Fourth Year Fall Portfolio

STR ATH CONA R ECR EATION CENTR E an e x p l oration o f ath l etics f a l l st u d io p ort f o l io ri l e y s y j u co

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Area of Focus

CityStudio

The area that we are focusing our term project on is the Downtown East Side area, primarily along the East Hastings corridor and into the Strathcona area. Our choice of this area was influenced by CityStudio and the City of Vancouver which encouraged us to tackle the problems currently faced in the area.

CityStudio is a program that is funded by the City of Vancouver and its purpose is to facilitate and explore options that respond to the City’s goals of becoming the greenest city by 2020. CityStudio partners with different universities and colleges in BC to create programs and projects that help to create ideas that help the City of Vancouver in their problems.

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Class Talking Wall

Individual Talking Wall

When we identified our site location the first thing we did was initiate a class wide talking wall, where each individual was specificied to go a certain part of the overall analysis of the area. This talking wall was then compiled and put up on the wall for us to talk and explain each part to each other so that we all have a good understanding of the site.

The individual talking wall spawns from the three assigments that Ron had given to us to do over the course of a one month term. The point of the individual talking wall was to distill the class talking wall down to what was important to us in our site and to analyze the site itself.

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credit: Ainsley Viggers, Alex Raymundo, Alison Walker, Prasetyo Mahardhika, Riley Syjuco

proposed parking location plan

ramyur drive re-design

green ways

gathe ring places

i n t ro d u c e b i k e p a t h a l o n g r a y m u r i n t ro d u c e b r i d g e f ro m h a s t i n g s d o w n t o r a y m ur with vegetation on path and viewing pullouts re d u c e r a y m u r t o o n e l a n e t r a f f i c

introduction of greenery along select bike routes replace with wider sidewalk + designated two-way bike path cyclists seperated from pedestrians and traffic introduce street trees,benches,gathering spaces

block off a c c e s f ro m h e a t l e y t o h a s t i n g | p o c k e t p a r k remove s t re e t p a r k i n g replace w i t h w i d e r s i d e w a l k + d e s i g n a t e d b i k e p a t h introduce s t re e t t re e s , b e n c h e s , g a t h e r i n g s p a c e s potentia l f o r c a f e o n h e a t l e y s t re e t create gre e n b e l t

activity node location section of green ways gathering places

ramyur drive

ramyur drive

existing conditions

building massing | heights

heatley street | pocket park

e.hastings street proposed

building massing | heights

proposed intersection plan

ha stings cross section credit: Ainsley V, Alex R, Riley S

credit: Ainsley V

credit: Alison W, Riley S

credit: Ainsley Viggers, Alison Walker, Riley S

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RECREATION CENTRE Program Selection The selection of my program was determined by self interest as well as needs that arised from doing the class talking wall.

self interest My interest in a recreation centre spawns from my background in sports. I started early as a child playing hockey and have since played hockey since I was 5 years old until now, where I currently still play regularly. Hockey and sports in general has taught me many life lessons and in no small part has it formed who I am today and shaped my values.

public need Found from the class talking wall, there are some needs of the community in regards to a recreation centre. One of them is from the public opinion where many expressed the interest in a bigger community centre and this could be combined with the recreation aspect of my building.

From the public opinion many of the people interviewed, including those from the social housing district, expressed a concern for youth safety and security. I believe a recreation centre will greatly help with this aspect, providing after school activities related to sports for the youth and guiding them through their youth instilling great aspects of character development like I had instilled in me.

original program 1.

Gymnasium with basketball court 30m x 18m

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Ice Skating Rink 60m x 26m

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Fitness Room Sports Training Health Cafe

4. Daycare 5.

Community Centre Facilities

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Parking

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Access to plaza at highline

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initia l d esire d site l ocations

Initial Desired Site Location The initial site that I had desired for my program was along East Hastings and near the Raycam Co-Op Centre. The site I wanted the most was just to the east of the Raycam Co-Op Centre and the two sites full of overgrown greenery on the intersection of Glen Dr and E Hastings St. I was interested in these sites because they are along the main corridor of E Hastings and right near a transit node for easy access to the new recreation centre. I also wanted these sites because they are near the original community centred building and people wouldn’t be confused in their way finding to the new community centre type building.

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Final Site Location My final site location is near the bottom of the Raymur branch of our site, close to the intersection of Raymur Ave and Union St. This final site location was selected due to many factors including; other sites taken, programmatic locations of projects, and vicinity of the area.

The most prominent factor in selecting this final site location is due to the programmatic llocations of other students’ projects. Beside me are Vinny’s Aquatic Centre and Joe’s Youth at-Risk centre which includes edgy sports complexes.

With the three of our projects located near each other we form a recreational district of sorts.

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research p rece d ent Ray-Cam Co-Op Centre

920 E Hastings St, Vancouver The Ray-Cam Co-Op Centre while successful in idea and somewhat in function the centre is neither big enough or diverse enough to support the community that it serves.

To address this issue the Ray-Cam Board has put in a proposal into the City of Vancouver for a hub site model that would include recreation, social, cultural, health, family, and senior support services. These would also include social purpose enterprise accomodation, childcare and housing functions. They are also suggesting to move the building to the east part of the Ray-Cam lot with 7-8 stories height of the building and 12,000 to 15,000 SF footprint. The current location the Ray-Cam centre would be used as a public gathering space.

