BCIT Graduation Project Design Summary

Graduating Project Summary
The Creative Laboratory for

Contemporary Art
Submitted to
Peter Levar
Created by
Bryan He
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Cover page:
Ethan Breckenridge I “i love it here”
Acknowledgement:
Faculty Advisor:
Peter Levar
Industry Advisor / Mentor:

Barry Weih
Wensley Architecture Ltd.

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Introduction Design Process 2/3s Table of Contents

Abstract 6 Section and Elevation 46
Location 8 Building Organization 47
Design Parti 9 Structure 48
Program and Site Floor Plans 49
Quantitative Program 12 Outdoor Space 50
Vancouver Art Scene 14 Hogan’s Alley Memorial Park 51
Statistics 15 Street Edge 52
User Group 16 Artist Live / Work Studios 54
Existing Conditions 18 Materiality 56
Site History - Hogan’s Alley 21 Final Design
Accessibility - Transit 22 Floor Plans 60
Accessibility - Bicycle 23 Sections 62
Pedestrian Experience 24 Building System and Detail 67
Response to Existing Conditions 25 Building Organization 68
Precedent Study - Under Spaces Sustainability Strategy 69
Centre for Arts & Culture, Yokohama 28 Perspectives 70
False Creek Energy Centre 29 Physical Model 85
A8ernA 30
Public Domain and the Dispersed City 31
Design Process
Design Process 1/3
Massing 34
Light and Orientation 36
Public Realm Scheme 38
Courtyard Scheme 40
Floor Plans 42
Art Gallery 44
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Introduction
art-in-process, architecture-in-process
Bob & Roberta Smith I Factory Outlet

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Introduction
Abstract
what,
The purpose of the Creative Laboratory for Contemporary Art is to make gallery visits exciting and inspiring experiences while making contemporary art more accessible
for all Vancouverites.

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how,
The Creative Laboratory for Contemporary Art is a multi-faceted hub for local artists effort to help artists focus on their work during the course of their projects. The in-
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to create and exhibit their works. Like the 798 Art District in Beijing and the Palais de residence artists also become a resource for the general public to learn more about
Introduction
Tokyo in Paris, it is an experimental platform different from a white box contemporary contemporary art.
art gallery. This concept allows visitors to experience the in-situ creative process The work portions of the studios are directly connected to the gallery spaces for site- Abstract
of the artists and encourages dialogue and interaction between the creators and specific creations. The process of making art therefore becomes a form of exhibition
visitors. The laboratory is intended to inspire and challenge traditional perceptions that allows interaction between artists, art, and visitors. The laboratory becomes an
of both art creation and exhibition and to become a stimulus for Vancouverites to experiment that explores what the environment gives to artists and what the viewers
access contemporary art in an interactive way. give to art. Art-in-process, architecture-in-process is the overriding theme of this
The high cost of living and the low average income for artists in Vancouver makes it facility.
a challenge for local artists to thrive. The live-work studios in the laboratory are an
where,
The site for The Creative Laboratory for Contemporary Art is a parking lot on 800 route, the creative laboratory will bring together the surrounding artist communities,
Quebec Street under the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaduct. It is close to the Main Street major educational institutions and the public to make art a larger part of their daily
- Science World SkyTrain Station and resides at the intersection of the Downtown, lives.
Strathcona, and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods. Being on a major public transit

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Introduction Project
Location
High-rise
Location Artists
Communities
redisdential Mixed-use
Historical Chinatown
Recreational
Stadium
Single residential
Commercial
Artist Communities
High-rise residential
Recreational
Science World
Proposal for re-purposing

Multi-residential Industrial
the viaducts
* based on the concept

of The High Line by Diller
Scofidio + Renfro Nolli map: project location and context
The project location is at the intersection of Downtown, Strathcona, and Mount Pleasant disconnected urban fabric through its public use. The goal is to create a cultural hot spot
The Creative Laboratory for neighbourhoods, areas of the city that are considered active and vibrant artist communities. that connects the historical Chinatown and the rapidly developing South-East False Creek.
Contemporary Art The surrounding high-rise residential, multi- residential, single-family residential, commercial, The realization of an elevated urban park replacing the function of the existing viaducts in
and recreational activities will provide traffic and density for the project. the future will provide a bike and pedestrian friendly connection between downtown and
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Introduction
Design Parti
Site extent
The Site
Acrylic painting on canvas 36x16 in
Courtyard and north-facing clearstorey windows
The parti is the result of a site study painting. The painting shows the geometry of building mass is placed under the viaducts following their geometry. The north-south The Creative Laboratory for
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the viaducts (white), and their shadow (dark grey) cast on the ground (light grey). connections close off the open area between the viaducts and create courtyards in Graduating Project Summary
The change in shadow to the right represents a seven-meter grade change. To the building.
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Program and Site

12 PROGRAM QUANTITY SIZE m2 TOTAL m2
artist
Public common
Program and Site space
1 lobby 1 160 160
Quantitative Program 2 gallery 2 350 700
3 live work studio - work 1 480 480
4 bookstore 1 100 100 artist
courtyard studios storage memorial
5 cafe 1 220 220 (live) park
6 lounge 1 60 60
Sub Total 1,720
Private
7 live work studio - live 6 35 210 cafe
8 artist common area 1 150 150 artist main sceond
lobby studios gallery gallery
9 storage 1 280 280 (work)
10 office 1 60 60 bookstore
Sub Total 700
Utilities
sculpture
11 washroom 4 10 40 garden
12 mechanical 1 150 150
Sub Total 190
Overall 2,610
Outdoor Area
13 courtyard 1 300 300
14 sculpture garden 1 360 360 public outdoor
15 memorial park 1 1,200 1,200
16 living machine 1 130 130 public
Overall 1,990 private

