2013: Based on further community consultation, the Cultural Facilities Strategy was refined to the current Centre for Art, Architecture + Design Brief. 2013: The Economic Planning Group was contracted to conduct a business plan for the new facility. 2013: The West Vancouver Society for Art, Architecture + Design was formally registered. 2013: The West Vancouver Society for Art, Architecture + Design released a call for Expressions of Interest for the design of the building.

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CENTRE FOR ART,
ARCHITECTURE &
DESIGN
WEST VANCOUVER

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WEST VANCOUVER SOCIETY FOR ART,
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BOARD 1
EVOCATION by Gordon Smith 2
COMMUNITY VISION by Merla Beckerman 3
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND 4
MANDATE 6
LOCATION, SITE, RATIONALE 7
CULTURAL FACILITIES CONCEPT PLAN 9
PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT 11
SPACE PROGRAM 13
FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT AND PLAN 14
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 16

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DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Gordon Smith, Honourary Chair
Merla Beckerman, Co-Chair
Michael Evison, Co-Chair
Eira Thomas
David Negrin
David Heffel
Andrew Pottinger
James McLean
Mayor Michael Smith, Ex-officio

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EVOCATION
by Gordon Smith, Honourary Chair
Gordon Smith
photo by Richard Montagna
A city and country is both defined and
reflected by its arts.
West Vancouver is a sophisticated
community with many of its citizens
actively engaged in and supporting
the arts. Our current facilities are
inadequate and it is time to recognize
the great contributions that our citizens
have given to our community and
country as a whole by showcasing the
unique art, architecture and design that
originated here.
A new Centre for Art, Architecture &
Design would make art and culture
accessible to all, from the serious collector
to the budding artist found in every school child. The new centre will attract business
and people, provide educational opportunities, enrich our society and be a place
where the community can discover and be inspired by art and design.
In order to achieve its role as a cultural beacon for the community, the Centre for Art,
Architecture & Design needs to be highly visible in an architecturally distinguished
building. The centre needs to be well designed and staffed by experienced
professionals. It needs high level collections, exhibitions and educational programs.
Most importantly, however, it needs to be a place for people to gather and celebrate
the visual arts.
West Vancouver’s proximity to the ocean, its rugged slopes and dense forest
attracted many artists and architects who spearheaded the development of the
region’s art and design scene. The new centre would not simply look at the past,
however, but be a vital and forward-looking place that develops and fosters young
people through educational programs and challenges everyone with dynamic
exhibitions. West Vancouver continues to be a wonderfully fertile place to inspire
both young and old alike.

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COMMUNITY VISION
By Merla Beckerman, Co-Chair
Urban
rts
Architecture • Urban Design
ARTS IN AMBLESIDE
SENSITIVITY TO PLACE
SOCIAL EQUALITY
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
OPENNESS
CONNECTION TO NATURE
EXPLORATION
CORE ASPIRATION
Simon Scott Photograph of Smith Residence
There is a strong desire to participate,
learn, create and experience the arts in
West Vancouver. We are ready to build
improved arts facilities which will enable
the realization of this desire and support
growth of the arts and culture into the
future.
In conjunction with revitalized cultural
facilities, a new Centre for Art, Architecture
& Design will provide spaces for the entire
community—serving as a focal point for
the community’s cultural life, and a social
heart around which more livable community
patterns can emerge. It will also activate
and vitalize the commercial core and the
waterfront as a community destination.
West Vancouver's Centre for Art, Architecture
& Design will become a place that captures
our collective talents, aspirations, and
connections while maintaining and
strengthening West Vancouver's place as a
cultural leader in the region.
“West Vancouver has a unique
opportunity to bring the
community together in how we
envision our arts and culture
future, while celebrating our
past achievements.”
Merla Beckerman

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OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
The District of West Vancouver (the District) is delivering on its promise to improve
arts facilities in Ambleside. Since 2006, the District commissioned three studies
which considered the creation of new and improved arts and cultural facilities in
Ambleside. Council supports a new art facility on Bellevue's 1600 block, in the John
Lawson Parking lot. In 2013, a business plan and further development of a Centre
for Art, Architecture & Design (CAAD) are being advanced.
BACKGROUND
In 2006, the West Vancouver Arts, Culture, and Heritage Facility Development Study
produced by Aldrich Pears Associates, proposed the creation of an Arts Village along
the Ambleside Waterfront, incorporating existing Arts facilities on the waterfront as
well as a new Museum in Ambleside.
In 2008, the West Vancouver Museum: A Vision for Ambleside Study was
prepared by Urban Arts Architecture for a new facility to be located in
Ambleside, with a mandate focused on the West Coast modern movement as
manifested through art, architecture and design and linked to current and future
practice in these disciplines.
In 2011 the District engaged Urban Arts Architecture to prepare a Cultural Facilities
Strategy and a Design Brief for a new facility which considered coordinated Arts
Facilities operations and governance, delineated specific space needs, and proposed
a strategy for meeting those needs phased over time.
In 2012 the West Vancouver Society for Art, Architecture & Design was formed, and
the strategy was refined to the following report which focuses on the curatorial
gallery opportunity within the Centre for Art, Architecture & Design. A Board was
also created to support the development of the new facility.

