Project Description
This renowned 92-year-old art school in Vancouver opened its first purpose-built campus in September 2017. The landmark building anchors the regeneration of an industrial zone and is a catalyst for its redevelopment and connection with the city.
To engage the community of this emerging cultural and academic precinct, the campus has an open and accessible design that welcomes the public into the creative processes on display.
Composed as a sequence of interconnected program areas, the building is linked by light-filled atria that create nodes of visual connection, transparency and social interaction. Communal space facilitates a dialogue between digital and analogue disciplines and the multi-storey Learning Commons serves as a crossroads for exchange that connects with the full-length Concourse and the outdoors.
The building captures views of the Vancouver skyline and the Coastal Mountains from many vantage points, including terraces and workshops. The new campus positions Emily Carr University for its second century of inspiring and creating a rich legacy of artistic endeavour for which the institution is celebrated.