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Program and Site
Quantitative Program
34% 66%
Private Public
4. bookstore 12. mech. 1. lobby 5. cafe 9. storage 3. live-work studio 2. gallery
40 60 60 100 150 150 160 210 220 280 480 700
11. 6. 10. 8. artist common area 7. live-work studio

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MEASURE TEN
NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES BENEFITING FROM
BC ARTS COUNCIL ACTIVITY
Number of communities benefiting from B.C Arts Council activity Downtown Main Street
Art Beatus Vancouver 221A Artist Run Centre
14 Art Works Gallery Catriona Jefferies Gallery
Bill Reid Gallery CSA Space
Blanket Elliott Louis Gallery
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Grace Gallery
Program and Site
Cineworks Grunt Gallery
Coastal Peoples Gallery Yaletown Helen Pitt Gallery
Contemporary Art Gallery Little Mountain Studios
Vancouver Art Scene Harrison Gallery Lucky’s Gallery
Jennifer Kostuik Gallery PhotoHaus Gallery
Numen Gallery Vivo Media Arts Centre
Or Gallery Western Front Society
Pendulum Gallery
Pera Gallery South Granville
Jeff Ladouceur I Floater Raw Canvas Bau-Xi Gallery Vancouver
Republic Gallery Chali-Rosso Gallery
Satallite Gallery Diane Farris Gallery
Teck Gallery Douglas Reynolds Gallery
Vancouver Art Gallery Elissa Cristall Gallery
Equinox Gallery
Source: Map from Gastown Gallery Jones
British Columbia Arts Council Access Gallery Heffel Gallery
Annual Report 2009-2010 AIBC Gallery Ian Tan Gallery
Artspeak Jacana Art Gallery
Audain Gallery Kurbatoff Gallery
Ayden Gallery La Galerie du Centre
Vancouver arts venue locations Baron Gallery Lattimer Gallery
Basic Inquiry Studio and Gallery Monte Clark Gallery
Data Source: GTMS database and Population Estimates by BC STATS,
Service BC, and the Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services Blim Gallery Petley Jones Gallery
Catalog Gallery Uno Langmann Gallery
Centre A Winsor Gallery
Coastal Peoples Gallery Gastown
Gallery Gachet Vancouver East
45 Hunter Bisset Gallery Britannia Art Gallery
Inuit Gallery Gallery Atsui
Jeffrey Boone Gallery LES Gallery
Marion Scott Gallery The Stag
Rennie Collection - Vancouver
Shudder Gallery
Spirit Wrestler Gallery Vancouver West
W2 Perel Gallery 1612 Gallery
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Circle Craft Shop & Gallery
Crafthouse Gallery
Dundarave Print Workshop
Gallery
Emily Carr University
Gallery of BC Ceramics
Lawrence Eng
The Creative Laboratory for Just like the architecture scene in Vancouver, the art scene in Vancouver is innovative The Guggenheim Bilbao seems too bold, the Royal Ontario Museum seems too Malaspina Printmakers Gallery
Contemporary Art Morris and Helen Belkin Art
in a way that it is not answering to the trends in Paris, London, or New York. The few American, too rich, and yet too conservative and too predictable for little Vancouver. Gallery
dozen small galleries in Vancouver reflect the modest and unassuming nature of our The local art scene is diverse and unique, and new museums and galleries should Museum of Anthropology
local art scene. Yet world class artists like Jeff Wall, Rodney Graham, and Marianne embrace that. Museum of Vancouver
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Surrey
North Van 0
Richmond Gallery
Vancouver
Number of public art pieces Public culture facilities in City of Vancouver Information, Culture, and Recreation industries
employment number in Metro Vancouver, 99-09
400 30 15
400 $1,200 80,000 $1,134.00
Arts / 30
$1,200 $1,134.00
Culture Centre Arts
/ / $1,052.00
300 25 $1,150.00
Culture Centre / $1,052.00
400400 30
30
300
Library Theatre
25
$979.00
$979.00
$1,150.00 Program and Site
Arts / /
Arts $1,200
$1,200 Library Theatre $1,134.00
$1,134.00
20 $1,004.00
Culture
CultureCentre
Centre/ / $1,052.00
$1,052.00 $900 70,000
200 25
25 $1,150.00 20 $1,004.00
Statistics
$1,150.00
300300 $979.00
$979.00 $900
Library Theatre
Library Theatre
200 $864.00
15
20
20 $1,004.00
$1,004.00 $864.00
100 $900
$900 Museum/ 15
200200
Archives Museum/ 60,000
100
15
$864.00
$864.00 10 $600 $680.00
15 Archives
Surrey Museum/
Museum/ 10 $600 $616.00 $680.00
100100 North Van 0 15-24 years
Surrey Richmond Archives
Archives
Vancouver 10
10 $600
Gallery 5
$680.00
1999
2001 $616.00
25-34 years
North Van 0 $600 $680.00 $509.00 2003
yurrey North Van Richmond $616.00
$616.00 Gallery 5 2005 50,000 35-44 years
North Van 0 0
Vancouver $509.00 2007
Richmond
Richmond Gallery 2009 45+
Vancouver
Vancouver Gallery 55 $509.00
$509.00
0 $300
2000 2005 2010
0 $300 Artist Earning General Labour Force Earning
Vancouver has the most public art
00
Vancouver
$300
$300
2000
2000 has only2005
4 public galleries2010
2005 2010 28%Metro
increase 2000 in culture industries
Montreal Metro Toronto
2005
Metro Vancouver
2010
in the region MetroMontreal