While this idea is great for the current circumstance, it is almost too much to ask for and too dense to happen on one lot. Our idea is to spread the functions along one strip and to pick up all of the proposed increased functions. In my project I will address the needs for a bigger community centre able to host events for the community as well as any other functions that they are asking for and aren’t taken care of.

Public Opinion When I walked around the area taking interviews about their thoughts about the Strathcona East Hastings area as a whole there was a few common themes. The one that most stood out to me was the fact that they had a large active community that doesn’t have enough space to hold functional events. Most of them mentioned the Ray-Cam Co-Op Centre, but it was also common for them to mention that the facility was just not big enough for the community. This became apparent when two teenagers were playing table tennis with each other and some about 8 adults were watching them play and were all crammed onto one bench.

architect u ra l p rece d ent Glen Eagles Community Centre | Patkau Arch.

6262 Marine Dr, West Vancouver

The Glen Eagles community centre is successful in creating strong relationships between the different programmatical spaces.

Plan + Elevation They create strong relationships by utilizing spaces stacked vertically and opening up the wall between the gymnasium and the lobby and fitness area. This creates an interesting section and an intersecting experience when looking from one area down onto the gymnasium.

Structure The structure consists of Glulam beams and columns combined with a steel truss-like framework that sites on concrete. The long span of the glulams is enabled by the mid seam of glulam and steel beams on the edge of the fitness room Acoustics The acoustics of the fitness room is not too desirable as there is considerable bleed through from the gymnasium. When I asked the receptionist he confirmed that it does get very loud up in the fitness room when there are activities going on in the gymnasium.

Materiality The materiality of the community centre is also successful. The use of glulam arched beams and wood ceilings creates a natural setting to the building and connects with the surrounding planting and landscaping. The wood beams also creates a juxtaposition when compared with the thick concrete walls found in the building.

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West Vancouver Community Centre | HCMA 6262 Marine Dr, West Vancouver

The West Vancouver Community Centre looks and functions beautifully with the spaces around it. The most prominent features that contribute to its success during events are the open grass courtyard between the two buildings and the open atrium that allows the flow of attendees between the front and back event spaces Open Spaces The open field and extra space around the back allows the community centre to host big events for the community outside. This is shown through my photo below as I experienced a fall festival type of event at the community centre.

Plan + Elevation The open atrium also allows the event organizers to successfully utilize the interior spaces by drawing people inwards as they pass between the front and back event spaces. The extra side atrium is also intention to facilitate this process of travel.

Atrium The atrium also includes skylights and allow daylight to flow into the building from above as well as vertical wood elements to create a bit of privacy for the multipurpose rooms since they have glazing to the interior to take advantage of the daylight from the skylights.

Privacy On the sides of the elevations there are light wood elements that provide a little privacy when looking straight down the atrium. This allows the exteriors of rooms to be fully glazed to allow light in while not sacrificing privacy from the general public.

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Hillcrest Community Centre | HCMA 4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver

The hillcrest is one that combines functionality with relation to other spaces. Much like the Glen Eagles community centre this project allows spaces to look into each other.

The project is also a remnant of the 2010 olympics, being transformed into a building that serves the community.

Plan The plan of the community centre reveals that the corridors and circulation space surround the functional areas, where seating is provided so that people may view the areas and be engaged.

Privacy

Sustainable Facts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4if-0z_q7g4

Volume of Wood Used 65 m2 / 27 000 ft2 of decking/engineered wood US & Canadian Forestry Renewal Time 2 minutes Carbon Stored in Wood 500 metric tons of CO2 Avoided Greenhouse Gases 1080 metric tons of CO2 Total Potential Carbon Benefit 1640 metric tons of CO2 LEED Accreditation Awards

LEED GOLD Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design Award

Section The angled section of much of the exterior allows views and blocks a sunlight into the building.

Structure The structure of the pool utilizes large wood glulam beams and columns with a steel open frame truss in the middle to support the beams. The large glulam beams are arched and supported at a 45 degree angle. The joint between these two structural elements are mitered at an angle to provide perfect support to the beam and allow optimal load transferring. The steel truss frame in the middle is open so that it doesn’t block views and spatial qualities while providing a support to the glulam beams to allow greater spans.

Materiality The materiality of the building uses wood as its main components as well as small details such as ceiling tiles, flooring, and soffit covers. This creates a warm and humanistic nature to the building which, although cliche, helps to enhance the human experience.

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d e m o g ra p hics

Gender Profile (2006)

Age Profile (2006) 100% 90% 80% 70%

13% 26%

60%

65+ Years 45 - 65 Years 20 - 44 Years

50% 40%

21%

43%

30%

31%

5 - 19 Years Under 5 Years

37%

20% 10%

14%

0%

4%

8% 2%

Vancouver

Downtown EastSide

Gender proportions are divided as roughly 60% male and 40% female, according to 2006 Statistics Canada. The areas of Chinatown and Strathcona show an almost equal proportion of sexes and is inditive to the City of Vancouver, yet the remaining sub-districts show a higher male to female population. Over half of the population living in the Downtown Eastside is over the age of 45, according to 2006 Statistics Canada. The City of Vancouver, on the other hard, shows a larger diversity of population with 43% towards the 20-44 years of age.

