UBC Gateway
WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
This building has a clarity in plan despite its multifaceted occupancy of public-facing, university community-facing and faculty-specific activities. An atrium brings light and activity into the densely packed academic building. As a result, it does not feel crowded, but rather feels like a dignified, warm place that is well resolved at the human scale. Located at the entry to the university campus, it has an engaged ground level plan and lushly planted forecourts, as well as fluid circulation throughout. There?s a lot of thought put into its sustainability strategies and material choices, from its mass timber structure to its prefabricated wall panels and terracotta cladding. The quality of its materiality, rational planning and expression result in an endurance-oriented design befitting of a gateway. It is targeting an exceptional level of performance, with a GHGI of 1.4?a significant achievement, especially given that it includes a kinesiology department with a wet lab. -Jury Comment At the principal point of entry to the University of British Columbia?s Vancouver campus, the Gateway project will create a place for learning, research, and community outreach through the co-location of the schools of Nursing, Kinesiology, Language Science and UBC health clinics.
Conversations with representatives of the Musqueam First Nation were fundamental to co-creating a contemporary design vision aligned with traditional Musqu...
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