Metro Montreal Metro Toronto
Metro Toronto Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver employment in the past
Metro 10 years
Montreal Metro Toronto Metro Vancouver
Artists earnings by age Changes in Average Residential Resale Prices Average Rent Two-Bedroom Unit
Artists vs. General labour force, 2001
80,000
80,000
80,000 400 $40,00030
$40,000 $593,767 $592,441
80,000
$40,000 Arts / $593,767 $592,441 $1,200 $1,134.00
$600,000 Culture Centre /

$593,767 $592,441 $600,000
$40,000 $1,052.00
$600,000 25 $509,876 $1,150.00 $593,767 $592,441
300 $509,876 $979.00
Library Theatre $509,876 $600,000
$30,000 $30,000
70,000 70,000 $30,000 $509,876
70,000 $450,000 20 $450,000 $1,004.00
200 $450,000 $373,877
$373,877
$30,000
$900 $373,877
70,000
$20,000
$20,000
$295,978
$295,978
$301,473
$301,473 $20,000 15
$396,154 $295,978 $450,000
$864.00 $301,473 $373,877 $396,154
$379,943 $396,154 $379,943
$300,000 $352,388
Museum/ $379,943 $300,000
100 $300,000 $352,388 $352,388
60,000 $315,266 $20,000 $301,473
$295,978 $315,266
60,000 60,000 $10,000 $275,887 $315,266 Archives 10
$271,727 $396,154
$258,041 $600 $680.00 $379,943
Surrey $10,000 $243,249 $275,887 $233,629 $258,041$10,000
$271,727 $300,000
$275,887
$616.00 $352,388$271,727
$258,041
North Van $150,000
$243,249 $206,704 $233,629 $243,249 $233,629
15-24 years Richmond 60,000 0 $150,000 $206,704 $150,000 $206,704
$315,266
15-24 years Gallery 5
2001 25-34 years Vancouver 15-24 years $153,198
$10,000 $509.00 $275,887 $271,727
01 2003
2003 2005 50,0001999 2001 25-34 years 35-44 years $0
$0
$121,544 $153,198
25-34 years
$121,544
$153,198
$243,249 $233,629
$258,041
2005 2007 50,000 2003 35-44 years 50,000
45+ $0 $0 $121,544 $150,000 $206,704
2007 2009 2005 15-24 years 35-44 years 0 $300
2009 1999 2007 45+ $0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009 $0
2001 2009 2000 200225-34 years
2004 45+
2006 2008 2009 2000 2005 $153,198 2010
2003
Artist Earning General Labour Force Earning
50,000 $0 2000 $121,544 2004
2002 2006 2008 2009
Artist Earning 2005Labour Force Earning
General 35-44 years
2007 Metro Montreal Metro Toronto Metro Vancouver Metro Montreal Metro Toronto Metro Vancouver
2009 Artist Earning
Metro MontrealGeneralMetro
Labour Force Earning
Toronto 45+
Metro Vancouver $0
Metro Montreal 2000Metro Toronto
2002 2004 2006
Metro Vancouver 2008 2009
Artists earn 31% less than general $74,700 is the average qualifying in-
$1,150 is the Metro
average rent for
Montreal
a two-
Metro Toronto Metro Vancouver
labour force come to buy a standard condo in Van. bedroom apartment, up 15% from ‘05
80,000
$40,000Source: Vancouver Foundation’s Vital Signs for Metro Vancouver
$593,767 $592,441
$600,000
$509,876
$30,000
70,000
$450,000 $373,877
The demographic data shows that Vancouver is the cultural hub for BC. The city However, the cost of housing in Vancouver makes it a challenge $20,000
for artists
$379,943 to continue
$396,154 $295,978 $301,473
$300,000 $352,388
60,000
has a well developed public art program and a strong increase in culture industries their passion when$10,000 they already earn less compared to the general
$315,266
labour force. Contemporary Art
$275,887 $271,727
$243,249 $233,629
$258,041
employment.1999
Vancouverites were reported to be more active in going to concerts, There is a need to provide affordable housing for artists to continue to make art.
15-24 years
$150,000 $206,704
2001 25-34 years $153,198
2003 $0 $121,544
museums, galleries and the 2005
theatre2007
than citizens in Toronto and Montreal (Hill35-44 years
50,000
$0
2009 45+
Strategies and Statistics Canada). 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009 ARSC 8800
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Program and Site
User Group
Student
Skater
Child
Mother
Teen
Mayor
Actor
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Grandpa
Program and Site
Professor
Dad User Group
Dog
Musician
Oriental
European
Nerd

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Program and Site
Existing Conditions
Vancouver Skate Plaza Quebec Street Projet Site
Power Generators
Andy Livingstone Park
High-rise Residential
The Creative Laboratory for The unique location of the site being under four bridge decks is inspiring for across from the site successfully improves this walking experience. Having an arts
Contemporary Art architectural possibilities and it will also be inspiring to curators and artists. Walking centre in this location would help to bridge the gap between Chinatown and Science
from Science World to Chinatown on Quebec Street, the part of the journey passing World. It also has an opportunity to engage users of the bridge to experience the
April 2011 through the underside of the viaducts is usually unpleasant. It is empty, smelly from building and the arts.
Bryan He the homeless, wet, and cold. The recently developed Vancouver Skate Plaza just
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Program and Site
Existing Conditions
Viaduct Walkway The Site
Unofficial Sidewalk Quebec Street Union Street Prior Street
The site is currently a fenced off parking lot owned by the City of Vancouver used demand and provide “eyes on the street” from every possible angle to reinforce The Creative Laboratory for
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to temporarily store impounded vehicles. The east of the site, on the foot of the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) strategies. The enclosed Graduating Project Summary
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Program and Site
Existing Conditions
Construction Drawing From the City of Vancouver
Underside of Georgia Viaduct Site West-East Sections
The Creative Laboratory for The viaduct overpass is the third dimension of the site. Through the viaduct Georgia Viaduct off-ramp clearance is about 2.5 metres. Placement of a mechanical
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Graduating Project Summary construction drawings from the City of Vancouver, exact clearance dimensions were room in this area might be suitable. It is also critical to take into account a 600 mm
calculated. Ranging from 2.5 metres to 6.96 metres, the undersides of the viaduct clearance for construction of the roof and the maintenance of the bridge.
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“The Negro population, while numerically small, is probably a large proportion of the total Negro population in Vancouver.
Their choice of this area (Strathcona) is partly its proximity to the railroads where many of them are employed, partly its
cheapness and partly the fact that it is traditionally the home of many non-white groups." 21
- A 1957 study by the City of Vancouver Planning Department
Program and Site
Site History - Hogan’s

