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AbovE new London arChIteCture ChaIrPeter Murray sPorts a t-shIrt bearInG thenaMes of the arChIteCts who Made theLondon oLyMPICs a reaLIty.

to complete the task of designing the various

sports venues, so it seems shameful that these

architects have been denied the opportunity to

celebrate their accomplishments. Moreover,

with t he eyes of t he world trained on London,

its good business for the city to celebrate the

architecture industry, as the architecture of the

Games represents a valuable cultural export.

The reason why the architects, engineers and

building product suppliers agreed to the gag

order when they accepted their commissions for

the Olympic Games is obvious: they wanted the

job. Jim Heverin, a par tner at Za ha Hadid

Arch itects (the f irm t hat desig ned the Aq uatics

Centre in East London), was quoted in The

Guardian: It is hard to understand how some-

body providing tiles or doors is going to ambush

Adidas or BMW by ma rketin g their i nvolvement

in the Games. When architects are prevented

from entering their projects for important

awards programs such as the Civic Trust Award,

or when firms such as DSDHA cannot promotetheir tower for the Athletes Village as a new

model for social housing, their efforts go un-

rewarded while also running t he risk of miss-

ing out on future business opportunities al-

together. Imagine the impact on the world if

our architects and designers had been invited to

take a bow at the opening ceremony, noted

highly respected architecture critic Paul Finch.

During t he Olympics, Royal Institute of

British Architects (RIBA) president Angela

Brady approached Ed Vaizey, the British Minis-

ter for Culture, Communications and Creative

Industries, asking him to wear a T-shirt promo-

ting all the architects who are banned from

promoting their Olympic workan initiative co-

developed by Peter Murray, Chair of an organiz-

ation called New London Architecture. Vaizey

agreed to wear the shirt to a creative industries

event, but failed to persuade the Olympic au-

thorities to end the gag order. Brady has con-

tinued her efforts in bring ing attention to the

Olympic organizers extreme prohibition, but

has remained unsuccessful thus far.

Wh ile British Pr ime Minister Dav id Cameron

has supported calls for firms working on

Olympic contracts to be allowed to publicize

their involvement in the Games, it is unl ikelythat anythin g will be done until at least October.

This is unfortunate, as by that time, the camera

crews will have been long gone, and the worlds

attention will have shifted to the 2016 Olympic

Games in Rio de Janeiro. Perhaps by then,

architects will be able to take at least some

credit for the tremendous work required in

making such an enormous celebration of elite

athletic achievement possible.

The various televised events of the London 2012Summer Olympic Games provided viewers

around the world with over two weeks of the

dramatic highs and lows of competitive sport.

For years, the City of London and other munici-

palities in the U K have been anx iously prepar-

ing for this h ighly anticipated and lucrative

event where billions of pounds have been spent

not only on building the sporting venues them-

selves, but on housing for the athletes and on

improving transportation infrastructure. While

event organizers and politicians have r eceived

much praise in the media for organizing the

Games, we havent heard much from the archi-

tects who have dedicated years of hard work to

make this ultimate sporting event a reality.

For months, architects, engineers and build-

ing product suppliers have been calling on the

London Organisin g Committee of the Olympic

and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olym-

pic Delivery Authority (ODA) to end the gag

order that prevents companies involved in ac-

tually building the London 2012 Summer Olym-

pics from publicizing their work. The reason for

this publication ban, in case you are wondering,

is to protect the rights of major sponsors.

More than 40 architectural practices have

helped design the venues, the Olympic Park andthe Athletes Village, but only those who have

paid to sponsor the Olympics are allowed to

boast about their achievements. For this reason,

architects like Zaha Hadid and Sir Michael Hop-

kins ar e prohibited from entering t heir Olympic

projects for awards, publishing photos of

completed venues, and even exhibiting photos

of their work until 2013. To disregard the gag

order risks legal prosecution. Olympic organiz-

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polie training ampus.

Stantec has unveiled the design for the Alberta

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which wi ll be t he first training centre of itskind in Canada. T he APSLETC integrates build-

ing and landscape design into a cohesivecampus that meets the trainin g needs of law

enforcement agencies across North America.The design provides classrooms and indoor

simulations, along with combat and advanceddriving sk ills train ing facilities. A design-build

proposal for the APSLETC from Bird Design-Build Construction Inc. and Stantec Arch itec-

ture Ltd. was selected by Alberta Infrastructureand the provinces Solicitor General in July

2012. The APSLETC will cover more than a half-

section of land (approximately 340 acres), and itwil l be comprised of a residence building,

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Professional Prix de ome.

The Canada Council for the Ar ts has honouredToronto-based Williamson Chong Architects

with t he $50,000 Professional Prix de Rome fortheir project entitledLiving Wood. They will ex-

plore innovative wood technology within a

broader cultura l and ecological context whilefocusing on a new product called cross-laminat-

ed timber (CLT). CLT is created by stackingsmall wooden boards (taken from trees in sus-

tainably managed forests) and gluing themtogether to create an exceptionally strong and

versati le product. Dig ital fa brication tools(called Computer Numerically Controlled mill-

ing machines) allow manufacturers to sculptthis wood in a variety of shapesincluding or-

ganic formswhich are used to create wonder-fully distinctive buildings. The prize will en-

able the firms partners to travel to Europe andAsia to visit bu ildin gs and production facil ities

and meet with manufactu rers, researchers, de-signers and writers. They will give lectures

about their work as they travel a nd share lessonslearned upon their return. Administered by the

Canada Council for the Arts, the Professional

Prix de Rome in Architecture recogn izes excel-

lent achievement in Canadian architect uralpractice. It is awarded to a young architectura lfirm that has completed its first buildings a nd

demonstrated exceptional ar tistic potential.The prize allows the wi nners to travel to other

parts of the world to hone their skills, develop

their creative practice and strengthen theirpresence on the international scene. The project

can involve multiple trips to a number of des-tinations, spread over a two-year period. Betsy

