Comments on: The New SUB Project Architect Presentations: My Picks http://ubcinsiders.ca/2010/04/the-new-sub-project-architect-presentations-my-picks/ Separating the wheat from the chaff. Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Phil http://ubcinsiders.ca/2010/04/the-new-sub-project-architect-presentations-my-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-9904 Phil Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:31:53 +0000 http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/?p=2893#comment-9904 In response to your comment Maayan, I would like to expand on Bunting Coady Architects' approach to the new SUB design, that may at least give UBC students an idea of how our firm is different from the rest. I can honestly say that our entire firm is extremely passionate about this opportunity, from the architects and designers to the admin. staff, principals, and even everyone's children. We want so much to transfer this passion into a landmark design that will make current students proud to be a part of UBC, and future generations, including our children and others from all over the world to be proud to study or work on campus, 10 or 20 or 80 years from now. Our vision at Bunting Coady for the new UBC SUB is to inject 100% effort into the following: - designing a 'Living Breathing Building' for UBC...a level of sustainability that exceeds LEED Platinum certification through restorative design...enabling the building to restore the ecosystem and community, regenerate energy and recharge groundwater, while maintaining a vast amount of natural lighting and fresh air ventilation. - putting the student first. We continue to hire UBC students at our office for internships and often, full-time work. We want to engage students from all faculties to get involved in the design phase through in-house studios to UBC workshops, from Arts to Architecture, Science, Engineering, Forestry, Performing Arts, Business and more... We have a great blend of experienced senior architects and energetic staff that will go out of their way to connect with students, alumni and professors to ensure all needs will be met for an ever-changing student body and dynamic for the next 80-100 years. - We are a truly LOCAL, BC-based firm founded to provide the people of BC with beautiful and environmentally friendly buildings. Overall, we exist to bring beauty to everyday life through our designs by embracing the sun, the earth, the wind and the water. I hope this helped to give you some idea about where we are coming from at Bunting Coady, and the kind of vision we hope to construct with the students and users of the new SUB. Thanks, Phil In response to your comment Maayan, I would like to expand on Bunting Coady Architects’ approach to the new SUB design, that may at least give UBC students an idea of how our firm is different from the rest.

I can honestly say that our entire firm is extremely passionate about this opportunity, from the architects and designers to the admin. staff, principals, and even everyone’s children.

We want so much to transfer this passion into a landmark design that will make current students proud to be a part of UBC, and future generations, including our children and others from all over the world to be proud to study or work on campus, 10 or 20 or 80 years from now.

Our vision at Bunting Coady for the new UBC SUB is to inject 100% effort into the following:

- designing a ‘Living Breathing Building’ for UBC…a level of sustainability that exceeds LEED Platinum certification through restorative design…enabling the building to restore the ecosystem and community, regenerate energy and recharge groundwater, while maintaining a vast amount of natural lighting and fresh air ventilation.

- putting the student first. We continue to hire UBC students at our office for internships and often, full-time work. We want to engage students from all faculties to get involved in the design phase through in-house studios to UBC workshops, from Arts to Architecture, Science, Engineering, Forestry, Performing Arts, Business and more… We have a great blend of experienced senior architects and energetic staff that will go out of their way to connect with students, alumni and professors to ensure all needs will be met for an ever-changing student body and dynamic for the next 80-100 years.

- We are a truly LOCAL, BC-based firm founded to provide the people of BC with beautiful and environmentally friendly buildings.

Overall, we exist to bring beauty to everyday life through our designs by embracing the sun, the earth, the wind and the water.

I hope this helped to give you some idea about where we are coming from at Bunting Coady, and the kind of vision we hope to construct with the students and users of the new SUB.

Thanks,
Phil

]]> By: Maayan http://ubcinsiders.ca/2010/04/the-new-sub-project-architect-presentations-my-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-9903 Maayan Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:10:14 +0000 http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/?p=2893#comment-9903 I gotta echo Jeff a few posts back in his comment. I've been reading the posts here with interest but at the end of the day (like right now) I can't really remember anything that doesn't sound the same. All the firms have nice portfolios, nice people, nice websites, and sustainability lingo down pat. They've mostly worked at UBC before and have some connection to UBC in their teams. We somehow need to cut through all of this and find out what WE want out of this. There's plenty of money on the table here -- a nice building with LEED certification is like rolling out of bed with last nights clothes on for this project. But if that's not enough, students need to be more ambitious and ask these firms for more!! It's easy to be complacent when everyone is offering such polished, good-looking, good-feeling stuff. Is there actual innovation and effort here somewhere? I gotta echo Jeff a few posts back in his comment.

I’ve been reading the posts here with interest but at the end of the day (like right now) I can’t really remember anything that doesn’t sound the same. All the firms have nice portfolios, nice people, nice websites, and sustainability lingo down pat. They’ve mostly worked at UBC before and have some connection to UBC in their teams.

We somehow need to cut through all of this and find out what WE want out of this. There’s plenty of money on the table here — a nice building with LEED certification is like rolling out of bed with last nights clothes on for this project. But if that’s not enough, students need to be more ambitious and ask these firms for more!! It’s easy to be complacent when everyone is offering such polished, good-looking, good-feeling stuff. Is there actual innovation and effort here somewhere?

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