Alley
Hogan’s Alley Memorial Project
Hogan’s Alley circa 1918. View from Prior Street. Archive: CVA 99-5186 Jimi Hendrix Contest Jimi Hendrix’s Shrine
Hogan’s Alley is a forgotten black community that was destroyed by the construction freeway, while Hogan’s Alley had already been obliterated. (Wikipedia) The Creative Laboratory for
of Georgia Viaduct circa 1970. Along with Hogan’s Alley, much of Chinatown and Currently, only a few houses on Prior Street east of Gore Avenue are remaining. The Contemporary Art
Gastown were doomed to be covered by the first inner-urban freeway system red Jimi Hendrix Shrine that we see today is the former Vie’s Chicken and Steak
designed by Wilbur Smith and Associates of San Francisco. Strong resistance from house, a famous restaurant owned by one of the key members of Vancouver’s black Submitted to Peter Levar
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Stadium-Chinatown
Accessibility - Transit Skytrain Station
C21. C23
C21
Site
City Centre
3. 8. 19. 22. N8. N19

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C23
C23
Pacific Central
Station
Future Downtown Streetcar

Aqua Toronto, Ontario
bus Eugene, Oregon
Greyhound Canada
Main St. - Science World
Skytrain Station
City Centre / Aquabus
Granville Island C21
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Vancouver East
Burnaby
New Westminster
Central Valley Greenway Surrey
Major bike route
Secondary bike route
The Creative Laboratory for The location of the site benefits from many daytime and nighttime bus routes. The Granville Island, Yaletown, and False Creek South, and from the Plaza of Nations to
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Graduating Project Summary Pacific Central Station and the Main Street-Science World SkyTrain Station makes Science World. There is also a proposed street car that will pass by Quebec Street
the Main Street and Terminal Avenue intersection a busy transportation hub. The coming from Industrial Avenue leading to Stanley Park in Downtown.
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Program and Site
Accessibility - Bicycle
Stadium-Chinatown
Skytrain Station
Site
Central Valley Greenway
Union St. and Dunsmuir Viaduct Bike Lane
Main St. - Science World

Skytrain Station
Central Valley Greenway
Major bike route
Secondary bike route
Vancouver is a progressive city for creating bike paths to reduce the dependance Creating a bike friendly facility is an important task of the project in order to support The Creative Laboratory for
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on automobiles. There are many major bike routes and recreational bike paths the sustainable agenda of the City’s carbon neutral long term plan. Graduating Project Summary
surrounding the site. The latest bike route has been added on the Dunsmuir Viaduct
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Pedestrian Experience
Stadium Skytrain Station Start
Arrive
The Creative Laboratory for A variety of activities has already occupied the under space of the viaducts. Walking Park; to the other side of the park, there is a very active skate park - the Vancouver
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Graduating Project Summary to the site from Stadium SkyTrain Station, there are sports spectators socializing Skate Plaza designed by landscape architect van der Zalm + associates inc. A
outside the stadium in the redeveloped plaza; walking along, there is a moment of couple of large strips of dry skate park sheltered by the viaducts are in use during
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Program and Site
Response to
Site Conditions
Exiting lighting pylon visible from Any Livingstone Park that marks Site analysis
the site location
Quebec Street is defined to be the main street edge of the project. The design of the sidewalk, and bike lane. Adjacent to the sidewalk on Prior Street will be a multipurpose
Quebec Street facade and its sidewalk improvement will take an urban approach. It hard-scape area that connects the landscaped area of the project (Hogan’s Alley
will extend the characteristics of the existing residential street edge from the south Memorial Park) to the high-rise residential buildings to the south. The multipurpose
of the site with front doors to the artists’ live/work studios directly accessible from hard-scape area will include the functions for a living machine, loading, emergency The Creative Laboratory for
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Union Street and Prior Street are connected by Main Street to the site. Major The existing lighting pylon on the site will be transformed into a piece of highly visible
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Precedent Study
- Under Spaces
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only
different kinds of good weather.”
- John Ruskin
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Precedent Study
- Under Spaces
Centre for Arts &
Culture under the
Keihin Express
Railway Tracks
Architect
Hinode Studio
Kogane Studio
Facade of Hinode Studio
Hinode Studio
Location
Yokohama, Japan
Function
Artist Studio, Retail
Hinode Studio
Kogane Studio Kogane Studio view from river The veranda space of Kogane Studio
The Creative Laboratory for The renovation under the tracks of the Keihin Express Railway created two modest are designed to bring light into the formerly dark and rather uninviting space.
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Graduating Project Summary artist studios with different qualities. The studios are set out to attract local residents, In sunny days, the veranda space in the back of Kogane Studio creates a delightful
artists, and new visitors in order to change the red-light district atmosphere of the indoor alley drawing people from the studios out to a common social space. The
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Precedent Study
- Under Spaces
False Creek Energy
ELECTRICAL PLENUM
Centre
LOADING BAY ELECTRICAL ROOM OFFICE/
INTERPRETATION
BOILER ROOM
PUMP AREA
Architect
Walter Francl Architecture Inc
WET WELL CATWALK
AIR INTAKE SHAFT SCREENING ROOM INCOMING CHAMBER
MECHANICAL ROOM
Location
WET WELL
Vancouver, Canada
East facade Function