There is a proportionally low population of children and youths under the age of 19, compared to the City of Vancouver.

Housing by Type (2006)

Average Size of Household (2006)

Housing by Tenure (2006) 100% 90% 80%

51%

70%

Renter Occupied

60% 50%

Owner Occupied

40% 30%

89%

49%

20% 10%

11%

0% Vancouver

DownTown EastSide

According to 2006 Statistics Canada, roughly 90% of the households in the Downtown Eastside are considered appartments, with 90% of all housing types being rental units. The City of Vancouver, on the other hand, shows an almost equal split of owner versus rental housing property. An interesting statistic is the size of the household in the Downtown Eastside versus the City of Vancouver. The City of Vancouver shows, on average, a larger household of 2 1/4 persons while the Downtown Eastside shows the average household being 1 1/2 persons. This statistic shows the high possibility of single parent households with a single child with the Downtown Eastside.

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Education Profile (Ages 15+) (2006)

Overall Education Population (Ages 15+) (2006) 40% 35% 30%

DownTown EastSide

25%

Vancouver

20% 15% 10% 5% 0% None

High School Apprenticeship / Trades

College

University

The Downtown Eastside 2006 Statistics Canada, show that a high percent of the population has achieved lower levels of education, than the City of Vancouver. Victory Square, Oppenheimer and Strathcona show that almost 50% of their sub-district populations have not achieved High School completion or is considered to have no education at all. All the sub-districts in the Downtown Eastside show on average roughly 30%-40% of the population to have completed High School or have completed Apprenticeship / Trades training, with the Industrial sub-district showing that number rise up to 50%. Overall education levels are shown to the advanced education completion within the rest of the City of Vancouver.

Proportion of Population Low-Income After Tax (2006)

Household Incomes (2006) $70,000

Average Household Income Median Household Income

$60,000 $50,000 $40,000

$68,271

$47,299

$30,000 $20,000

$25,132 $10,000

$13,691

$-

Vancouver

DownTown EastSide

Child Poverty (Under 6) (2006)

The median household income in 2006, according to Statistics Canada, for Downtown Eastside was equal to $13,691 while the City of Vancouver had a median income at $47,299. The sub-districts Oppenhiemer, Chinatown and Victory Square had over 50% of their populations being considered low-income. The Downtown Eastside has a smaller percentage of the population under 6 years (2%) than the City of Vancouver but has almost half of the child population being considered low-income.

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Life Expectancy in Years (2008-2009)

Emergency Visits per 100,000 Pop (2008-2009) 84.5

Females

85.1

31,800

DownTown EastSide Vancouver

73.8

Males

1

80.0

20,141

DownTown EastSide Vancouver

78.0

Overall

82.6

Medical Practitioners per 100,000 Pop (2008-2009) 15.0 Specialists

231.9 DownTown EastSide Vancouver

General Practitioners

125.6 136.6

The City of Vancouver is known across the world for its health assets yet the high poverty, mental health issues and lack of education of many groups contribute to reduced population health. Life expectancy for both genders in the Downtown Eastside is less than the City of Vancouver as a whole, according to Statistics Canada 2008-2009. The populations in the Downtown Eastside have increased risks for systemic illnesses and use hospital emergency facilities more frequently than the City of Vancouver. The Downtown Eastside also shows a reduced availability to general practictioners and especially medial specialists, which are almost non-existant.

DTES crime nodes

demographic crime summary

commercial break + enter

automobile related theft

mischief + asault

major intersections are subject to vast majority of concentration of criminal activity within subject site area.

+ crime rates have dropped drastically since 2010 after security was lifted for

the 2010 winter Olympics.

+ crime rates are comparable to most of Metro Vancouver when looking at crime per capita in other urban neibourhoods.

frequency legend 1 5 10 15 20+

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g entri f ication

personal + commercial security

extensive security bars and gates surrounding all businesses , residential entrances and public areas such as parks + gardens windows of lowrise residential units are above eye level to increase security and avoid break + enter. yet also allow for unsafe activities to take place below them lack of police presence is a large factor when increasing safety and security of the area. suggestion: increased survailance systems within vulnerable areas along hastings street such as within alcoves and narrow alleys that are hidden from the public eye. suggestion: increase street lighting along hastings st as well as indutrial area where possible artist live + work studios and possible future developments may exist

effects of gentrification

considerations

- attracting new investment to the area is critical to economic revitalization - creating employment for residence with barriers to typical employment can help reduce displacement - income and asset creation are critical to ensuring resident well-being as the neighborhood economy improves - mixed-use, transit-oriented developments and density provisions, can encourage affordability and create mixed-income areas - stabilizing existing renters reduces displacement and resistance to development

CNR Paper 5: June 2002, Does Gentrfication Help or Harm Urban Neighbouurhoods? An Assement of the Evidece-Base in the Coontext of the New Urban Adgenda Rowland Atkinson

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z onin g

Comprehensive Development District CD-1 (Existing) provide a variety of low-rise and mid-rise residential uses combined with commercial, professional services and light industrial.

Comprehensive District (Propose)

Light Industrial District (I2) permit industrial and other uses that are generally incompatible with residential land use but are beneficial in that they provide industrial employment opportunities or serve a useful or necessary function in the city.

