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Fairmont Pacific Rim Vancouver
Building
Completed
2010
Residential / Hotel
All-Concrete
140.3 m / 460 ft
46
7
175
415
522
75,997 m² / 818,025 ft²
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Proposed
Construction Start
Completed
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
The mixed-used characteristics of the building are reflected in the bold architectural expression of the east and south façades, articulated by the subtle treatment of balconies and slab edges and further differentiated by the integration of a public art installation on the lower hotel. Vancouver’s Public Art Program requires every project that is re-zoned over 9,300 sq m (100,000 sq ft) to contribute to a public art process approved by the City. This is the first time that artwork has been integrated onto the building façades and can be interpreted as part of the elevation.
The public artwork by British artist Liam Gillick wraps around the south and east faces in a repeated line of running text with no spacing between words or punctuation: Lyingontopofthebuilding…Lyingontopofthebuilding…Lyingontopofthebuilding…thecloudslooknonearerthanwheniwaslyingonthestreet
The 61cm (2ft) stainless steel letters were strategically placed to interplay with the architectural expression and its materiality reflects the ambient lighting condition and surrounding color. Such “codependence” between art and architecture is a bold and unique attempt at this scale.
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