Heating Plant
West facade Finger-like chimney stacks
The False Creek Energy Centre is a local example of a building built under a bridge viewpoint. In a collaborative effort with Pechet and Robb Art and Architecture Ltd. The Creative Laboratory for
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infrastructure. It functions as an energy heating plant that extracts heat from sewage the stacks LED light fixture is activated by the operation of the facility - blue when Graduating Project Summary
pipes and supplies heat to the new Southeast False Creek Community. The finger- it’s cool, red when it’s hot.
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Precedent Study
- Under Spaces
A8ernA
Architect
NL Architects
Location
Zaanstadt, the Netherlands
Function
Public, Commercial Exploded Axonometry that Explains the Program The Covered Square to the Supermarket
The Marina The Flower Shop
The Creative Laboratory for Below a highway overpass that has split a neighbourhood in the Dutch city of by NL Architects, A8ernA “provides a quick solution to re-establishing the connection
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Graduating Project Summary Zaanstadt for decades, you can now find a supermarket, soccer fields, a skate park, between the two parts of the divided township whilst also regenerating a space that
a fishmonger and a florist, a basketball court and a car park. There is even a marina. had become dead, literally and symbolically in the shadow of the flyover.” (Pruned)
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Precedent Study
- Under Spaces
Public Domain and the
Dispersed City
Architect
Hans Herrmann
Location
Atlanta, USA
Function
Thesis Project
Public Domain and the Dispersed City is Hans Hermann’s thesis project at Clemson provide new forms of access to the space of the interchange through the introduction The Creative Laboratory for
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University. (Published in 306090 07: Landscape within Architecture 2004) and incorporation of an urban park. As a device, the park is designed to bring focus Graduating Project Summary
Sited at the intersection of Interstate 85 and Interstate 285, also known as the and articulation to the roadway’s existing status as a public monument.” (Pruned)
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Design Process 1/3
Massing
Program sparsely occupying the underside of all viaducts. Program densely occupying the underside of two viaducts. Program comfortably occupying the underside of three
viaducts, leaving the north viaduct unoccupied.
Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion:
The required program area (2000 - 2500 m2) is not large The typology of a open plaza in front of a solid building is not The ratio of program area to site coverage is desirable. The
enough to occupy the underside of all viaducts. The seg- suitable for the nature of this site (e.g. Pompidou Centre). problem of a open space on the north side is that it will not
mented unoccupied spaces are difficult to organize and inte- The building will be difficult to design within such a confined get too much solar access.
grate with the building. space, and the plaza is not open enough for it to be suc-
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Design Process 1/3
Massing
Program comfortably occupying the underside of three Organic approach of blending building and landscape, mak- Programmatic approach of creating building and courtyard,
viaducts, leaving the south viaduct unoccupied. ing a permeable site and circulation. making an inward focused building.
Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion:
The ratio of program area to site coverage and the south fac- A permeable site and circulation reinforces the public func- An inward focused building addresses the high security de-
ing open space is desirable. The massing addresses Union tion of the project. This strategy is further developed. mand of the site. This strategy is further developed.
street to the north, and Quebec Street to the west, while the
south facing open space connects the high-rise residential
buildings to the south.
This massing strategy is carried through during the design

process.

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Light and Orientation
July 21st 7 a.m July 21st 12 p.m December 21st 12 p.m
The Site
Acrylic painting on canvas 36x16 in
The shadow analysis from SketchUp shows that the site has adequate solar access but open to the south to receive direct sunlight. With the main edge of the project
from April to September and poor solar access from October to March. The Quebec being Quebec Street with its north-south orientation this presents some challenges.
The Creative Laboratory for Street edge (west) of the site has adequate solar access year-round. The ideal Therefore, the ideal location for light for some programs will be sacrificed for the
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Graduating Project Summary massing orientation for the gallery and the artist work studio is west-east so it can more important planning strategy in order to activate the project edge along Quebec
take advantage of the consistent north light. On the other hand, the ideal massing Street.
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Light and Orientation
Artist studios with north - south orientation Duplex sharing a thick wall with utilities
Artist studios with east - west orientation Vertical solar shading device
North - south orientation for artist studios is ideal for consistent north light in the time providing “eyes of the street“ which reinforces Crime Prevention Through The Creative Laboratory for
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work studios and direct sunlight in the live studios. However, the artist studios are Environmental Design (CPTED) strategies. The change in orientation means that solar Graduating Project Summary
the life of the project. By placing them along Quebec Street, the activities in the control should be provided on the west facade, and other ways of light penetration
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Public Realm Scheme Union Street Union Street
Union Street
Quebec Street
Quebec Street
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Ground Floor Diagram Second Floor Diagram

Quebec Street
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Graduating Project Summary aim is to create a free flowing circulation which supports the public function of the the corner. The artists studio and the main gallery can be placed ideally on the east -
project. A tall portion is created at the east end of the site housing vertical gallery west orientation. A gated private courtyard for the artists is created between Georgia
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Union Street Union Street

