Vancouver Convention Centre

West

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4TH STAGE
LECTURE : ENVIRONMENT
LECTURER : MR.REEMAN
 INTRODUCTION
 Vancouver Convention Centre West is
designed to bring together the natural ecology,
vibrant local culture, and built environment,
accentuating their interrelationships through
the architecture. Opened in April 2009, the
Convention Centre West expansion facility
triples the total square footage and functional
capacity as well as completes the
development of the public realm on the
 waterfront.
This project is a good example towards
sustainable habitat. It shows us that using the
right materials, and especially the right glass
for a building’s facade, is a way to combine
both functional and sustainable design.
 Project Achievements

Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and

DA Architects & Planners, designed the
Vancouver Convention Centre West as a
compelling vision of what a civic
building can be—a celebration of
people and place and a model of
sustainability.
The project achieved :
 LEED Canada Platinum
certification, the first convention
center to gain such recognition in
the world,
 received a COTE 2011 Top Ten
Green Project Award.
East Building

 The East Building is located in Canada Place, which it shares with a cruise
ship terminal, and the Pan Pacific hotel. It has 12,400 m2 (133,000 sq ft) of
space, including a 8,500 m2 (91,000 sq ft), column-free, dividable exhibition
hall, 20 meeting rooms, and a ballroom.
 The East Building served as the venue for a series of religious gatherings
which hosted His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan 49th Imam
of Ismaili Muslims, on August 24, 25, 26, 1992 as well as June 10, 2005.
 The East Building also served as the main press centre for the 2010 Winter
Olympics.
West Building

 The West Building is directly adjacent to Canada Place and consists of 110,000 m2
(1,200,000 sq ft) total interior space including 20,490 m2 (220,500 sq ft) of convention
space, 8,400 m2 (90,000 sq ft) of retail space along a public waterfront promenade, and
450 parking stalls. Surrounding the building are 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) of
walkways, bikeways, public open space and plazas, for a total project area of 5.7
hectares (14 acres) of land and 3.2 hectares (8 acres) over water. The project also
supplies infrastructure for future water based developments including an expanded
marina, a float plane terminal, and water-based retail opportunities.

 The West Building opened to the public on April 4, 2009, and had a final cost of
$883,000,000 CAD (exclusive of land). The building hosted the International Broadcast
Centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics. Connecting to the
centre is the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel.
plan
Sustainable elements

 A six-acre living roof that is the largest in

Canada. Hosting some 400,000 native
plants and grasses as well as 240,000 bees,
the green roof acts as an insulator to
mediate the exterior air temperature,
contributes to the building’s storm water
utilization, and integrates with the
waterfront landscape ecosystem. Honey
produced by the bees is used in the centre’s
kitchen.
ROOF SLOPES
 The roof planes slope from 3 to
55%, and all were planted with
seeds and plugs; a buildup of
roof deck, root barrier, leak
detection grid and retention
matrix below supports the living
roof.
LARGEST LIVING ROOF
 At 2.4 hectares, this
extensive living ronon-
industrial of is the largest
living roof in North America.
THE LIVING ROOF
 The convention centre's
dominant feature was
modelled after a British
Columbia coastal grassland
ecosystem in order to thrive
in shallow growing medium
depths and withstand
temperature and moisture
SEASONAL CHANGES
 The plantings are self-
maintaining and change with
each season, contributing to
the outstanding views from
the surrounding office and
residential buildings of Coal
Harbour.
Water Usage & system
 Design strategies that achieve a 73%
reduction in potable water consumption
by low-volume flush and flow fixtures
and zero potable water use for irrigation
due to an onsite wastewater treatment
plant that treats 100% of the greywater
and blackwater.
 A sea water heat pump system that
takes advantage of the constant
temperature of adjacent seawater to
produce cooling for the building during
warmer months and heating for the
building in cooler months.
Design
 The central design challenge was to create
and integrate a 22-acre development
program at the intersection of the urban
realm and the shoreline and marine habitat.
The design approach creates a community
experience that is simultaneously a
building, an urban place, and an ecosystem.
 Approximately 35% of the project is built on
piles over the water, surrounded by a custom-
designed marine habitat skirt consisting of 5
concrete tiers. Each tier supports a separate set
of biota depending on the water depth, forming a
complete shoreline ecosystem including salmon,
crabs, starfish, shellfish, and dozens of other
native species.
 MARINE HABITAT

 An underwater habitat skirt or

artificial reef that is part of the
centre’s foundation, providing new
habitat for barnacles, mussels,
seaweed, starfish, crabs and various
marine species.
WALKWAYS
 Over 130,000 square feet of new walkway/bikeway and public space
that connects across the site, extending Vancouver’s waterfront park
system, enhancing the public access to the water’s edge and new
public plazas, festival spaces and informal gathering areas.
Flooring

 Radiant flooring is used in the bulk of the program

spaces, creating superior air circulation without
significant energy use. Prefunction areas benefit from an
advanced system of air diffusers, interlaced in an air
swirl pattern above the ceiling members.

 The west facade of the building also includes operable

windows and doors with dampers at the roof soffit,
allowing natural ventilation under appropriate
conditions.
INTERIOR
 All materials were selected to
maximize recycled content,
recyclability, durability, renewable
material use, and local harvest and
extraction. Interior finish
benchmarks include 16% recycled
content and 21% regional content,
with 86% of construction waste
diverted from the landfill.
MATERIALS

 The most prominent use of wood is in

the centre core area. The unique wall
design creates the impression of an
enormous stack of lumber viewed head-
on from the grainy, sawed ends. In
contrast, the smooth surface of the
perpendicular walls resemble the side
view of the same stack. About 9,300
square metres of hemlock wood
panelling was used to create the effect.
 Glass

 With an ultra-clear structural

glass skin on all sides,
extensive daylight and views
set up an extroverted,
community-friendly
relationship with the life of the
city and the waterfront and
maximize the use of natural
daylight in the building’s public
spaces.
Building Systems

 The internal metabolism of the

building draws many of its inputs
from the site’s resident renewable
resources, and makes dramatic
reductions in energy and water use
by both reducing consumption and
utilizing renewable systems.
 Water
 100% of precipitation is managed
on site. All stormwater is filtered
through the living roof and other
on-site vegetation, then fed
directly into the harbor. The
growing medium for the living
roof is designed to act as a
sponge, retaining excess water for
long periods and draining it in a
controlled manner.
 Energy

 The building reduces energy use by 60% as compared with

peer facilities. The electricity demand in the new facility is
about half of the existing East facility, due to the use of high-
efficiency systems such as a high-performance building
envelope, efficient lighting design and daylight sensors,
demand controlled ventilation and radiant heating and
cooling.
 MECHANIC
 Overall, seawater heat pumps contribute a 30% reduction in energy use.
Impact to marine life from these heat exchanges is minimal, due to the
harbor’s strong tidal mixing and the availability of deep water for inlet
and discharge pipes.
Materials and Resources

The Convention Centre updated and created new building policies

that focus on sustainability, providing a foundation from which its
team and suppliers can make environmentally-friendly decisions in
day-to-day practices:
 Facility Maintenance and Renovation Policy
 Ongoing Purchasing and Waste Policy
 Site Management Policy
 Indoor Water Use Reduction Policy