SSEF Case Studies in Steel Construction Vol. 2

SSEF Case Studies in Steel Construction: Volume 2 - The Vancouver Millennium Skytrain Stations

Description Funding Case Study: Commercial Skytrain Station Case Study: Lougheed Station Case Study: Braid Station Case Study: Brentwood Station Case Study: Gilmore Station Case Study: Holdom Station Case Study: Production Way/University Case Study: Sapperton Station Case Study: Sperling Station Case Study: Renfrew Station Case Study: Rupert Station Case Study: Lake City Way Station

Description

Before construction the stations for the new Vancouver Millennium Line, the public was polled. Their common complaint was that the station design for the Expo Line, opened for Expo '86, was too repetitive. It was decided to hold a competition for the stations for the new line, and a series of 12 innovative designs was chosen. The stations use a high level of Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel, in concert with an exposition of native BC structural timber and glulam. The result has been a distinctive line of stations - each bringing indentity and character to it surrounding neighbourhood - and for remarkably little extra cost!

Vancouver Millennium Line Skytrain Stations

This interactive CD-ROM provides colourful and complete case study information on the construction of the Vancouver Millennium Line Skytrain Stations. The stations were designed by architectural firms such as Busby + Associates, VIA Architecture, Merrick Architects, Hancock and Bruckner, Architectura/Stantec, Walter Francl, Hotson Bakker.

The project is being funded by SSEF and developed by Professor Terri Meyer Boake of the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo.

The CD is now available in both Windows and Macintosh formats! The disk also includes a revised and updated version of Volume 1: BCE Place and Vancouver International Airport - also in Windows and Mac OSX readable formats.

For information on ordering your copy, please contact Donna McQuillen at the Steel Structures Education Foundation.