Two-Family Dwelling District (RT-3)

provide a variety of low-rise and mid-rise retention of neighbourhood and streetscape residential uses combined with commercial, character, particularly through the retention, professional services and light industrial. renovation and restoration of existing character buildings.

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o u t d oor g ather p ar k s

park facilities baseball diamond basketball court

dog off leash field houses horseshoe picnic sites playgrounds running tracks skate park soccer fields softball tennis court wading pool washrooms water/spray park *information and some graphics courtesy of http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/ parks-gardens-and-beaches.aspx

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STRATHCONA PARK

857 Malkin Avenue [@ Hawks Avenue] 10.07 hectares AVAILABLE FACILITIES: 1

4

2

1

1

1

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MACLEAN PARK

1

1

4

710 Keefer Street [@ Heatley Avenue] 1.21 hectares AVAILABLE FACILITIES: 1

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1

1

1

2

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STRATHCONA LINEAR PARK

787 Prior Street [@ Hawks Avenue] 0.30 hectares AVAILABLE FACILITIES: 1

1

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WOODLAND PARK

705 Woodland Drive [@ Adanac Street] 1.58 hectares AVAILABLE FACILITIES: 1

4

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1

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conto u rs

existing + future public transportation | tbike routes

bike + walk 2 min. walking radii

bike travel

existing public transport

existing bike route

existing public transport + future high capacity transport

proposed bike routes

proposed pedestrian connections

u ti l ities

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12 11 9 8

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6

6

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vanmaps

contours (1m intervals)

vanmaps

water sewer

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d a y l i g ht ana l y sis

daily hours of daylight and twilight

Jan

Feb Mar Apr

May Jun

Jul

Aug Sep Oct

Nov Dec

source: http://weatherspark.com/averages/28404/Vancouver-British-Columbia-Canada

full night astronomcal twilight (Sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon) nautical twilight (Sun is between 6° and 12° below the horizon) civil twilight (Sun is not visible but is less than 6° below the horizon) solar twilight (Sun is visible but less than 6° from the horizon) full daylight

Due to the amount of daylight hours in Vancouver, PV systems are achievable; however, it requires a huge area of land or building area to have the system installed and huge cost. winter equinox summer

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figure 1. winter wind The strongest wind in winter are coming from the east with a magnitude of 32m/s ( the strongest wind of all season)

10 m/s

32 m/s

W

E

16 m/s

S N

figure 2. equinox wind 13 m/s

16m/s

The strongest wind W during equinox are coming from the southeast and east with a magnitured of 16m/s

E

15 m/s

S N

figure 3. summer wind The strongest wind in summer are coming from the southeast with a magnitude of 15m/s

10 m/s W

E 15 m/s

winter equinox summer S

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aco u stica l st u d y

figure 1. / 12pm sound map

sound legend average sound decibel level legend (over 60s) 80dB 75-80dB 75dB 70dB 65dB 55-60dB 55dB sound typologies

construction sounds (sawing, hammering)

industrial noises (hammering, grinding)

heavy traffic sounds

bird sounds

lamp buzz

skateboarding grinding noise

distant overhead airplane engine noise

figure 2. / 8pm sound map

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site ana l y sis

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ana l y sis state m ents

topography

acoustics

The lowest point of my topography is on the west side of my site and slopes upward towards the west side of my site.

The average sound decibel range around my site is 65-70dB with a lower range later at night dipping down to 55-70dB.

The orientation of my site is critical when considering the large developments that we are creating to the south and north of my site.

This noise is not a very significant design driver as this is comparable to a sound tests done in residential suburb blocks in New York. This decibal range is also comparable to 60dB, which is the sound of a normal conversation.

The boundery conditions are currently created by the streets to the west and south and the railway to the east.

My building to some extent is being blocked from the noise by Vinny’s building to the south as well.

zoning

demographics

The zoning of the site currently does fit in with my program and proposed building to an extent. The description of the I2 district is pretty vague in nature and in my interpretation the program of recreation centre / community centre fits within a useful or necessary function in the city. It also creates employment opportunities for the community, although mostly not industrial related.

The inhabitants of the neighborhood is dominated by a range of youth to adults. There are families as well as single residents with the average size household being 1.5 persons.

Mostly the character around my site can be categorized into three types; social housing, single family residences, and light industrial.

utilities

Within a few minutes walk of the site there’s a dominance of single family residences to the West and Mixed-Use buildings to the north and East.

The water and sewer pipes are located surrounding my site to the north, south and west of my site. Because of the abundance of pipes around my site, I do not think that the location of my mechanical room will be affected much, besides the fact that it shouldn’t be located to the east side without being near the north side.

It goes without saying that my program and building should allow equal opportunities to female and males alike, which there is an equal distribution of each sex in the immediate surrounding area.

outdoor areas

The age profile of Downtown East Side is largely dominated by ages 20-44 and 45-65, while there are also elementary schools in the immediate surrounding area. This dictates a focus in my program towards children, young adults to middle-aged adults.

There are a few outdoor gathering spaces and parks in the immediate context of my site. The most note-able ones being: Strathcona Park, Strathcona Linear Park, and MacLean Park.