Public Realm Scheme
Quebec Street
Quebec Street
Prior Street Prior Street
Ground Floor Second Floor
Conclusion: desirable. The typology of a multilevel plaza on this site is troublesome due to the The Creative Laboratory for
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The main problem with this scheme is that it does not adequately take into account headroom clearance restrictions of the viaducts. This scheme could be successful Graduating Project Summary
the high security demands of the site and its surrounding neighbourhood. A way of on a large open site, however, on this confined urban site, occupying the edges of
controlling the flow through the building while keeping it public and permeable is the surrounding streets is critical for the success of this project. ARSC 8800
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Courtyard Scheme
The Creative Laboratory for The courtyard scheme efficiently utilizes the underside of the viaducts while leaving to urban design strategy in activating the streets, and Crime Prevention Through
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focused building which the program function can spread out to its adjacent courtyard. the site. Circulation through the program can be one directional or multidirectional.
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artist studio - live
studio lobby gallery

Quebec St.
artist studio - work
SECTION A - ARTIST STUDIOS, GALLERY
SCHEME - COURTYARD
art club zone
Union St.
E screen
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screen
gallery
Quebec St.
SECTION C - GALLERY
artist studio - live

lobby courtyard gallery
studio lobby gallery Quebec St.
Quebec St.
artist studio - work
SECTION D - LOBBY, SCULPTURE COURTYARD

SECTION A - ARTIST STUDIOS, GALLERY
art club zone
screen
courtyard gallery restaurant book store ofﬁce mechanical

Quebec St. Quebec St.
SECTION B - TREE COURTYARD, GALLERY SECTION E - RESTAURANT, BOOK STORE, OFFICE, MECHANICAL ROOM
screen
Quebec St.
The building sections above present the
gallerydifferent possibilities of creating a variety to the one in the final design. However, building organization, massing in section and The Creative Laboratory for
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of spaces underneath and in between the viaducts. This exercise informed and elevation, and circulation are further developed. Graduating Project Summary
SECTION C - GALLERY
influenced the subsequent design process. The volume of the main gallery, lobby,
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Ground Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
The Creative Laboratory for While the building in relationship to the site is satisfactory, the internal organization the artist work studio and the main gallery on the ground floor; at the end, the visitor
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the mezzanine level from the lobby in order to access the gallery: first is the “informal The artists can access their residential units from the staircase to the south of the
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Second Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan Massing study model
Conclusion: building of this size. It is difficult to justify the frequent level changes required for The Creative Laboratory for
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The building organization reinforces the theme of “art-in-process”, which directs the visitors to experience the building. The function of the walk-through storage is Graduating Project Summary
the visitors to experience from the process of art making, to the display, and then also questionable. However, the building massing and orientation set the workable
its storage. The resultant circulation is too complex and single directional for a direction for the subsequent design process. ARSC 8800
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Art Gallery
Inspiration: Palais de Tokyo by Lacaton and Vassal Model Study: Main Gallery with north light
This project is inspired by my visit to Palais de Tokyo in Paris. It is a refreshing theme exhibitions. With minimum partitions, it is also an experimental space for
The Creative Laboratory for experience after visiting the more prestigious galleries such as the Pompidou Centre performative art where the artists can engage the visitors. Temporary partitions can
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Graduating Project Summary and Musee D’Orsay. The casualness of the art display in Palais de Tokyo makes art be organized through a metal tracking system on the ceiling to create dark rooms
viewing intimate as opposed to overwhelming or even intimidating. where films and other projected media art can be shown. The room height of this
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Art Gallery
Model Study: Main Gallery with north light Model Study: Second Gallery with north light and lower ceiling
The second gallery invites artists to use the space as a short-term storage facility The arrangement of the display will change frequently to encourage frequent revisits
and exhibition space for artworks that were being stored in their studios out of the to the gallery. It can potentially become an artist’s open house where they have a The Creative Laboratory for
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that have an intended random association to each other and require the viewer to of this gallery is three to 3.5 meters with north-facing clearstorey windows and slots
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Section and Elevation
North - south section
North - south elevation
The Creative Laboratory for The massing and opening of the western portion of the building is designed to the staircase on Quebec Street is an effort to bring back the residential typology of
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Graduating Project Summary maximize light and solar access. On the ground floor, the facade is very transparent single-family residences that once existed in Hogan’s Alley. The unusual form of the
so the activities inside the building can animate the street and attract the attention of lobby is a result of creating a visible piece from the viaducts yet allowing north light
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Building Organization
Gallery circulation options
Re-organizing the plan Massing study model
Carried on from the 1/3 review, the building organization is simplified with keeping also functions as an emergency egress. The simplified ground floor plan provides a
