In 2012, the Arts Undergraduate Society envisioned a multipurpose community space for Arts students to gather — a vision nearly 10 years in the making. UBC Properties stepped in as the project manager to help bring the vision to life.
The facility also includes a commons block component which includes a 500-seat dining hall with central kitchen, access for students living in residence to social amenities and study space and Student Housing and Conferences front desk for both resident students and seasonal hotel check-in.
The Skeena Residence is a 220-bed student residence constructed to meet this need, and UBC Properties Trust was the project manager. Each unit has two single bedrooms that share a bathroom along with house lounges, informal study space, activity room and laundry facilities. There are also two cityhomes included for visiting faculty and staff.
The transit exchange was originally planned to be a standalone project, but due to cost and neighbourhood impacts, we worked with UBC and Translink to bring forward a solution which combined student residence with transit exchange. The project would make full use of the space with the residence built on top of the exchange, as…
It includes a 400-seat classroom, more than 350 new study and collaborative areas, a graduate student commons and a café. It also contains a digital technology centre, the Visualization and Emerging Media Studio, equipped with state-of-the-art immersive media technologies including Canada’s highest-resolution 3D VR-ready video wall. The Sawchuk Family Theatre includes a 25-30 person capacity…
This project is part of the Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHHS) overall strategy to develop an additional 2,500 beds on the Vancouver campus by 2014, thereby increasing the overall student residence spaces to 35% of full-time student population within that period. As part of its growth plan to address significant demand for on-campus student…
This facility has replaced the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre. The Sports Medicine Centre was developed in two phases: Phase 1 includes offices, clinical facilities, and required clinical support space. Phase 2 included research labs, further offices and further clinical facilities.
We orchestrated the management of Brock Commons Tallwood, an 18-story student residence that dared to redefine the limits of wooden architecture in towering structures. This architectural marvel stood tall, showcasing the world the untapped potential of wood in the realm of lofty buildings. At the time of completion, it was the tallest contemporary hybrid mass…
This project is a two level facility comprised of a portion of existing basement space in Koerner Library and a new building component above on the mid-level plaza leading from Koerner Library to the Irving K Barber Learning Centre.
The planned venture created a state-of-the-art high-performance training centre for the Whitecaps programs and important recreational and high-performance sports legacies for the UBC community. The facility forms the centrepiece of the proposed National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC). This project includes a new field house, two grass playing fields, one artificial turf field, and relocation of…