It is also necessary to consider the amount of poverty in the area, where there is roughly 38% low-income and average household income is $25,000.

These parks impact my project greatly as they relieve the need for outdoor play facilities on my site since the availability is so close. I can even see that Strathcona Park would be used as a major outdoor facilitator for day-camps that extend from my building.

shadows The buildings surrounding my site are far away enough and low enough that the shadows they cast over my site are negligable. In terms of my design I need to watch the shadow that I cast over Andrew’s site though and over the skyline.

There is also a lack of medical practioners, both specialists and general practicioners in the area.

gentrification I believe that gentrification in this area is inevitable and acceptable to a limit. With new developments and in the area, as Mr. Price had said, gentrification is inevitable and one group or another is going to be affected, always. That being said the way we deal with this gentrification determines whether we succeed or fail in this aspect. The goal for my site and project is to target the most demographics that can be accomodated to limit gentrificaton with emphasis on low income families, seniors and youth.

crime and safety The crime around my site is mostly automobile related theft with mischief and assault just to the north. This is a big consideration regarding the amount of parking and where it is located on my site. How I deal with security of the parking will be impacted in this case.

The mischief and assault around my site can be addressed by a security function in the building.

Increased lighting around my site and into crevices will also help with security.

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Visions • • • • •

Create a destination at the end of the Skyline focused around community events Integrate a public open area with the functions of the surrounding community buildings Ensure the facilities are accessible by the whole community without segreggating one party Support the community through a unique experience within the area to attract visitors Combine functionality with sustainable design that is being presented with the master plan

Goals • • • •

Create a sports oriented facility that also supports community events Engage the community on all levels through the sports and the athletes Support athletes through available facilities Guide the youth in the community through sports activites

Sustainable Design • • • • • •

Combine the hockey arena with other functions to create a seasonal arena and save on high maintenance costs Integrate mechanical system with other buildings around, specifically excess heat created by arena sent to aquatic centre Support community through green areas as well as cultivatable areas Use efficient building performance ideas and assemblies to support sustainable design Concious selection of materials to further support sustainable design Utilize rain water catchment system to use within the building

p ro g ra m Function Seasonal Arena Changing Rooms Viewing Area Gymnasium Viewing Area Gym Locker/Shower Rooms Yoga Room Multipurpose Rooms Clubs Rooms Games Rooms Computer Room Senior Lounge Physio Offices Podium Admin. / Offices Washrooms Staff Room Reception Health Café Seating Public Washrooms Maintenance Circulation (15%) Building Total

Height (storeys) 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Number of Rooms 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 31

Individual Area (m2) 672 25 100 510 100 165 85 36 36 36 36 36 36 72 200 150 8 15 15 25 25 35 100 N/A

Total Area (m2) 672 100 100 510 100 165 85 36 144 72 36 36 36 72 200 150 8 15 15 25 25 35 100 411 3148

Total Area (SF) 7233 1076 1076 5490 1076 1776 915 388 1550 775 388 388 388 775 2153 1615 86 161 161 269 269 377 1076 4419 33880

Function Seasonal Arena Changing Rooms Viewing Area Gymnasium Viewing Area Gym Locker/Shower Rooms Yoga Room Multipurpose Rooms Clubs Rooms Games Rooms Computer Room Senior Lounge Physio Offices Auditorium Admin. / Offices Washrooms Staff Room Reception Health Café Seating Public Washrooms Maintenance Circulation (15%)

Public/Private Public Private Public Public Public Public Private Semi-Private Public Semi-Private Public Public Public Semi-Private Public Private Private Private Public Public Public Public Private Public

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01 f u nctiona l p l annin g Seasonal Arena

Seating

Arena that can be used seasonally, changing functions to suit the current weather/season. Typically sporting an ice surface during late fall, winter and early part of spring and then changing to concrete or turf surface for spring, winter and early fall. This arena would be smaller than average to save on size and allow tighter team sports.

The seating should be airy and comfortable. It also should allow for flexibility in how many people can be seat. It should incorporate heating if needed.

Adjacencies Changing rooms Viewing/Seating Concourse Parking

Services Electrical

Computer Room

Services Mechanical Electrical

The computer room will house 20 to 30 computers that will be publicly available. This area will need to be well ventilated and without glare.

Adjacencies Seasonal Arena Gymnasium

Adjacencies Circulation

Gymnasium The gymnasium is a multi-functional space that can both be used for sports and for community events. It will sport a FIBA sized basketball court as well as the essential pin locations for volleyball, badminton and other sports.

Adjacencies Shower/Locker rooms Storage Main Atrium Services Ventilation Electrical

Services Venitlation Electrical

Admin. Office The administration office should be central and accessible by public. The office will incorporate work space, storage, and staff utilities.

Adjacencies Main Circulation Services Venitlation Electrical

Arena Changing

Locker/Shower Rooms

Club/Multi-purpose Rooms

The arena changing should be enough to seat 15 people comfortably. It should be electrically serviced and near the arena.

The locker/shower rooms should be hidden, well lit and near the gymnasium, fitness room, and physio offices. The shower rooms should be separate but the locker rooms can be combined both male/female.

The club/multi-purpose rooms should be flexible in space as well as big enough to serve community clubs that are started by the youth and any events that need space.

