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Vancouver Aquarium Expansion
Vancouver Aquarium Expansion
Vancouver, WA, United States
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Vancouver Aquarium Expansion
Vancouver, WA, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The Vancouver Aquarium’s $45-million renovation and expansion was unveiled in June 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia’s Stanley Park as the most significant expansion in the 58-year history of Canada’s largest marine science center. Designed to evoke the flow of water and the wonder of aquatic life, the new two-story 55,000 square-foot aquarium building features a curvilinear architectural design that is clad in sophisticated color-changing aluminum composite material (ACM) mimicking fish scales in hues ranging from green to pink.
A total of 12,000 square feet of Alucobond® ACM in the Spectra Sakura color finish and 4mm thickness was installed on the Vancouver Aquarium building in an advanced pressure-equalized wall system. The Alucobond Spectra Colors finishing system was introduced by 3A Composites USA to allow architects to incorporate a unique, ever-changing color spectrum in building cladding. Alucobond Spectra Colors change colors as different wavelengths of light are reflected back to the audience, depending upon the viewing angle.
Mark Thompson, Architect AIBC, MRAIC, ANZIA, LEED AP BD+C, partner, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (MCMP) in Vancouver, British Columbia, incorporated a curvilinear building design and Alucobond Spectra Sakura cladding as architectural elements that would help establish a new identity and presence for the Vancouver Aquarium within the city’s 1,000-acre Stanley Park.
Since opening in 1956 in a 9,000-square-foot facility in the park, Canada’s first public aquarium has grown “piece-by-piece,” according to Thompson, to occupy more than 100,000 square feet.
A total of 12,000 square feet of Alucobond® ACM in the Spectra Sakura color finish and 4mm thickness was installed on the Vancouver Aquarium building in an advanced pressure-equalized wall system. The Alucobond Spectra Colors finishing system was introduced by 3A Composites USA to allow architects to incorporate a unique, ever-changing color spectrum in building cladding. Alucobond Spectra Colors change colors as different wavelengths of light are reflected back to the audience, depending upon the viewing angle.
Mark Thompson, Architect AIBC, MRAIC, ANZIA, LEED AP BD+C, partner, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (MCMP) in Vancouver, British Columbia, incorporated a curvilinear building design and Alucobond Spectra Sakura cladding as architectural elements that would help establish a new identity and presence for the Vancouver Aquarium within the city’s 1,000-acre Stanley Park.
Since opening in 1956 in a 9,000-square-foot facility in the park, Canada’s first public aquarium has grown “piece-by-piece,” according to Thompson, to occupy more than 100,000 square feet.
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