Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Centre

Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Centre !

Diamond Schmitt / Lord

Draft Functional Program and !Comparables Workshop !

January 23/24, 2018

2 Draft Functional Program and Comparables Workshop Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Facility

agenda !!•  Introductions !•  Project progress to date !•  Project assumptions !•  Functional program overview !•  Comparable projects !•  Workshop 1 !

Draft Functional Program and Comparables Workshop 3 Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Facility

PROJECT PROGRESS


Functional ProgramThe Facility Strategy is a document which quantifies the physical and spatial needs of the museum and its collections. The goals are:

1.  Provide sufficient programming information to proceed with Phase 2 Site Selection and Phase 3 Concept Design.

2.  Provide recommendations regarding required engineering systems, standards and environmental conditions.

3.  Ensure museum and archive functionality is not compromised through collocation.


Programming ProcessA collaborative process from November 2017 – present including:

•  Document Review

•  Site Tours

•  Vision Workshop

•  Staff Questionnaires

•  Collections Review

•  Staffing Assumptions

•  Draft Submission

•  Right-sizing Workshop


Project DriversKey drivers which influenced the programming process include:

•  Increase exposure and attendance overall,•  Ensure optimal care of the respective collections,•  Provide opportunities for additional public programming, •  Realize operational and capital cost efficiencies through shared space.


FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW


Space ProgramA comprehensive roadmap that accommodates a range of present and future priorities.

The 4 zone diagram defines flexible spaces capable of adapting to changing program and technological requirements.


Space ProgramOverall Summary of Space:


Space ProgramOverall Summary of Space:

VPAG GVMC GVMA Total %ofTOTAL

Museum-SpecificDedicatedSpace 10,140 0 18,160 28,300 69%

Museum-SpecificSharedSpace 2,355 0 2,355 4,710 11%

Non-MuseumCulturalProgramming 0 6,320 0 6,320 15%

SharedGeneralBuildingProgramming 0 1,700 0 1,700 4%

TotalBuildingArea(nsf) 12,495 8,020 20,515 41,030 100%

BreakoutTotalSharedSpace(All) 12,730 31%

ExistingArea 5,935 11,637 17,572


Highlights - Zone ASummary of museum-specific spaces:

•  Main Lobby and Group Entry (Shared)•  Reception and Ticketing (Shared)•  Gift Shop / Retail (Shared)•  Group Services (Shared)•  Workshops, Multipurpose Event and Rental Spaces (Shared)•  Education Spaces (VPAG and GVMA)•  Black Box Theatre (Shared)

Public

Non-Collection


Highlights - Zone B Public

Collection

Summary of museum-specific spaces:

•  Permanent and Temporary Exhibition Galleries (VPAG and GVMA)•  Emerging Artists Gallery (VPAG)•  Visible Storage (GVMA)•  Community Gallery (Shared)


Highlights - Zone C Non-Public

Collection


•  Permanent Collection and Artifact Storage•  Enclosed Loading Dock (Shared)•  Collection Processing Spaces (Shared)•  Conservation Spaces (Shared)•  Workrooms (VPAG and GVMA)


Highlights - Zone D Non-Public

Non-Collection


•  Administrative Suite of Offices and Workstations (VPAG and GVMA)•  Board and Meeting Rooms (Shared and Dedicated)•  Staff and Volunteer Spaces (Shared)•  Program Support and Storage Spaces (Dedicated)•  General Building Support (Shared)


Highlights - SharedSummary of shared spaces:

•  Main Lobby, Reception and Ticketing•  Black Box Theatre•  Multi-purpose Event and Seminar Rooms•  Community Gallery•  Loading, Shipping and Receiving•  Collection Processing and Conservation•  Staff and Volunteer Spaces•  Program and Building Support


COMPARABLE PROJECTS


SITE & BUILDING Design Exemplars


Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver:•  Significant Waterfront Site Context•  Design concept incorporates significant views

into both exterior site design and interior organization

Site & Building


Site & BuildingThunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay:•  Significant Waterfront Site Context •  Design concept relates interior function and

organization to the waterfront activities and expansive view


Halifax Central Library, Halifax NS:•  Activate Site Context Through

Distribution of Programmatic Elements

•  Ground Level - Historical Central Halifax

Site & Building


Site & Building Halifax Central Library, Halifax NS:•  Integration w/ Site via Flexible Design

of Programmatic Elements•  Ground: Flexible integration of theatre/

performance space with main lobby and adjacent exterior plaza – formal / informal multipurpose use


