Site work and new construction of a mixed-use development in Vancouver, British Columbia. Conceptual plans call for the construction of a eight-story above grade, 1,500-bed educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

New UBC Lower Mall Precinct Phase 1 at the Vancouver campus. The UBC Point Grey campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the (Musqueam).Through a series of phases, UBC is re-envisioning the western edge of the campus to create a resilient and adaptive student residence community. The first of these projects will create a graduate student-focused community with approximately 1500 beds in a range of unit types. TIMELINE: A Request for Expressions of Interest for the provision of Architectural Services for the project has closed and a preferred proponent has yet to be identified. The consultant will need to integrate the efficient forms of the housing program into a spectrum of welcoming amenities and vibrant public realm to help the residents and their community flourish. The consultant will develop a single prototype eight-storey hybrid mass timber and wood frame structure and adaptively re-use UBC's Heritage Fire Hall. They will need to understand and embrace the natural systems of and surrounding the 6-acre site to design an architecture that is resilient and adaptable as the climate and the community changes over the next 100 years. Further update in mid-fall 2024, pending selection of a preferred proponent. *The construction budget for this facility is estimated to be $330 million.