Adjacencies Seasonal Arena Services Ventilation Electrical

Fitness Room The fitness room should be open and visible to the public. It will sport fitness equipment including weights, treadmills and bikes. It should also be open and flexible.

Adjacencies Locker/Shower rooms Yoga/Flex Room Health Cafe Services Ventilation Electrical

Health Cafe The health cafe will be open to the public and be serving quick healthy sandiwiches, wraps, juices and shakes.

Adjacencies Fitness Room Physio Offices Services Ventilation Electrical

Podium The podium room shall be spatious and flexible. This room will sit underneath the gymnasium and will be a focal point in any event or organizing. This room should be big enough to serve for many functions.

Adjacencies Main Circulation Services Ventilation Electrical

Yoga/Flex Room The Yoga/Flex room should be big enough to serve yoga classes as well as team excercise groups for anaerobics.

Adjacencies Gymnasium Fitness Room Yoga/Flex Room

Adjacencies Fitness Room Locker/Shower Rooms

Services Electrical

Services Ventilation Electrical

Adjacencies Presentation Rooms Main Circulation Services Ventilation Electrical

Presentation The presentation rooms should be open and flexible for seating. The room should also be protected from any glare issues for presentations.

Adjacencies Multi-purpose rooms Services Ventilation Electrical

Senior Lounge The senior lounge is for the use of the seniors from Andrew’s program. This room should be open, visible and public to their use.

Adjacencies Easy Access Services Ventilation Electrical

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Site Concept 01 The first concept of our shared plaza between the three buildings consists of the idea of bringing the people of our buildings up to the height of the skyline straight away. As well as including entrances to the parking level.

Then between the three of our buildings we would have a shared courtyard for use of events.

Initial Site Concepts Early on the three of us in the recreation district realized a great opportunity for us to create a common plaza, as there are functional connections between our building.

Parti Development The main initial concept was to create a single circulation path to guide people from Raymur Ave to the Skyline that we are creating while engaging people with the athletics along the journey.

The second concept was to, like the Glen Eagles precedent, have the spaces focus in on the athletics to have visual connections.

Floor Areas Gross Floor Area

Building Footprint 3470 m2

Gymnasium 672 m2 Ice Arena 590 m2 Fitness Room 293 m2 Changing 225 m2 Locker Rooms 125 m2 Maintenance 125 m2 Multi-Purpose 253 m2 Administration 288 m2

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Lobby Atrium Gymnasium (Basketball Court) Fitness Room Multi-Purpose (Seasonal) Rink Changing Rooms Locker/Shower Rooms Multi-Purpose Rooms Offices/Admin.

Maintenance/Loading Health Cafe (Booster Juice) Parking (Underground)

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Site Concept 02 This is the second iteration of our site concept. This concept tested different ideas on how the site functioned.

The first major change was to move the entrance to the parking to the west side of the sites to create a better connection to Joe’s site to the east.

The second major change was to angle the courtyard to create a better transition and open up to the skyline.

The third major change was to bring up the dropoff area to the height of the courtyard as well as lowering the height of our courtyard to be just 2m in height above Raymur Ave. The idea of this concept was to force and bring people up to the height of the courtyard and to help engagement with out buildings while improving the ties of the three of our buildings.

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summary of changes

The main development changes spawned from the self critique • added restaurant along Raymur Ave of the shared courtyard between my building and Vinny’s Aquat• changed floor plans ic Centre.

• reduced amount of staircases When we tried to put together our floor plans at the two thirds • changed design of site stage, we found out that the shared courtyard just wasn’t work- • changed connections from and from the shared courtyard ing or fitting together. We decided to make a drastic change on our developments and try a new approach to our designs.

This new approach was to design the shared courtyard first, lay down the spaces that we wanted and how the spaces would work before we start to design our buildings. Although this proved challenging to design our buildings around the set parameters, I believe it resulted in buildings that worked very well together with the shared courtyard.

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Lobby Atrium Gymnasium (Basketball Court) Fitness Room Seasonal Arena Changing Rooms Locker/Shower Rooms Multi-Purpose Rooms Senior’s Lounge Club/Games Room Public Computer Room Offices/Admin.

Maintenance/Loading Health Cafe (Booster Juice) Parking (Underground)

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Parti Development At this point there was some new parti developments and concepts, as well as refinement of old parti concepts.

I introduced the concept of cross circulation axis to connect the four social sides of my project, as well as the concept of pulling back and away from the Skyline to allow light into the building

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Site Concept 03 The new site concept changed to deal with the interaction between our shared courtyard and Raymur Ave as well as the social housing district directly west of our site.

The main changes were angling our buildings as well as the shared courtyard to open up to Raymur Ave as well creating a bigger focus on Raymur Ave itself. We tried to engage Raymur Ave as much as we can with our buildings and its functions while changing things like the road material to create a special interaction with the public in this area.

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Wall Section 1: Through Restaurant/Arena Concept Wall Sections These concept wall sections were to identify possible envelope solutions earlier in the design than usually expected through the anticipation of clients, occupants, spaces, functionality and wall types. Then to take those into consideration when forming an anticipiated wall section.