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Shop
Create
Learn
Celebrate
Look
Connect

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MANDATE
EXHIBITION • EDUCATION • COLLECTION
The West Vancouver Centre for Art, Architecture & Design
celebrates art, architecture, and design through programs,
exhibitions and acquisitions that link local and international
practices in the past and present.
Proposed Mission Statement
The Centre for Art, Architecture & Design will be a progressive contemporary place
that is a centre for innovation, community engagement, and
dialogue.
The facility will:
• Exhibit contemporary and historical art, architecture, and design.
• Educate through a wide range of educational programs for both
children and adults.
• Engage through a range of public programs and activities.
• Collect and maintain West Vancouver’s cultural assets through the
preservation of works by prominent artists, architects, and designers.
• Generate revenue through programming, membership, venue
rental, art rental program, a shop, and food services.
• Celebrate through the provision of a vibrant community place for
gathering indoors and out.
West Vancouver's Centre for Art, Architecture & Design will encourage a greater
appreciation of Canada’s artistic, architectural and design heritage and the
vital role and influence this community continues to play in the development
of an influential West Coast regional style and is a force for engagement on
contemporary issues that shape our society.
West Vancouver's Centre for Art, Architecture & Design realizes its objectives and fulfills
its mandate through a range of activities and programs from amateur to professional.
The Centre for Art, Architecture & Design will make cultural resources accessible
through exhibition and public education programs and preserve significant cultural
resources through its collecting and conservation programs.

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LOCATION, SITE AND RATIONALE
Performance
MUSEUM
Centre for Art,
Architecture & Design
ARTS IN THE PARK
Education
Art Studios
Community
Arts
AUGMENT EXISTING CULTURAL SPACES
The proposed site and location of West Vancouver's Centre for Art, Architecture &
Design is Ambleside's 1600 block of Bellevue Avenue.
Relocating and expanding the curatorial program currently operating out of the West
Vancouver Museum to the Centre for Art, Architecture & Design, District arts facilities
would be clustered in one area, strengthening and enhancing the arts presence along
West Vancouver's waterfront.

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CAAD PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
PROPOSED SITE: 1600 Block of Bellevue

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CULTURAL FACILITIES CONCEPT PLAN
ARGYLE AVENUE
AMBLESIDE L
18THSTREET
AMBLESIDE LANE
AMBLESIDE LANE
DRIVE
15THSTREET
MARINE
CLYDE AVENUE
DUCHESS AVENUE
DUCHESS AVENUE
UE
MARINE
AMBLESIDE LANE
DRIVE
5
10
BC HYDRO
JOHN LAWSON PARK
NAVVY JACK HOUSE
LAWSON STUDIOS
SILK PURSE
MUSIC BOX
MILLENIUM PARK
GODFREY'S HOUSE
SAFEWAY SITE
DISTR
OPERTY
ERITAGE BUILDINGS
NSPACE
UILDINGS
NT WALK
ACKS
PRECINCT
NTS
BELLEVUE AVENUE
16THSTREET
17THSTREET
Silk Purse
Performance and Community Arts
Waterfront Path
Links all arts facilities together and to
the seawall and Ambleside Park
Create + Play
Provide outdoor space to create art
and display work
Outdoor Stage
Simple seasonal stage to support
outdoor performances and events
Public Art
Provide opportunities for public art
throughout the area
Centre for Art, Architecture
& Design
Expanded exhibition, education,
and collection space
Green Space
Preserve and expand green space
The concept plan illustrates the diverse experiences along the enhanced waterfront.
Public access, community engagement, exposure to creativity, and sustainability
are the core aspirations.
CAAD

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ART PARK
RO
13TH
STREET
ARGYLE
AVENUE
UE
BELLEVUE
AVENUE
AMBLESIDE LANE
AMBLESIDE LANE
MARINE
DRIVE
13THSTREET
14THSTREET
KEITHLANE
15THSTREET
CLYDE AVENUE
CLYDE AVENUE
DUCHESS AVENUE
AVENUE
HOLLYBURN SCHOOL
20
5
10
E
BOX
MILLENIUM PARK
GODFREY'S HOUSE FERRY
BUILDING
BOAT
LAUNCH
HOLLYBURN
SAILING CLUB
AMBLESIDE LANDING
1300 BLOCK
DISTRICT OWNED IN 2012
Maintain scale + heritage
Interweave buildings and park,
keep scale intimate and maintain
key heritage buildings
Arts on Argyle
Provide a pedestrian scale texture
and variety of activity to animate
this stroll
Ambleside Landing
Plaza to allow a wide range of
community activities and gatherings
Connect to the water
Conserve the natural beach and
enhance physical and visual
connection to the water
Education Studios
Flexible functional space to
make/create
Community and Emerging Artists

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A PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL
CONCEPT
FULL EXPOSURE
This preliminary design concept is linear in form and has four sides available for public access.
An architectural concept for West Vancouver's Centre for Art, Architecture &
Design (CAAD) created by Urban Arts Architecture has been developed to test the
capacity of the proposed site.
The location for CAAD was determined after a lengthy evaluation of available sites in
the Ambleside area. The proposed site is the 1600 block of Bellevue Avenue on the site
of a current District of West Vancouver parking lot.
The 14,700 sq. ft. site is basically flat and is bounded by Bellevue Avenue to the north,
16th Street where it connects to Argyle Avenue to the east, the railway tracks and
right-of-way to the south, and the termination of 17th Avenue to the west.
Locating CAAD on the proposed site will require a building of three storeys with floor
plates of approximately 10,000 sq. ft.
The design concept, as illustrated in this document, organizes all the spaces along
an east/west atrium that contains the lobby and circulation functions. This would
allow various program elements to spill out into the Lobby area to maximize their
capacity and create a truly dynamic and engaging place for the community.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This architectural concept for the West Vancouver Centre for Art, Architecture &
Design treats each face of the building as a positive public experience and supports
activity along its frontages.
The concept design has identified opportunities for community connections that
will support CAAD in the following exterior public spaces:
1. A PLAZA
A Plaza will terminate 17th Street and provide a grand entrance to
John Lawson Park. The Plaza will accommodate gathering for
celebrations and entertainment and also function as a place for
people to stop and enjoy the sun and views to the water.
2. ANIMATED BELLEVUE AVENUE
A Cafe, Shop, and Multi-purpose Education space will front onto
Bellevue, animating the street. Accessed off Bellevue, the Loading
Bay is intended to be developed as a pedestrian friendly area that
supports the streetscape.
3. A TERRACE
Located on the south side of the building along the railway easement,
the Terrace is imagined to be a place that supports pedestrian traffic
from the Park, a gathering space for the Centre during events, and as
a location for outdoor art.
4. A POCKET PARK
The building has been set back on the east corner of the site to
preserve a significant tree. This creates an opportunity for a small
pocket park to be developed on this corner. It is conceived as a green
space that will accommodate through traffic from both the Terrace and
Centre Lobby as well as emergency egress from the building.

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1.0 GENERAL PUBLIC 4150
1.1 Reception/Lobby * 1000 Suitable for food service not allowed in galleries.
1.2 Reception/Control 150
1.3 Orientation Gallery 1500 Suitable for food service not allowed in galleries.
1.4 Arts Centre Shop 1000 Share reception as point of sale
1.5 Café/Catering Servery 500 Small café shared with Lobby for expandability
2.0 MULTI-PURPOSE 1800
2.1 Education/Multipurpose 1250 100 seat capacity
2.2 Storage Chairs + Tables 250
2.3 Community Meeting Room 300 20 seat capacity
3.0 EXHIBITION 8000
3.1 Gallery D 2500
3.2a Gallery A 3000
3.2b Gallery B 1000
3.2c Gallery C 1000
3.3 Storage 500
4.0 EXHIBITION SUPPORT 1555
4.1 Exhibition Preparation 700 Requires loading bay for semi-trailer w/ dock leveller.
4.2 Prep Office 100
4.3 Holding 215 All exhibit support areas to be Class A space.
4.4 Shipping + Receiving 215
4.5 Exhibition Workshop 325
5.0 COLLECTION 3715
5.1 Storage for Collection 3500 Collections to be Class A space.
5.2 Collections Research 215
6.0 ADMINISTRATION 1725
6.1 Reception 80
6.2 Server/tech 50
6.3 Staff kitchen/lounge 150
6.4 Storage 100
6.5 Mail/photocopier/storage 120
6.6 Office A (150) x 2 300
6.7 Office B (100) x 4 400
6.8 Workstations (65) x 5 325
6.9 Library 80
6.10 Volunteer Office 120
Net Admin. 1,725
Circulation Admin 1:1.40 2,415
7.0 SERVICE 2200
7.1 Public W.C. 850
7.2 Staff WC/Showers 200
7.3 Janitorial 150
7.4 Mechanical 1000
SUBTOTAL 23,145
Circulation/walls ratio .22 5,092
TOTAL 28,237
All exhibit areas to be Class A
SPACE PROGRAM SUMMARY CHART