Williamson, Sh ane Williamson and DonaldChong are the partners that ma ke up William-

son Chong Architects, a design and architecturefirm. Their collective interest in architectural

craft is ex pressed through the synthesis of newtechnology with traditional methods of con-

struction, and their sha red ambition is to createwell-detailed modern environments th at shape

positive and engaging experiences. WilliamsonChong considers projects as opportunities to

explore the intricate relationship between site,program and materiality. The firms portfolio

varies from institut ional project s and urban de-sign strategies to residential architecture and

furnishi ngs. Their work is both local and inter-national, providing them opportunities to

engage in Torontos urban growth as well as in

broader cultural exchanges and environmentalissues. Williamson Chong has been recognizedwith nu merous awar ds from the Ontario Asso-

ciation of Architects, the City of Toronto andthe Design Exchange. They h ave also received

the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early DesignAchiev ement from the Canada Council for

the Arts and the Young Architects Prize f romthe Architectura l League of New York.

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decade of building experiments in sustainarchitecture. The $10,000 award is given b

Canada Council for the Arts every two yeacandidate in the early stages of his or her c

who demonstrates outstand ing ta lent or ptial in architectur al design and a sensitivi

architectures all ied arts, craf ts and profesions, including landscape, interior and fu

ture design, and decorative and graphic arThis prize acknowledges the Paul Raff Stu

practice, which is devoted to creating lyricevocative relationships between people an

place. Renowned for imaginatively deploylow-cost, locally sourced materials, Raff p

with t he energ y of the su n, and in doing soates meaningful and ecologically sound d

throughout Canada and abroad. In additiodesigning buildings, his fir m collaborate

other architects, designers and artists on

design of public and architecturally i ntegartworks that push the li mits of and contr

to the field of architecture. Founding prinPaul Raff spent his childhood primarily in

Quebec and Saskatchewan, to which he attutes his interest in landscape and atmosph

Now based in Toronto, Paul Raff Studio asclients to create projects where art become

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are well known for projects such as the multi-award-winning Cascade House, a family resi-

dence that unites environmental sustainabilit ywith artistic beaut y. Paul Raf f Studio h as been

published internationally, and has been thesubject of three television documentaries.

They have won numerous awards such as twoAllied Ar ts Awards for lifeti me achievement,

one from the Ontario Association of Architects,and the other from the Royal Architectura l In-

stitute of Canada.

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11t ile of pain ards for riteture

and nterior esign.

The competition for the Tile of Spain Awards for

Arch itectu re and Interior Desig n is orga nizedand promoted by ASCER, the Spanish Ceramic

Tile Manufacturers Association. The prizes aimto improve awareness and understanding of

ceramic tiles made in Spain amongst architectsand interior designers, and to promote their use

by these professionals. This competition is heldannually and is open to projects and profession-

als in Spain and worldwide. Entries must make

significant use of Spanish ceramic f loor and/orwall tiles i n the formal par t of the bui lding. T he

jury comprises prominent national and inter-national professionals as it does ever y year. This

year, the world-renowned Spanis h arch itectJuan Navarro Baldeweg will chair the jury,

which is comprised of Portug uese architectFrancisco Aires Mateus; Luis Martnez Santa-

Mara, Professor of Projects at the TechnicalArch itect ure School in Madrid; Joseph Grim a,

Director of the design and architecture maga-zineDomus; French designer Matali Crasset;

cultural journalist ofEl Pas Anatxu Zabalbeas-coa; and Ramn Monfort of the Architects

Associ ation of Valencia. Reg istration is nowopen and the submission deadline is October

23, 2012. The total prize fund is 42,000 Eurosfor three categories: Architecture, Interior

Design and Degree Project in A rchitecture. Forthe two main categories of Architecture and

Interior Design, each winner will be awarded

18,000 Euros. For the Degree Project category,aimed at young students at advanced technicalschools of architecture in Spain, the prize f und

totals 6,000 Euros. The jury is permitted toissue two special mentions in each category.

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call for xpressions of nterest and Quali-

fiations for ne nuit rt and Learning

centre at te winnipeg rt Gallery.

The Winnipeg Ar t Gallerys Board of Governors

recently voted unanimously in favour of pro-ceeding with a public call for expressions of in-

terest and quali fications for the design of theGallerys new Inuit Art and Learn ing Centre

(IALC). The Centre will house the WAGs cele-brated collection of contemporary Inuit art, the

largest of its kind in the world, and the studioart and learning programs. A selection commit-

tee has been assembled to review s ubmissions,establish a shortlist of architectural teams, and

select the winni ng team for the his toric build-ing project. As part of its architectural planning

process over the last year, the WAG retained ac-claimed Toronto architect, teacher and author

George Baird as architectural advisor. Baird

wil l continue to advise the Exec utive Directorand Board, guiding the public ca ll and selection

process, as well as the announcement and com-missioning of the winning team. The following

individuals have agreed to ser ve on the selec-tion committee: George Baird, founding part-

ner, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects; StephenBorys, Executive Director, WAG; Herbert Enns,

Director, Experi mental Media Research Group,

Professor of Architecture, University of Mani-toba, and Director, Cisco Innovation Centre for

Collaborative Technologies, University of Win-nipeg; Naomi Levine, lawyer a nd President,

WAG Board of Governors; Brig itte Sh im, Pr in-cipal, Shim-Sutcliffe A rchitects, Inc.; Richard

Yaffe, Par tner, Aikins, MacAu lay & T horvald-son, LLP, and Chair, WAG Foundation; and

Mirko Zardini, Executive Director and ChiefCurator, Canadian Centre for Architecture.