all the public programs (lobby, cafe, bookstore, galleries, artist work studio, lounge) multidirectional circulation. A dedicated loading bay and parking stalls are provided The Creative Laboratory for
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on the ground floor and private programs (artist residential studios, artist common at this stage, which will be replaced by a multipurpose hard scape area later in the Graduating Project Summary
area, storage) on the second floor. The resultant floor plan eliminates the need for design.
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Structure
Structural idea and plans
The main objectives of the structure include the language of permanence and the touch of wood is also suitable for living. The roof of the building is to be prefabricated
The Creative Laboratory for ease of construction. The use of board form concrete in the galleries and lobby has in sections in order to simplify the construction process. The concrete portion has
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along Quebec Street is a hybrid of stick-frame and post and beam construction, panels. The nature of a solid prefabricated panel system and the lack of rain / snow
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Floor Plans
cafe
bookstore / restaurant
courtyard
office
lobby
gallery
Dunsmuir Viaduct
Quebec
UP 20 R
DN 20 R
artist studios
lounge
sculpture garden
UP 20 R DN 20 R
open to above
gallery
Greogia Viaduct
UP 20 R DN 20 R
UP 20 R DN 20 R
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Conclusion:
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functions are clearly defined and separated. Public functions on the ground floor and area under the Georgia Viaduct off-ramp. One residential unit is cantilevered to Graduating Project Summary
private functions on the second floor. The locations of the cafe and the bookstore provide “eyes on the street” for the park. The plans are carried forward for further
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Outdoor Space
Inspiration: Pompidu Centre by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
Concept sketch of courtyard Concept sketch of courtyard and sculpture garden that is incorporated in the final design
There are three outdoor spaces formed in between the bridge decks with good semi-private sculpture garden is accessible from the galleries and artist studios;
The Creative Laboratory for solar access: the courtyard, the sculpture garden, and the Hogan’s Alley Memorial the public park, Hogan’s Alley Memorial Park (24-hour accessible) will occupy the
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Graduating Project Summary Park. Each of these outdoor spaces will provide a different quality of experience unused portion of the site. The outdoor spaces provide sunny and shaded areas,
that compliments the whole experience of the exhibit. The more lively semi-public with public furniture designed to human scale.
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Hogan’s Alley
Memorial Park
Inspiration: 2008 Venice Biennale - Japan Pavilion by Hogan’s Alley was bulldozed in building Hogan’s Alley (circa 1968)
Junya.Ishigami + Associates the viaducts (1969)
Concept sketch of Hogan’s Alley Memorial Park Concept rendering of Hogan’s Alley Memorial Park
Most of the single-family residences were bulldozed due to the construction of the than the viaducts to have an unobstructed view of the city once again. On the south
Georgia / Dunsmuir viaducts circa 1970. In commemorating the lost and forgotten facade of the gallery is a large concrete wall that can be used for large scale murals The Creative Laboratory for
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black community of Vancouver’s past, interactive steel sculptures that represent the - in this case a mural series of important black figures in Vancouver: Joe Fortes and Graduating Project Summary
abstraction of the form of a group of small buildings are incorporated on the site. Jimmi Hendrix.
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Quebec Street Edge
Inspiration: Arcades colonnade in Bologna, Italy Rhythm along Quebec Street created by the light posts and canopies
Rhythm along Quebec Street created by the solids and voids in the facade
There is a sense of rhythm along Quebec Street marked by a line of yellow light posts operable solar control devices on the upper floor further animate and activate the
and the alteration of bay windows, living walls, and wooden doors. Through the bay facade along the street. The paved entrance plaza leads the visitors into the lobby.
The Creative Laboratory for windows, heavy timber posts are exposed to highlight its wooden construction. The Its heavy concrete unique form contrasts with the lighter quality of the rest of the
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Graduating Project Summary underside of the balconies and the frame of the doors are painted in different colours building along Quebec Street. The recessed clearstorey window above the entry way
according to the personality of the artists. The building exterior is made spontaneous makes the heavy mass above appear to be floating, which reinforces the whimsical
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Union Street Edge
Canopy height design
Futuristic staircase sculptural piece Charcoal sketch of Union Street Charcoal sketch of a staircase connecting the viaduct and
Union Street
The strategy of Union Street redevelopment is to clearly define the building edge, Union Street and the lobby and bookstore on Quebec Street. One idea was to create
sidewalk, bike lane, and parking. The existing muddy path that mixes the sidewalk a staircase to bring pedestrians and cyclists on the viaduct down to the site. This The Creative Laboratory for
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and bike lane should be re-paved with a mixture of hard and soft pavement. The idea has been postponed to the time when the viaducts are going to be redeveloped Graduating Project Summary
line of yellow light posts will be carried through Union Street. A canopy is attached as an elevated urban park. For now, a non-functional futuristic sculptural staircase
to the side of the building and leads the pedestrians to the entrance of the cafe on will take its place, which symbolises the possibility of a real connection in the future. ARSC 8800
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Artist Studio - Live
Artist residence floor plan option 1
Artist residence floor plan option 2 (chosen)