Wall Section 2: Through Front Entrance @ Courtyard Height

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CIVIC ADDRESS 710 Raymur Avenue Vancouver, BC 4583 sq.m

PARKING SPACES REQUIRED (PER PARKING BY LAW) 4.2.4.3 | Community Centre + Fitness | 1/18.6 4.2.4.1 + 4.2.4.4 | Stadium/Rink | one every 5 seats or 1/9.3 4.2.5.1 | Office | 1/100 up to 300, 1/50 thereafter 4.2.5.6 | Restaurant | 1/18.6 4.2.5.11 | CafĂŠ | 1/50 up to 100, 1/10 up to 500, 1/20 over 500

GENERAL BUILDING INFORMATION UNDERGROUND 1167 sq.m LEVEL 01 990 sq.m LEVEL 02 603 sq.m LEVEL 03 1459 sq.m LEVEL 04 414 sq. m BUILDING CLASSIFICATION AND OCCUPANCY

PROPOSED USE Recreational (Arena, Gymnasium, Multi-purpose, Fitness) BUILDING OCCUPANCIES Major Occupancy Group A Division 3 | Gym, Fitness, Arena, Yoga, Viewing | 2098 sq. m Group A Division 2 | Podium, Banquet, Pub. Comp, Presentation, Youth Club, Seniors | 686 sqm Minor Occupancy Group D | Physio Offices, Admin. Offices | 184 sq. m OCCUPANT LOAD | Table 3.1.17 Stadia and Grandstands Classrooms Public Corridor & Occupancy Space w/ non-fixed seating Space w/ non-fixed seating & tables Offices Dining Kitchen Storage

| 223 / 0.60 | 74 / 1.85 | 94 / 3.70 | 43 / 0.75 |224 / 0.95 | 184 / 9.30 | 100 / 1.20 | 25 / 9.30 | 61 / 46.0

= 686 / 18.6 = 37 = 1072 /9.3 = 115 = 184/100 = 2 = 80/18.6 = 4 = 20/50 = 1

Total Required Parking Stalls = 159

EXISTING ZONING I-2 Industrial district

Total Occupancy: 840

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REQUIRED SETBACKS AND DEDICATIONS Frontage N/A Front setback N/A Side setback N/A Rear setback N/A Courtyard dedication 6m on the south side

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ASSEMBLY RATING 3.2.2.2.31 | Group A, Division 3, Any Height, Any Area Sprinklered Throughout Construction: Non combustible Floor Assemblies: Fire separation with Fire Resistance Rating not less than 2hr Mezzanines: Fire Resistance Rating not less than 1h Roof Assembly: ?? (FRR 45 min. or Heavy timber) Loadbearing structure: Fire Resistance Rating not less the supported assembly Fire suppression sprinklered in accordance with NFPA-13 UNPROTECTED OPENING LIMITS FOR A BUILDING OR FIRE COMPARTMENT THAT IS SPRINKLERED Table 3.2.3.1.c Lim. distance (m) Max.Area (sq.m) % Opening North face 5.5 150 or more 46% West face 17 150 or more 100% South face 4 150 or more 30% East face 3 150 or more 22% Allowable area of unprotected openings in the exposing building face is between 25% and 100% -> need Article 3.2.3.7.3 a fire resistance rating of not less than 45 min.

FIRE ALARM AND FIRE FIGHTING PROVISIONS Subsection 3.2.4 | Fire alarm and detection systems 3.2.4.1.1 | A fire alarm system is required The fire alarm shall comply with article 3.22.4.7 in regard to signaling the fire department, visual alert devices shall be provided in addition to auditory alert devices in compliance with sentence 3.2.4.18

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3.2.5.2 | Access is required to basement 3.2.5.3 | Access is required to any roof with a slope less than ¼ 3.2.5.4-6 | An access route is required Design and requirement of access route is determined by 3.2.5.5 3.2.5.8.1.a | standpipe system is required The fire department connection for an automated sprinkler system must be located within an unobstructed 45m distance from a hydrant per sentence 3.2.5.16(2), at the discretion of the authority.

3.2.5.17 | portable fire extinguishers required Portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in accordance with the British Colombia Fire Code per article 3.2.5.17, at the discretion of the fire authority.

Subsection 3.2.7 | Lighting and emergency power systems MEZZANINES AND OPENINGS THROUGH FLOOR ASSEMBLIES 3.2.8.1 | Mezzanines that do not terminate at an exterior wall, firewall or vertical fire shaft shall: 3.2.8.1.a | terminate at a vertical fire separation having a Fire Resistance Rating not less than that required for the floor assembly & the floor assembly above 3.3.1.3.3 | Means of egress hall be provided from every roof which is intended for occupancy, and from every podium, terrace, platform, or contained open space 3.3.2 | Assembly Occupancy requirements 3.3.1.5.1 | A minimum of two egress doorways.

- occupant load more than 60 - Sprinklered.

- Does not contain a high hazard industrial occupancy 3.4.2.1.1 | Every floor area shall be served by at least two exits 3.4.2.5.1.b | Travel distance 40m for business and personal services occupancy 3.4.2.5.1.c | Travel distance 45 m in a floor area that contains an occupancy other than a high-hazard industrial occupancy, provided it is sprinklered throughout.