Over the last three year s, the WAG has investedover $4 million in building improvements and

upgrades to the existing Tyndall stone-cladModernist edif ice designed by Gustavo da Roza

over 45 years ago, at all points endeavouring topreserve the character and integrity of the

architecture. Las t year, the penthouse and roof-top sculpture garden were restored to their ori-

ginal Modernist design. Now, attention willturn to the south end of the Gallerys triangu lar

property. Architectur al teams interested in the

project are invited to submit expressions of in-terest in and quali fications to undertake theproject by the deadline of 3:00pm on Tuesday,

September 4, 2012. Submissions should be sentto the following address: Office of the Director,

Winnipeg Ar t Galler y, 300 Memorial Boulevard,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca nada, R3C 1V1.

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te 2014 Venie Biennale in ritet

Excitement is building for the nationally i

sive project entitledMigrating Landscapes tCanadas representative at the 2012 Venice

Biennale in Architecture, which kicks offend of this month. The Venice Biennale of

an exciting opportunity to showcase Canaexcellence in architecture, as well as an oc

sion to share ideas with peers from around

the world. The Canada Council for the Ar tnow accepting proposals for Canadian rep

resentation at the 2014 Venice Biennale inArchitect ure, to be shown in the Can ada P

ion in Venice and in Canada. The deadlinesubmissions is October 15, 2012. To receiv

information package and discuss the specchallenges of this event, please contact Pr

Officer Brigitte Desrochers via e-mail atbrigitte.desrochers@canadacouncil.ca or by t

phone at 1.800.263.5588.www.canadacouncil.ca/visualarts/Architectu

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PresidentDavid Craddock, F

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Regional Director

Wayne De Angelis,(British Columbia/Y

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Leslie Klein, FRAIC(Ontario South and

Allan Teramura, MR(Ontario North and Nunavut)

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Edmond Koch, FRA(Atlantic)

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New Moriyama RAIC International Prize encouragesCanadian architects to aspire higher

Architecture Canada | RAIC and the RAIC Foundation announced a major new award in architecture called theMoriyama RAIC International Prize during the annual Festival. The Prize is named after its benefactor RaymondMoriyama, FRAIC, who made it possible with a generous endowment of $200,000.

The Prize will be awarded every two yearsin two categories. The first will be pre-sented to a Canadian or international

Architect for an outstanding built project,and be selected by juried competition.The second will be presented to a non-

architect from anywhere in the world foroutstanding contribution to architecture,and be selected by juried nomination. Theinaugural Moriyama RAIC InternationalPrize will be announced in late 2013.

My hope is that this will help raise notonly RAICs stature internationally but alsothe stature of Canada and inspire all Cana-dians and Canadian architects to aspirehigher, said Mr. Moriyama, during theannouncement.

More details about the Moriyama RAICInternational Prize will be available atwww.raic.org this fall.

Joint offering at IIDEX puts the focus on architecture

Architecture Canada | RAIC has joined forces for thefirst time with Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) asco-presenters of IIDEx/NeoCon Canada, CanadasNational Design + Architecture Eposition & Confer-

ence Sept. 20-21 at the Direct Energy Centre atEhibition Place in Toronto. The collaboration offersa significant new section the Architecture CanadaEpo, which will focus on interior architectural andtechnology products.

It also means some keynote speakers of particularinterest to the profession three of the worldsleading practitioners of socially sustainable archi-tecture: Janna Levitt, FRAIC, of Levitt oodman

Architects, Michael Murphy of MASS Design roup,and John Peterson of Public Architecture will

E-learning online through RAICThe first of RAICs E-learning series, Total PrecastConcrete Structures, developed in partnershipwith the Canadian Precast/Prestressed ConcreteInstitute and adapted from their very successfulConcrete Thinking course, is now available onlinefor all members.

See RAICs Service portal for registration portal.raic.org .

discuss socially conscious and sociallysustainable projects; moderated by IanChodikoff, FRAIC, editor of Canadian

Architectmagazine.

As well the conference will feature a 2012National rban Design Awards ceremony

and host a multi-disciplinary Design Charette forStudents.

More information can be found on RAICs web site.

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Conseil dadministratione 2012

rsidentavid Craddock, FRAIC

remier vice-prsident etrsident luaul E. Frank, FRAIC

euxime vice-prsident etrsorier

Wayne De Angelis, FRAIC

rsident sortant de charge

tuart Howard, PP/FRAIC

dminis trateurs rgionaux

Wayne De Angelis, FRAICColombie-Britannique/Yukon)

amuel Oboh, MRAICAlberta/T.N.-O.)

Michael Co, MRAICSaskatchewan/Manitoba)

eslie Klein, FRAICSud et Ouest de lOntario)

llan Teramura, MRAICEst et Nord de lOntario/unavut)

ean-Pierre Pelletier, FIRACQubec)

dmond Koch, FRAICAtlantique)

hancelier du Collge desellowsarry Johns, FRAIC

onseil canadien des colesniversitaires darchitecture

CCUA)endra Schank Smith, MRAIC

onseiller reprsentant lestagiaires

W. Steve Boulton, MRAIC

irecteur gnralm McKee

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Le nouveau Prix international Moriyama-IRAC encourageles architectes canadiens viser plus haut

Architecture Canada | IRAC et la Fondation de lIRAC sont fiers dannoncer un nouveau pri dimportance en artecture, le Pri international Moriyama-IRAC. Le pri porte le nom de Raymond Moriyama, FRAIC, qui a rendu scration possible grce un gnreu don de 200 000 $.