Artist residence inspiration
View to Hogan’s Alley Memorial BedUp retractable bedding system: transformation from a
Park from the cantilevered unit living room to a bedroom
Sketches of individual front door and stair case connecting the residences with Quebec Street
The Creative Laboratory for The residential component of the studio can accommodate up to two people per at the same time activate the street like the once active area of Hogan’s Alley did.
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Artist Studio - Work
Inspiration: Robert Carnonell’s Studio Interior stairs leading to the residences
Tools from a concrete work shop SketchUp rendering of the artist work studio’s spacial and light qualities
The “work” component of the studio provides in-residence artists with a naturally lit etc. Various working surfaces and machines can be accommodated in the studios. The Creative Laboratory for
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and well-ventilated work space. The open plan studio can accommodate different The studio space is also an exhibition in itself where artists can engage the public in Graduating Project Summary
art forms such as painting, pottery, sculpture, and installation. This may involve a the process of art-making. As a result, the studios should be visible from the street
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board-formed concrete
Materiality
• Studio structural frame
• Studio flooring and ceiling
• Residence flooring and ceiling
• Cafe, bookstore, and residence
wood interior finishing Watercolour showing the use of colour under the viaducts
• Cafe
• Bookstore
timber frame curtain wall

• Exterior cladding for artists
studio and residences
cementitious board
• Exterior cladding for mechanical
room and artist studio
• Interior feature wall in lobby
living wall
Hand sketch of materiality on west facade
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Graduating Project Summary construction of the building. The use of concrete is to signify the permanence and night which is welcoming for passers-by. From the inside, it provides “eyes on the
durability of a building that will last a long time. Transparency to the cafe, bookstore, street”. The use of wood, white cementitious cladding, and living wall on the west
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Materiality
Bug screen options Bug screen with embedded PV cells
SketchUp rendering of the west facade Yellow light post, red columns and coloured soffits
The quality of a modernist white building under the viaduct from a SketchUp rendering animate the street. As a result, yellow light posts, red columns and painted soffits
inspired the subsequent design of building materiality. The goal for preceding is to are used in the final design. The Creative Laboratory for
combine the more complicated material palate in the hand sketch with the lack of A bug screen is required for the interface of the building and the underside of the Contemporary Art
material palate in the computer render. The watercolour painting that was done early viaducts. Various options were explored. At the end, a bug screen with embedded
on in the process (shown on the left) inspired the use of colour on the facade to PV cells achieves dual functionality and yet is aesthetically interesting. ARSC 8800
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Union St.
60 mech.
bookstore cafe
Final Design
Ground Floor Plan

office
lobby courtyard
gallery Dunsmuir Viaduct

UP 19 R
Vancouver
Quebec St.
Skate Plaza
artist studios sculpture

lounge
garden
UP 19 R
gallery
Greogia Viaduct
UP 19 R
UP 20 R
holgan's alley
memorial park
bike rack
multipurpose
hardscape
living machine
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courtyard
Dunsmuir Viaduct
DN 19 R
Vancouver
Quebec St.
Skate Plaza
sculpture
garden
DN 19 R
artist
common
area
stroage
Greogia Viaduct
DN 19 R
DN 20 R
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bike rack
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hardscape
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Building System
and Detail
winter sun
slope
south facing
bug screen w/
PV cells
minimal temperature
fluctuation maintained
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radiant heating
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Final Design The main objective of building organization is to define what goes on galleries, and the storage follow the west-east orientation along the
along the main edge of the project - Quebec Street. The transparent viaducts. This strategy provides north facing clearstorey skylights for
Building Organization
timber framed curtain wall structure for commercial use (bookstore) the gallery and storage spaces, and a south facing glazed facade for
anchors the corner of Quebec Street and Union Street. Further south the cafe. To the east of the site, the administration office and visitor’s
is a recessed plaza leading to the heavy concrete, sculpturally and lounge connect the rest of the building. East facing window walls
whimsically shaped lobby that contrasts the glass. Along the rest of in those portions are to provide “eyes on the street”. Hogan’s Alley
Quebec is a wood frame portion clad with white cementitious panel Memorial Park being on the south side gets the most solar access.
that has lively studios on the ground that visually connects to the It provides the direct link to the existing high-rise residential to the
street and artists’ residences above to further activate the street while south. To reinforce the CPTED strategies, one of the residential unit is
providing “eyes on the street”. The larger spaces such as the cafe, the cantilevered out to have a view onto the park.

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Social sustainability is the focus of this project by increasing public On top of social sustainability, the technical sustainable aspects of the Final Design
involvement in local art culture and by providing a unique platform to project are:
Sustainability Strategy
allow interaction between the artist, the art, and the visitor. The centre • West-east orientation of the building to maximise solar access
will also provide artists with an affordable and vibrant environment to • Narrow floor plate to maximise daylight penetration and natural
advance their career while challenging them to make art that educates ventilation
the public about art-in-process. • The covered roofs (by the bridge decks) minimise storm water run-
off. Where there is storm water, it will be captured to be reuse.
Building on a perceivably undesirable site under the viaducts and • A living machine will be incorporated in the landscape of the public
incorporating the viaducts as part of the project creates a sustainable park to treat black / grey water on-site for reuse.
solution that restores the segmented urban fabric. Coexisting with the • Less material required to build the covered roof because the
viaducts during its remaining lifetime is a more sustainable alternative structural load is reduced.
than demolishing the viaducts today for commercial redevelopment. • The concrete mass of galleries is a good insulator for minimal
At the end of the viaduct’s lifetime, the sections above the project can interior temperature fluctuation.
be kept to create an elevated urban park. • The existing concrete column are utilized for its thermal mass
properties with orientation to the west.
The project encourages the use of public transit and bicycle. No on • Natural ventilation in all programs except in the galleries and
site parking is provided in recognising the existing large parkade in storage.
Chinatown just north of the site and the ease of street parking. Bicycle • The galleries and storage is served by displaced ventilation system
racks are provided on Quebec street beside the living machine. and the studio has mechanical ventilation as back up ventilation.
• All programs are heated by radiant heat floor.
• Solar gain from west facade is limited by the viaduct overpass and
dedicated manually operable solar shading devices on the second
floor.
• PV cells are integrated to the bug screens attached to the sides of
the viaduct facing south to generate some electricity. The Creative Laboratory for
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Introduction Design Process 2/3s Table of Contents

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Bob & Roberta Smith I Factory Outlet

for all Vancouverites.

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Strathcona, and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods. Being on a major public transit

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Proposal for re-purposing

* based on the concept

Courtyard and north-facing clearstorey windows

Program and Site

Overall 1,990 private

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4. bookstore 12. mech. 1. lobby 5. cafe 9. storage 3. live-work studio 2. gallery

40 60 60 100 150 150 160 210 220 280 480 700

11. 6. 10. 8. artist common area 7. live-work studio

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Andy Livingstone Park

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Viaduct Walkway The Site

Unofficial Sidewalk Quebec Street Union Street Prior Street

Program and Site

Construction Drawing From the City of Vancouver

Underside of Georgia Viaduct Site West-East Sections

Program and Site

Site History - Hogan’s

Hogan’s Alley Memorial Project

3. 8. 19. 22. N8. N19

Future Downtown Streetcar

Major bike route

Secondary bike route

Program and Site

Union St. and Dunsmuir Viaduct Bike Lane

Main St. - Science World

Central Valley Greenway

Major bike route

Secondary bike route

Program and Site

Stadium Skytrain Station Start

Program and Site

Markings I Hargreaves Associates and Julian Lang

AIR INTAKE SHAFT SCREENING ROOM INCOMING CHAMBER

East facade Function

West facade Finger-like chimney stacks

The Marina The Flower Shop

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Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion:

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Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion: