Candidate | MCRP, MM, BMus
As a planner with a highly multidisciplinary background (engineering, marketing, fundraising, and opera performance), I bring a unique perspective to my work. My approach to urban planning and design centres physical and cultural context, with the goal of supporting communities that are vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. I have a particular interest in the intersection of urban design and social planning.
I am grateful for the opportunity to create and learn on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Urban
design
Integrity, creativity, and empathy shape the way we work. These aren't just words—they’re the foundation of everything we build. We believe in doing great work, building real relationships, and making it easy for you to get the results you’re looking for.
Reframing LeBreton
Contribution: Sketches, design concept, layout, copy creation
Honourable Mention: Most thought-provoking – National Capital Design Competition
A feminist approach to community greenspace that prioritizes stewardship, exploration, and joy. With a focus on child-oriented design, we create a nurturing space that interrogates our relationship to landscape and our understanding of what is beautiful.
Paueru Gai: a new vision
Contribution: Sketches, design concept, layout, copy creation
Taking the history of the area as its foundation, this design imagines possible futures for the many communities that have called this Vancouver neighbourhood home. From community-led public art to flexible programmable public space, Paueru Gai’s new vision should be directed by the community, not inflicted upon it.
Rebuilding Mariupol
Contribution: Project management, sketches, collage renderings, 2D maps, design concept, layout
Accessibility and Inclusivity Award + Second Place Award – Planuyemo Razom International Competition
A planning and design proposal for the rebuilding of Mariupol's Prymorskyi (seaside) district, considering the historical significance and sensorial experience of spaces while planning for resilience, defence, and safety.
Paueru Gai: Preliminary design concept
Reimagining Vancouver's Railtown as a neighbourhood that supports existing and new residents with public spaces, community amenities, and socially-focused creative industry. This concept was a precursor to the New Vision design proposal.
Reclaim the Waterfront
Contribution: Sketches, design concept, layout, copy creation
Honourable Mention: Most thought-provoking – National Capital Design Competition
A redesign of the Sussex Drive Corridor in Ottawa focused on public access and historical transparency. The bold approach proposed tearing down barriers in the form of walls, roads, and outdated ideologies.
Planning
policy
Integrity, creativity, and empathy shape the way we work. These aren't just words—they’re the foundation of everything we build. We believe in doing great work, building real relationships, and making it easy for you to get the results you’re looking for.
Homelessness and climate change
A project with UGM and Sustainability Scholars exploring the links between climate change and homelessness in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community to inform future advocacy for policy interventions.
Enforcing tenant rights
Acknowledging current gaps in enforcing Tenant Relocation and Protection Policies, this project provides a catalogue of tools to help BC municipalities implement effective and realistic enforcement mechanisms.
Creative
projects
Soundwalk
A community-created audio guide through Vancouver's Memorial South Park. Using recordings ‘donated’ by members of Vancouver’s Sunset neighbourhood this project created a place-based reflection of an important natural space, inviting listeners to explore the park with fresh eyes (and ears).
As a musician and producer, I bring people together to tell stories. This selection of collaborations and self-produced works offers a window into my creative process and the diverse artists and communities that inform my work.
Pamyatayesh
A story of forgetting and remembering. Through theatre, film, and Ukrainian art song, this original creative work seeks to explore what it means to remember and pass on a cultural identity that has been torn from its physical place.
ASL opera
Deaf theatre mets improvisatory opera in Through the Window. Exploring themes of expectation, religion, and communication, this ASL theatre piece by Landon Krentz was interpreted for hearing audience members with improvised singing.
Pop-up concerts in the DTES
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Opera for Good: Squamish concert series
Themed concerts that serve the community by bringing accessible professional opera to Squamish, while raising funds for rotating community organizations. This series builds on years of partnership between St. John the Divine, emerging opera artists, arts advocates, and Squamish community groups.
Opera Unbound
Opera Unbound creates unique artistic experiences grounded in collaboration across genres and mediums. We aim to make opera immediate, welcoming, and relevant. We partner with artists across greater Vancouver to develop and present new collaborations, from workshops and house concerts to full-scale premieres.