Le pri sera attribu tous les deu ans deu catgories. Dans la premire catil sera prsent un architecte canadietranger pour la ralisation dun projet ceptionnel, slectionn dans le cadre dconcours jug par un jury. Dans la deucatgorie, il sera remis une personnepartout dans le monde qui nest pas artecte et qui sera slectionne par un jupour sa contribution eceptionnelle larchitecture. Le Pri international MoriIRAC sera annonc pour la premire fofin de 2013.

Jespre que ce pri contribuera nonseulement rehausser limage de lIRAlchelle internationale, mais galemenlimage du Canada, et inspirer tous leCanadiens et les architectes canadiensqui aspirent des sommets , a dclarM. Moriyama lors de lannonce.

Dautres dtails concernant le Pri intenational Moriyama-IRAC seront affichle site www.raic.org lautomne.

IIDEX met laccent sur larchitecture, grce une nouvelle collaboration

Architecture Canada | IRAC sest joint pour la premirefois Designers dintrieur du Canada (IDC) commecoprsentateur de lvnement IIDEx/NeoCon Canada,la confrence et eposition nationale du design et delarchitecture au Canada qui se tiendra les 20 et 21 sep-tembre au Direct Energy Centre de lEhibition Place Toronto. Cette collaboration donnera lieu une nouvellesection dimportance lEpo Architecture Canada quiportera principalement sur larchitecture des intrieurs etles produits technologiques.

Cette collaboration donnera galement lieu des allo-cutions dintrt spcial pour la profession et un panelrunissant trois des principau chefs de file de larchi-tecture socialement durable : Janna Levitt, FRAIC, deLevitt oodman Architects, Michael Murphy de MASSDesign roup, et John Peterson de Public Architecturequi discuteront de projets empreints dune conscience

Apprentissage en ligne parlentremise de lIRACLe premier module Btiments faits entirement bton prfabr iqu dune srie de sminaires en de lIRAC crs en partenariat avec lInstitut canadu bton prfabriqu/prcontraint et adapts padu cours Penser bton qui a connu un franc succest maintenant offert en ligne tous les membres

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sociale et de projets socialement dubles . Le modrateur sera Ian ChodikFRAIC, rdacteur en chef du magazineCanadian Architect.

Par ailleurs, la confrence accueillera lcrmonie de remise des Pri nationau

design urbain 2012 et une charrette de design multdisciplinaire lintention des tudiants.

Pour un supplment dinformation, consultez le sitede lIRAC.

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the Vertical Field

a new satellite campus For the uniVersityoF sherbrooke in a montreal suburbexpands the notion oF accessible educa-tion while oFFering the potential tocatalyze deVelopment in the area.

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proJect University of sherbrooke, new LongUeUiL campUs,LongUeUiL, QUebec

arch itect s marosi + troy, Jodoin Lamarre pratte, Labb architectes enconsortiUmtext ricardo L. castrophotos marc cramer

The new satellite branch of the University of Sherbrooke just outside of

Montreal in Longueuil, Quebec, illustrates a current construction trend

among institutions of higher education, namely the buildin g of satellite

campuses. It also exemplifies a cunning and imaginative way of choreo-

graphing a difficu lt program. The project received a Canadian Architect

Award of E xcellence in 2007, and in 2011, the Jur ys First Prize a nd the

Prix dexcellence from the Ordre des arch itectes du Qubec.

This new satellite un iversity complex is located in Longueui l, a city

separated from Montreal by the St. Lawrence River. Designated by the

City of Longueui l to become a new academic centre, the university cam-

pus is located in a sector of the city intended to become Longueuils

downtown.

Responsible for the design and development of the project was the

consortium of three Montreal-based architecture firms: Marosi + T

architectes, Jodoin Lamar re Pratte et associs architectes, and Labb

architectes. These three firms have created an architecture th at suc

on many levels and which encompasses ecological, sensorial and sy

ic architectural aspects, not to mention a number of societal and fu n

tional constraints. It is worth mentioning here th at another similar

successful project, the Universit de Montral campus in the cit y of

opposite a rooftop oasis on top of the new campUss centrpodiUm attempts to introdUce a cLoistered Landscape to thsUbUrban site. aboVe the University of sherbrookes signatUrgreen coLoUr effectiveLy provides a distinct identity and atmphere to this centraL atriUm space.

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was a lso desig ned and developed by the jo

venture of Marosi + Troy and Jodoin L ama

Pratte et associs, in collaboration with th

Laval-based architecture firm of Giasson

regut architectes.

Both the Longueuil and Laval campuses

low the precedent of Quebec City-based U

sit Laval, which esta blished its Montreal

pus in 1878, and later became the Universi

Montral in 1919. Elsewhere in Canada, th

are other odd situations where the satellit

campus has been successfully rea lized. In

ish Columbia, Simon Fraser University, w

based in Burnaby, a city located just east o

couver, has es tablished satellite campuses

in downtown Vancouver and in the nearby

actively growing municipality of Surrey.

In recent yea rs, the rapid development o

line communication technologies has only

thered the possibilities of distance educati

When coupled wit h the swift and intense g

of transportation hubs on urban peripheri

is not surprising to see a significant boom

branch campuses across North America. Tpurpose of these branch campuses is to att

students who have difficulty accessing trad

itional venues that deliver higher educatio

to geographical, financial, family and othe

straints. Peripheral nodes of urban transp

provide ideal locations for branch campus

velopments, given the large nu mbers of in

uals who circulate through them during th

daily journey from suburban to more centr

areas, and vice versa. Furthermore, there a

economic incentives for private- and publi

sector developers who consider the opport

to build satellite universities as catalysts fo

developments in outlying urban areas.

