Strategy 2 – Inspiring Spaces

Building space for thinking outside: UBC Sauder breaks ground on new second home

Building space for thinking outside: UBC Sauder breaks ground on new second home

Please visit https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/news/school-news/building-space-thinking-outside-ubc-sauder-breaks-ground-new-second-home to read the story.

Building a sustainable UBC: Saving energy and water on campus

Building a sustainable UBC: Saving energy and water on campus

Please visit https://facilities.ubc.ca/2024/10/29/building-a-sustainable-ubc-saving-energy-and-water-on-campus/ to read the story.

Three new buildings bring UBC’s workforce housing to nearly 1,400 homes

Three new buildings bring UBC’s workforce housing to nearly 1,400 homes

Please visit https://news.ubc.ca/2024/10/theory-rental-buildings-ubc-faculty-staff-housing/ to read the story.

MacLeod building renewal improves seismic and climate resilience

MacLeod building renewal improves seismic and climate resilience

Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/macleod-building-renewal-improves-seismic-and-climate-resilience to read the story.

x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn creates space for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation

x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn creates space for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation

UBC Okanagan is supporting a thriving interdisciplinary environment with x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn—a planned space that will bring together scholars and students of diverse academic backgrounds in an innovative way. Unique neighbourhoods will be shared by teams of interdisciplinary researchers from across UBC Okanagan’s entire research spectrum to enable team-based approaches to solving complex problems and […]

Arts Student Centre now an award-winning building

Arts Student Centre now an award-winning building

Visit https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-student-centre-now-an-award-winning-building/ to read the story.

Groundbreaking ‘tanked’ parkade to deepen UBCO’s roots in downtown Kelowna

Groundbreaking ‘tanked’ parkade to deepen UBCO’s roots in downtown Kelowna

UBC Okanagan is redefining urban infrastructure and sustainable construction practices in Kelowna with the construction of a state-of-the-art underground parking garage for UBCO Downtown. This four-storey, below-grade parkade—built to serve the facility and reduce parking impacts in the area—will set a record as the deepest parkade in the Kelowna area. It employs an innovative ‘tanked’ […]

Seismic upgrades at MOA: How base isolation technology can preserve cultural heritage

Seismic upgrades at MOA: How base isolation technology can preserve cultural heritage

The Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) is a cultural and architectural masterpiece that requires modern seismic safety measures to protect against future risks. In a Q & A with the Sustainability Hub, Dr. Tony Yang, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and an expert in earthquake engineering, discusses […]

UBC engineering, architecture students redefine sustainable construction

UBC engineering, architecture students redefine sustainable construction

In April, the Faculty of Applied Science welcomed students into a vibrant new teaching and learning space that is one of Canada’s first institutional spaces designed to be near-zero embodied carbon. The bright and airy 2,400-square-foot wood frame building, called Third Space Commons, emitted nearly-zero carbon emissions during construction, a feat that many view to […]

Activate UBC: Student Recreation Centre North

Activate UBC: Student Recreation Centre North

The Student Recreation Centre North facility will be built on the large plaza space situated immediately north of the UBC Life Building (formerly the Student Union Building) and at the western end of Student Union Boulevard. Located at the heart of UBC’s Vancouver campus, the building will include an outdoor walkway corridor at ground level […]