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MEETINGCOLLECTIONS.
GREAT
LOBBY
EXHIBITION. LIGHT.
LOADING
FLEXIBLE. CONTEMORARY.
HISTORICAL. ENDURING.
EXHIBITION
OPEN. INVITING.
LIGHT.TRANSPARENT.
OPEN.PUBLIC.
FLEXIBLE.VIEWS.
GRAND HALL.
CONNECTED.
WELCOMING.
INVITING.
SECURE
LEGACY. INTERACTIVE
RESEARCH. STORAGE. PRESERVE.
COMMUNITY.
TRANSPARENCY.
VIEWS. INFORMAL
FLEXIBLE. VISIBLE.
FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT
The program elements are proposed to be distributed as illustrated on the plans
opposite and in the conceptual diagram below.
MAIN FLOOR
• Lobby
• Exhibition Gallery D and Storage
• Multi-purpose Education Room
• Cafe and Catering Kitchen
• Shop
• Loading and Holding
SECOND FLOOR
• Public Viewing Deck
• Exhibition Galleries A, B, and C
• Preparation and Storage
THIRD FLOOR
• Community Conference Room
• Administration
• Collection Vault
• Collection Research

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ARGYLE
STAFF
WCS
OPEN TO UPPER LOBBY BELOW
COLLECTIONSPUBLIC
VIIEWING
DECK +
SCULPTURE
COURT
BELOW
COLLECTIONS
RESEARCH
OPEN TO
GALLERY A
BELOW
COMMUNITY
MEETING
MECH.
ADMINISTRATION
LOBBY - GREAT HALL
BELOW
LECTURE
MULTI-PURPOSE
EXHIBITION
GALLERY C
PUBLIC
WCS
PREPARATION +
STORAGE
UPPER LOBBY
EXHIBITION
GALLERY A
EXHIBITION
GALLERY B
PUBLIC VIIEWING DECK
SCULPTURE COURT
CONTROL
LOBBY - GREAT HALL
LECTURE
MULTI-PURPOSE
SHOP
LOADING
STORAGE
MAIN
ENTRY
PUBLIC
WCS
CONTROL
STORAGE
LOADING BAY
CAFE
BELLEVUE AVENUE
EXHIBITION GALLERY D
GROUND FLOOR FUNCTIONAL PLAN
SECOND FLOOR FUNCTIONAL PLAN
THIRD FLOOR FUNCTIONAL PLAN
LEGEND:
PUBLIC CIRCULATION/LOBBY
EXHIBITION SPACE
MULTI-PURPOSE
COLLECTIONS
VALUED ADDED SPACE
PREPARATION
ADMINISTRATION
SERVICE/WASHROOMS
FUNCTIONAL PLAN

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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
• MAJORITY OF CAPITAL FUNDS
FROM DONATIONS
• DEVELOPMENT AMENITY
CONTRIBUTIONS
• EXISTING
• PROPOSED ENDOWMENT
• RETAIL REVENUES
• EDUCATION PROGRAMS
• FACILITY RENTALS
• MEMBERSHIPS
• AMBLESIDE SITE
BUSINESS + COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES • CAPITAL/INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANTS
PRIVATE
DISTRICT
• PROGRAM + PROJECT BASED
GRANTS
• PROGRAM + PROJECT BASED
DONATIONS
• ENDOWMENT FUND
• PROGRAM + PROJECT BASED
PARTNERSHIPS
CENTRE FOR ART,
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
The new Centre for Art, Architecture & Design will have enormous benefit to the
community and the region.
Funding will come from a number of sources as outlined in the Funding Source
matrix below. Capital funds will be raised from donors, government grants, and
private philanthropy in a Capital Campaign.
The District of West Vancouver’s primary contribution is the land, which will
remain District property and a community benefit. The bulk of the capital funds
will be raised through private donations. Operating costs will be covered
through a combination of existing District funding to arts facilities, government
grants, donations, community partnerships and through the creation of an
endowment fund.