At the Universit y of Sherbrooke in Long

the architects confronted tremendous cha

ges from an unusually tight but fu nctiona

tractive site. They were able to recreate th

operational and experiential q ualities fou

a traditional campus whi le concentrating

qualities into a glass y high-rise building c

plex. This resu lting vertical f ield, as it w

contains airy i nterior spaces beautiful ly o

chestrated to provide a sense of comfort a

orientation. From the choice of indoor ma

such as glass, wood and matte-finished da

steel, to the skillful a rticulation of detailsas guardrails, flooring and curtain walls,

architecture of the project speaks of care a

attention to cra ft throu ghout.

The academic building is essentially a t

phase project encompassing 52,000 squ ar

metres of multidisciplinar y facilities larg

enough to accommodate 2,500 students, f

and staff. The first phase includes 40,000

square metres requi red for the stacking o

underground parking levels for 500 cars, a

top the new tower-and-podiUm strUctUre has immediateLy become a Landmark for theareathe Landscaped strip at the intersection heLps differentiate the proJect from atypicaL commerciaL high-rise. aboVe one of the many dynamic stUdent LoUnge spacespeppered throUghoUt this verticaL campUs.

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with a two-storey po dium t hat is topped of f wit h

a 14-storey tower. The second phase will even-

tually be built atop the south side of the podium,

and will provide another 12,000 square metres

of floor area.

The variety and complexity of the program

becomes evident after studying the different

functions and departmental requirements from

diverse faculties, namely law, business adminis-

tration, computer science, education, engineer-

ing, physical education, social sciences, theol-

ogy, music and medicine. The built program also

required additional areas for other institutional

partners, commercial venues, and a wide variety

of spaces ranging from classrooms and student

meeting rooms to leased space.

One of the projects most important design

features is the 1,100-square-metre public atri-

um developed in partnership with the City of

Longueuil. More than an atrium, this space can

be considered a reinterpretation of a traditional

European arcade, an ideal place for flneurs.

Running along the west side of the podium, the

atrium is a ful l two storeys in height and servesas a buffer zone that connects the entrance to

the university with the buildings commercial

areas, along with the bus and metro terminal

areas to the south and west respectively. The

atrium extends out to Place Charles Lemoyne on

the north end of the sitean open landscaped

area at the centre of this new u niversity precinct

under development. Hopefully, it will one day

become a truly public open space.

At the g round lev el, the buildin gs podium

houses various commercial spaces, while its

second storey is a k ind of ambiguous threshold

space that separates the academic areas above

from the commercial and public zones below.

This level also serves as a grand entrance to the

campus itself. As clearly stated in the architects

brief: Rising up from the main entrance of the

university, the vertical campus promenade is

conceived as a six-storey vertical volume con-

taining public stairs as well as open and glazed

public spaces which interpenetrate with the

horizontal university spaces at each level. Con-

ceived as a solution to spatially interlock the

tower and base together, it is a dynamic pedes-

trian promenade of stairs and platforms linking

the entrance hall upwards to Level 6, encom-

passing the major teaching and c lassroom levelsof the campus. This interconnection of these

main public and teaching levels is developed as

a vertical, almost Pira nesian space which trans-

forms midway at Level 3 to interlock with the

rooftop oasis garden. At this level, the space acts

as a vitrine or proscenium opening onto this

oasis, wherein the expressive geometries and

topography of the garden and the glazed wal l

interact to create a folded garden. Meeting

rooms and student common rooms are clustered

with in th is space on each level, intensif yin g the

activity and underlining the dialectic of the ver-

tical and horizontal campus.

The rooftop garden, located on the southwest

quadrant of the project, has been designated as

an oasis, perhaps because it acts as an antidote

to the harsh quality of the immediate sur-

roundings. This is one of the projectspic

rsistance, which provides meeting opport

ities and solace similar to a Japanese gard

A very sign ifica nt element of those garden

the use of borrowed distant views otherw

known by the Japanese term ofshakkei. He

this condition repeats itself innumerable

top the wide strip of Landscaping is meant to evoke institUtionaL grandiosity. however, the Lack of definition in the Landscape and its weak reLationship to car and

pedestrian activity raises QUestions aboUt its effectiveness. aboVe, leFt to ri ght a viewexpLoring the visUaL tension between the proJects two main axes; coLoUrfUL gLazprovides mUch dynamism to this University compLex.

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as one ascends the open stairs, revealing the

Port of Montreal, the roller-coaster str uctures

of La Ronde amusement park, the Jacques

Cartier Bridge, and most majestically behind it

all, Mount Royal. The best place to take al l of

this in is in one of the two-storey public loun-

ges, which protrude out of the building at dif-

ferent heights on all faades. These lounges are

effective spatial devices conceived to foster

interdepartmental relationships within this

newly conceived vertical campus.

The rooftop or oasis also serves to establish

and symbolically express a new institutional

presence within an indifferent territory. In this

satellite campus, the architects attempt to

create a symbolic link with the main c ampus in

Sherbrooke (located roughly 150 kilometres to

the east) through the creation of an artificial

topography made of articu lated wooden surfaces

and platforms, enhanced with areas planted

with t rees and various plant m ateria ls that

correspond to those found in the Sherbrooke

region. At a sensorial level, the organic mater-

iality of the rooftop is a welcome feature thatcontrasts positively with that of the playful

building envelope comprised of several t ypes of

glass and metal. Fin ally, at the ecological level,

the architects use a series of strategies to mi ni-

mize the projects environmental impact and

energy consumption. Among them, the most

relevant features are geothermal heating and

cooling, natural ventilation systems, high-

efficiency glazing a nd envelope design, rain-

water ha rves ting, a nd lots of nat ura l light ing

strategies.

Projects of this type wil l hopefully encourage

wider public access to and pa rticipation in

higher education. The University of Sherbrooke

satellite campus in Longueuil appears as a

powerful precedent for the design of futu re

ventures in t his f ield, and is ultimately a f ine

example of a comprehensive and holistic ap-

proach to architecture. ca

Ricardo L. Castro is an Associate Professor at McGill

University where he has been teaching since 1982.

top the sUrroUnding context of the University of sherbrookes sateLLite campUs. ableFt to right extensive efforts have been made to bring a QUiet and pastoraL campUsatmosphere throUgh varioUs Landscape architectUre initiatives; oUtdoor seating essentiaL in promoting active stUdent interaction and engagement with the eLeme

client Universit de sherbrooke and viLLe de LongUeUiLarch itect tea m marosi + troy: martin troy, erik marosi, domi-niQUe Laroche, carLo rondina, maxime gagn, JULie charbon-

neaU, micheLLe chan, andr kirchhoff, mathieU LaroUche,andrea merrett, katsU yamazaki. Jodoin Lamarre pratte: marcLaUrendeaU, LoUis beLLefLeUr, syLvain biLodeaU, germain paradis,gUyLaine beaUdoin, danieL chabot, grard Lanthier, oLivier miL-Lien, richard beaUdoin, charLes-andr gagnon. Labb archi-tectes: eric Labb, kim Lacroix, andr gagnon, aLexandrepereda.structural s.m. consULtants inc.mechanical/electricaldessaU inc.landscape schme (phiLippe LUpien, phiLippe noLet, aLain Loof)proJect management cima+contractorpomerLeaU inc. (Lot 1); ebc inc. ( Lot 2)code technorm

Verti cal tran sport eximacous tics LegaULt & davidsonglass engineering verre strUctUreL cpa, benoit cLoUtier

area 40,000 m2budget $115 mcompletion JanUary 2010

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Park Place

the meticulously considered redesign of oPPenheimerPark in VancouVers downtown eastside engages

the disParate communities in this neighbourhood,

bringing Vitality and oPtimism to its residents.

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On any given day, Oppenheimer Park is alive

with ac tivit y. The first Satu rday of th is summer

is no exception. In the middle of the open lawn,

a water fight breaks out between a youngsterand her older brother while a crowd of specta-

tors erupts to the clangs coming from a rowdy

horseshoe match across the promenade. A staff

member from the community centre hollers

out, Last call for the public washrooms! as

late-afternoon shadows from the historic

Japanese cherry trees dance across the cur ve of

the parks only permanent structure. At 190

square metres, the new elliptical building is

small in si ze, yet sophisticated in program, and

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is largely responsible for the atmosphere of

civility that welcomes park-goers to Vancouvers

Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. Designed

by the architectural fir m formerly known asMcFarlane | Green | Biggar Architecture +

Design in concert with space2place Landscape

Arch itects, t he new park pavilion and su r-

rounding green space h as made Oppenheimer

one of the most intensively used parks in the

city since reopening just two years ago.

Located at the heart of the citys first neigh-

bourhood and home to many of its oldest build-

ings, the civic block between Powell, Cordova,

Jackson and Dunlevy Streets was opened as the

Powell Street Grounds in 1902 by Vancouv

second mayor and eventual n amesake of t

park, David Oppenheimer. Historically, th

park has supported a socially and culturalcommunity, albeit economically less adva

than elsewhere in Vancouver. As the nexus

the Japanese-Canadian community prior t

their internment during the Second World

the heterogeneity of the neighbourhood h

accommodated First Nations and other im

grant populations who were less than welc

elsewhere in the city. An important civic s

in the evolution of Vancouver, Oppenheim

Park has served as a staging g round for pr

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rallies, ceremonies and memorials while c

tinuing to host the cit ys longest-runn ing

annual communit y celebrationthe Powe

Street Festival.

During the postwar period, this area wa

largely rezoned for industrial use, and the

infrastructure that once supported a thriv

community has long been neglected. Over

decades, limited availability of a ffordable

single-room-occupancy (SRO) housing an

decline in job opportun ities for unskilled

labour, compounded by an increased popu

suffering from mental health and substan

abuse problems, has placed fur ther strain

the neighbourhood. Since the late 1980s, t

Downtown Eastside context has become mwidely k nown for its high i ncidence of

poverty, sex trade, crime and violence tha

earlier social and cultural v ibrancy. In pa

lar, the hard-drug trade and its associated

lems have kept many visitors away from O

heimer Park, further stigmatizing the are

Nevertheless, the park has recently bec

linchpin for the Downtown Eastside. The

behind its recent renovation stems from a

broader effort to revitalize the area throug

gesture of greater inclusivit y. In contrast t

other civic parks typically designed to dis

age vagrancy, the quality of the public rea

achieved through improvements to both th

landscape and pavilion design respond to

neighbourhoods un ique social context by

ancing concerns for safety and maintenan

with s trateg ies to respect the needs of low

income and homeless groups.

One of the key project objectives was to c

incentive for the public to enter the park b

breaking down barriersboth physical and

ceivedthat had discouraged through-traf

the past. The design team completed an ex

sive view analysis of the site and surround

neighbourhood to ensure visibility into an

through the park especially from the perimsidewalk. Planting is limited to short g ras

and trees with high crowns, eliminating m

ate and low-lying vegetation that could be u

screen illegal or threatening activity and c

band. With the exception of the baseball di

mond backstop (not so much a regulation-

sports field as a tribute to the legendary A

the Japanese-Canadian team based out of

Oppenheimer in the early 20th century), a

fences came down. Throughout the park, v

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surface treatments are used to imply boundaries

between different zones of activity which, for

example, may delineate between an open playing

field, the childrens playground, and the many

ball courts, along with sitting and gathering

areas. Generous paved paths have since replaced

worn desire lines caused by pedestrian move-

ment coming from the street corners through

the park. The paths now converge at the new

park pavilion, a focal point for the site.