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Section 3.3 SAFETY WITHIN FLOOR AREAS Fire resistance ratings of rooms Area Janitor room Storage rooms Service rooms (Mech,water,elec)

Fire separation 0 – 1hr ¾ - 1hr 1 hr

Reference 3.3.1.21 3.3.4.3(3) 3.6.2.1

Section 3.7 | Health requirement Table 3.7.2.2 A Water closets for an Assembly Occupancy Numbers of each sex -> Male (6) Female ( 11) >> regarding the need of shower and change room, the facility provided more stalls.

Section 3.8 | Building requirements for persons with disabilities 3.7.2.10 (1) shower to be designed to provide maneuvering space up to each type of fixture required to be useable by wheelchair (2a) Atleast one toilet compartment be not less than 1500 mm wide and 1500 mm deep (2b) Have a clearance of not less than 1700mm between the outside of the stalk and the face of the an inswinging washroom door.

3.8.2.13 (1a) Access shall be provided to every type of public facility (1c) Atleast one changing room for each sex, where changing rooms are provided.

(2 )Changing rooms shall each have at least one shower conforming to sentence 3.7.4.8(11) 3.7.4.8(11.a) shall be not less than 1500mm wide and 900mm deep with not less than 1500 wide entrance (11.b)have a clear floor area in front of the entrance ro the shower not less thamn the width of the shower

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Parti Development At this point the parti development only consisted of refining and creating better graphics to represent my overall concepts.

Concept Development

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In the end, for the benefit of the reviewers I decided to quickly mock up some basic concept diagrams to attempt to guide them through a little bit of my process

At first I used a traditional single level recreational facility planning.

The next step in my process was to use a multi-level concept to create my recreatonal facility and to fit all of my program into the site.

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In the next step I arranged the areas to fit my parti more and to fit the introduction of the shared courtyard concept.

Finally I pulled back my building more from Raymur Ave and to create more space for the courtyard as well as introducting cross axis circulation to connect the four public sides of my site.

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Materiality brick

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Brick would be mainly used on the First Level where there is a connection to the surrounding context through the brick.

I wanted to use either aluminmum or precast concrete panel for the cladding of the cross circulation portions of the building to set it apart architecturally.

Wood structure would be used for a warmer and more naturally feeling as well as supporting the local industry.

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Fourth Floor Plan | Shared Couryard | 17.5m

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B | Atrium Section

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Sustainable Section 1 | East-West

Envelope Buffer Zone Natural/Stack Ventilation Natural Daylight Radiant Floor Heating Heat Exchange with Strathcona Aquatic Centre District Geothermal Heat Pumps

Sustainable Section 2 | North-South

Triple Glazing Envelope Separation Extensive Green Roof System Rain Catchment System - feeds into water system Natural Daylight (Shading System) Photovoltaic Panels Radiant Floor Heating

str u ct u re Structure Drawings Structure Concept For the structure I wanted to get away from the traditional stale steel structure of an arena and so I decided to mainly use wood elements for the structure.

I ended up using Heavy Timber for the atrium structure and Glulam structure for all of the long span structure. As well as CLT for the roofs where applicable and concrete for the intermitten floors.

These choices in material also comply with the code aspect where I need to have a non combustible construction.

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Going Forward

The review for my December presentation was very helpful and informative. It helped confirm some of the problems I thought there was with my project as well bring up some new good points. To summarize the review comments:

Going forward with my design I am presented with a few key problems. There are a few key problems that affect my whole design of the building;

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Questioning the action of raising up the gym as on a pedestal This creates a larger need for circulation in the building Combine all entrances to create a meeting place Use the courtyard entrance to bring people underneath Some of the program overlap in functions Use the actual building as a sort of playground for sports Utilize the roof and walls for sports activity Suggestions for using every piece of the site for some sort of sports activity (Maureen) there is a need for more track space - integrate a track into building Use the skyline as station points for the track Take care of the north and south facade of the gymnasium - open up the north and shield the south Take care in screening strategies - not blinding the athletes Need to set a clear direction of the building (Maureen) Focus on the athletics side of the building Pushing the Seasonal Arena underground reduces its value in comparison to the raised Gymnasium Need to create a diagram of how services relate Need more experiential graphics Need to optimize every space of the site Adjust appearance of the Gymnasium; asymmetry of beams creates visual issues The axis of cross circulation ties things together, rather than organizing them in a functionally ingredients way (need to think of elements systematically) Building is not clear how it works with the Aquatic Centre Create a better relationship to the Aquatic Centre since they are in such a close proximity, they need to enhance each other

• The raised up position of the Gymnasium • The position of the Seasonal Arena • The connections of my building to the Aquatic Centre I think over the break I really need to take a good look at the bold move of raising the Gymnasium as well as the position of the Seasonal Arena. I also need to take a good look at my program and the clarity of it.

Some big moves will need to happen quick and re-development needs to happen after. I believe I am going to use some time over the break to come up with some big ideas that change the dynamic of my building and explore the possibility of bringing the Gymnasium back down to the courtyard level, now that I have that move out and I’ve tried it to the fullest.

All of this I will need to create more graphic diagrams as well as more testing models.

TH AN KS FOR VI EW ING Special Thanks Head Studio Instructor | Peter Levar Studio Instructor | Michel Labrie Program Head / Instructor | Ron Kato Instructor | Wesley Wollin

Portfolio by Riley Syjuco ARSC 8000 DEC 2013