Far from the traditional field house or storage

shed, the pavilion or activity house is the prod-

uct of an i ntense community consultation pro-

cess involving both programmatic and design

issues guided by the Carnegie Community

Centre. The facility i ncludes a multi-purpose

activity room, a small servery for food prep

and service, an office for park staff, and public

washr oom facilit ies. The pa vil ion offers social,

educational, recreational and cultu ral activities

six days a week, a nd can accommodate a large

number of neighbourhood events organized by

local community groups.

With no clea r front address or obvious streetfaade, the pavilion is designed as an object in

the landscape to be welcoming and approach-

able from all angles. A building w ithout blind

spots or corners, its elliptical form responds

directly to a concern for personal security by

creating the ex perience of moving past some-

thing safely for those using the park. During the

daytime and operating hours, the building

physically opens itself to the community. Light-

weight a lumi num screens slide into the wall s,

revealing generous covered exterior space

carved deep into the building. In contrast to its

hard outer shell, the heart of the building is

glazed, allowing for continuity between interior

and exterior spaces with a clear connection to

the park through enhanced visi bility. The over-

hangs provide much needed shelter from Van-

couvers wet clim ate and expand the usefulness

of the building by increasing its program mable

area. At night, when both the park and pavilion

are closed, low-level interior lighting glows

through the translucent screens so that the now

taut form becomes a beacon or lantern, thereby

creating a presence in the park that feels safe for

pedestrians even after dark.

Designed to be a backdrop to the parks activ-

ity, the building itself is modest in materialityand finishes yet distinctly civic in character.

Constructed from simple, durable materials

that are easy to clean a nd maintain, the wood-

frame struct ure is an economical and sustain-

able solution to a more organic form, while the

charcoal-coloured porcelain ti le cladding helps

keep the overall facility low-maintenance and

humanely scaled. The interior material palette

includes polished concrete radiant-heat floors

which prov ide seam less transitions between in-

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side and outside spaces, and floating wood ceil-

ings that bring w armth to the public spaces.From the exterior, the muted colours are offset

by elements of rich golden and rose huesin the

playground structu re and washroom doors for

examplethat tie together built elements and

offer another tribute to the Asahi, a word which

means morning sun in Japanese.

A num ber of historic elements on t he site,

such as the Sak ura maple trees planted by the

Japanese-Canadian community and the car ved

totem erected by the Squamish Nation have

been retained and celebrated within the overall

design. The new elements to the park intention-

ally avoid any cultural af filiation or symbolism

that would narrow the ex perience of the park to

that of a specific group. Instead, the focus is on

a dynamic space that changes as often as its

users do, prioritizing the collective experience

of the park as more meaningfu l and authentic

than deferring to prescribed notions of cultural

identity.

Officially reopened for the Vancouver 2010

Winter Olympics, both the pa rk and pav ilion

have since been recognized for their design ex-

cellence by the Canadian Society of Landscape

Arch itects a nd the A rchitectural Instit ute of

British Columbia. Modest in scope, this high-

profile project sets a clear tone for futuregrowth in the Downtown Eastside community

that favours the needs of the areas low-income

residents over rapid, large-scale redevelopment.

With pressure f rom local developers to increase

both height and density restrictions in th is low-

lying historic neighbourhood, the city has put a

moratorium on new development proposals in

order to create a comprehensive local area plan

through extensive community consu ltation and

asset-mapping exercises. In the interim, pro-

jects which favou r socia l and suppor tive h

ing (at a minimum of 60 percent of the tot

residential units) continue to move ahead

the hopes of both improving the livelihood

those in the area and preventing the displ

ment of long-term residents.

Wh ile the reality of gent rif ication threa

the stability of the ex isting community, a

iety of housing types and tenure is critical

communitys long-term prospects. The in

social housing targets a clear g ap in the av

ability of affordable housing city-wide, bu

remains to be seen how much this particu

neighbourhood can absorb. With the inevi

growth and development in Vancouver, th

solution for Oppenheimer Park depends u

change that is not polarizin g, but which b

all the residents in the community. Oppen

heimer Park is an excellent example of a co

munitys ability to help its most v ulnerabl

make and susta in space for themselves in

city. ca

Tanya Southcott is a Vancouver-based archite

writer.

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the First 100 Miles

A recent ideAs competition stresses theimportAnce of gong beyond merely speci-

fying locAl building mAteriAls.

teXt seAn ruthen

Without sounding na ively optim istic, 2012 may

go down in history as the moment when our col-

lective consciousness came to t he realization

that we have reached a tipping point with re-

spect to global climate change. Our planets ris-

ing temperature is melting the ice caps and

threatening to release trapped methane from

the permafrost, which wi ll contribute to a c at-

astrophic acceleration of global warming. The

comprehension of the science behind it has per-

meated popular culture to such a degree that

even young children are capable of grasping the

global environmental challenges that we must

face. This is a debate that current policy-makers

have little interest in addressing, but it remainsvery much a discussion in wh ich conscient ious

professionals such as arc hitects must engage.

For as much as architects are responsible for

the design and construction of buildings, we are

also responsible for specifyin g the materials

used to construct themmaterials which are

bought and sold in a global marketplace. With

this in mi nd, in the spring of 2012 the Archi-

tecture Foundation of British Columbia (AFBC)

proposed an ideas competition known as

100 Mile House (not to be confused with 100 Mile

House, the small town located within the inter-

ior of British Columbia). Central to the purpose

of the competition is the following question:

Can we build a single-family home with ma-

terials sourced from within 100 miles of its

site? The competition received nearly 60 sub-

missions from 17 different countries and drew

upon an ongoing international debate between

regionalism and globalization. Some entrants

even questioned the appropriateness of a com-

petition that would dare promote economic

ideologies like Buy Local in the first place.

Should we not focus on fair trade issues rather

than relying on local markets to carr y the load

of environmentally responsible building?

The competitions goal was to simply chal-

lenge the way we think a bout the single-family

home, as it most certainly did for the entrants

who had to ret hink ever yth ing we take forgranted as designers. For instance, the hi gher

the materials embodied energyas in a lum-

inum windows and mechanical eq uipmentthe

less likely it is to be sourced locally. The win-

ners best demonstrated this understanding,

through carefu l technical documentation indi-

cating where their materials were sourced.

The first-place winner of the competition, Tony

Osborn of Vancouver, went one step further by

proposing a potential material that currently

doesnt exist. Using mycelium derived fro

harvesting mushrooms, this futuristic ma

provides a food stock for two seasons befo

being able to be made into a concrete-like

proof substance that has good in sulating p

erties. Instead of trying to use local mater

fit into the mould of conventional buildin

technologiestypically wood- and concre

framed structu resOsborn proposed a m

unit that can be sourced any where, one th

ideal for single-family home construction

flexible to accommodate a variety of build

configurations.

If the winning entr y had just been abou

the material, it most likely would only hav

garnered the innovation category prize. W

secured its victory was how it went one ste

further regardi ng single-family zoning i n

couverhere, Osborn had the home advan

over the competition co-winners from Scoand New York. Understanding the comple

the RS1 zone in Vancouvers inner suburb

coupled with an awareness of the current o

going debates over increased density in th

citys older neighbourhoods, Osborn imag

longer life cycle for the house than what th

market currently considers. He also thoug

about how the physical form of the house c

actually gr ow and change as the demand r

quired, evolving from one household to tw

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with t he final bui lt-out scena rio including a

live-work componentall constructed within a

typical RS-1 lot size. Osborn then demonstrated

the most important lesson of allusing materi-

als wisely is commensurate with efficient land-

use policies. And with the current debates over

appropriate residential densities in Vancouver,

there are lessons to be learned a bout innovative

approaches to increasing densities in urban

areas. For this reason, Vancouver was made the

origin of the competition, and the centre of the

100-mile radius.

The second- and third-place winners demon-

strated a firm understanding of balancing a

single-family homes materiality with its pro-

gram and site footprint. The second-place win-

ner even achieved carbon neutrality, the goal of

many current envi ronmental policies being im-

plemented around the world. The competitions

Innovation Award went to a designer whocombined urban agriculturein this case an

apiarywith a single-family home, while the

student prize went to a pair of designers from

Madrid who proposed several passive systems,

including a large photovoltaic array on the roof

of the home. With the majority of entrants from

North America (21 from BC, 12 from the US),

22 came from abroad from places such as South

Korea, Hong Kong, Brazil, Mexico, Germany,

Italy, and even one from Dubai. Each entry

brought its own unique interpretation to the

challengegiven the fact that they were i nter-

preting their own local construction lawseach

with va rying levels of success.

Some of the comments from the jury, which

was comprised of a ran ge of consu ltants,

academics and practitionersLarry Beas ley,

Ray Cole, Michael Geller, Mike Harcourt, and

Jim Huffmanincluded a central message that

it wasnt good enough for the entries to simply

propose a project with locally sourced material;

this should only be the starti ng point to the

conversation.

Since its launch in early 2012, the ideas

competition has attracted the attention of both

local and global media, including a segment

on the local television news, as well as inter-

national attention from France, New York and

Los Angeles. As such, it is the ambition of the

AFBC now independent of the A rchitec tura lInstitute of British Columbia (AIBC) of which

it was formerly a partto build one of the

winning entries and donate it to Habitat for

Humanity. Furthermore, the results of the com-

petition will be featured in a 1,500-square-foot

exhibit at the IDS West show in Vancouver this

September.

With the idea for the competition comi ng

from the popular 100 Mile Diet, the Foundation

hopes to be a voice for regenerative sustainabil-

ity in British Columbia and beyond, advoc

for an environmentally ethical arch itectu

similar to the one architect Michael Green

espousing in regards to his wood high-ris

buildings, and simila r to the agenda of th

versit y Susta ina bilit y Init iative led by Dr.

Robinson at the University of British Colu

(UBC). With envi ronmental stewardship s

ing from the public to the private realm, d

more than enough may be what in the endmakes all the difference. So much good ha

been done alreadylike the Velo-city conf

ence held in Vancouver this past June, and

opening of milestone buildings such as th

CIRS building at UBC. The Foundation sim

recognized the opportunity to use the resu

from the 100 Mile House competition as an

effective vehicle to exhi bit a complex urba

problem to the general public, one which e

ploys current environmental technology s

OPPOsite tOP, leFt tO riGht VAncouVer-bAse

tony osborns competition-winninentry illustrAtes An interior View of

second-floor liVing room; osbornexterior rendering of the completed

phAses of the project; the second-pl

winner wAs A scottish teAm of Arctects, who presented An AlternAtiVe

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photovoltaic and geothermal systems, rainwater

harvestin g and more.

The 100 Mile House competition successful ly

questioned the business-as-usual model used

by the current construction industry, asking

whether it makes sense to as semble our neigh-

bourhoods of materials made in sweatshops

thousands of miles away. The competition

ultimately was an exercise to see not whether

weshould live within our carbon footprint, but

whether we even can anymore. Understanding

this, and effectively communicating it to the

general public will be part of the answer to cli-

mate change, contributing to an overall g reater

understanding of how different sustainable

systems can rewire our current architectural

paradigm, whether it is LEED or the Living

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while si multaneou sly lau nching a new ch apter

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the advancement of regenerative sustaina bility

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