Site & BuildingHalifax Central Library, Halifax NS:•  Engage Site via Distribution of

Programmatic Elements•  Roof Level – Public Patio/ Café Overlooking

Historical Central Halifax & Harbour


Site & BuildingHalifax Central Library, Halifax NS:•  Lobby•  Dynamic horizontal and vertical spatial

integration of diverse community amenities


Site & Building Yuri Cultural Centre, Japan:•  Theatre/ Performance/ Community Space •  Ground: Flexible integration of theatre/ performance

space with main lobby and adjacent exterior plaza – formal / informal multipurpose use


Site & BuildingCultural Centre in Nevers, France:•  Theatre/ Performance/ Community•  Mirroring of interior and exterior form and

functions•  Accommodate Informal Community Activities•  (Youth, other Groups)


Site & Building Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto ON:•  3 Galleries + School of Image Arts (DSA)•  Exterior – Two Distinct Entrances + Contexts on

Opposite Faces of Single Facility


Site & BuildingRyerson Image Centre, Toronto ON:•  3 Galleries + School of Image Arts (DSA)•  Interior – Multi-function Function Lobby


Site & BuildingDaniels Spectrum, Toronto ON:•  Lobby for Multipurpose Facility as

Community Space (DSA)

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Site & BuildingThe Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre,Medicine Hat, AB: (DSA)


Site & BuildingAgnes Etherington Arts Centre, Queens University Kingston, ON:•  New Built Elements Connect &

Transform Existing Site (DSA)•  New Building Elements are both Figure & Ground


Site & Building Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY:•  New Programmatic Elements in the

Negative Space between Heritage Buildings of the Existing Institution

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Site & Building Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY:•  New Programmatic Elements in the


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Site & BuildingPierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY:•  New Programmatic Elements in the


•  Connect & Integrate via Material Contrast


Site & BuildingHalifax Central Library, Halifax NS:•  Public Art Related to Community, Site,

Institution•  5,000paintingsspecifictothebuilding,thelocal

community,andthepeoplewhousethelibrary.Eachpaintingmeasures3”x5”,mimickingthesizeofatraditionallibraryindexcard.


Site & BuildingWoodward Complex, Vancouver BC:•  Public Art / Community Memory •  StanDouglas:"Abbott&Cordova,7August1971,"

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OPERATIONAL EXAMPLES


Case Study

City, Province Population Served (2016 Census)

Art Gallery of Windsor and the Chimczuk Museum (AGW)

Windsor, Ontario 217,188

Aurora Cultural Centre and the Aurora Museum and Archives

Aurora, Ontario 55,445

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA)

Peel, Ontario 1,381,739

The Rooms Cultural Facility St. John’s, Newfoundland 108,860

COMPARABLE PROJECTS


Located at 401 Riverside Drive West.

•  the Art Gallery of Windsor

•  the Chimczuk Museum

WINDSOR


WINDSOR


•  1 Public Entrance•  Chimczuk Museum is on the first floor, and AGW on second and third

1st Floor (Main)•  Public Entrance•  Chimczuk Museum

2nd Floor•  Art Gallery of Windsor•  Shared Board Room

Basement •  Art Gallery of Windsor

WINDSOR


Shared Spaces:

•  Front desk area•  Loading dock•  Common corridor that leads to the

elevator and the second floor space (used as a two dimensional exhibition space that is shared).

•  Back of house hallway (backbone of the whole building)

•  Board Room on second floor - managed by AGW through a shared calendar.

Non Shared Spaces:

•  Rentable spaces - managed and booked entirely by the Art Gallery of Windsor.

•  Gift Shop - Chimczuk operates their own small gift shop, and the Art Gallery of Windsor has a small space around their second floor desk designated for this use.

•  Collections are kept completely separate.

WINDSOR


22 Church Street in Aurora Ontario is a designated historic building (Church Street Public School) and houses both:

•  the Aurora Cultural Centre; and •  the Aurora Museum & Archives.

AURORA


AURORA


•  2 Public Entrances•  Both institutions distributed on all three floors of building

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1stFloor(Main)

• Offices• FrontDesk• Galleries• GiftShop

• LibraryCollection• ArchivesCollection

2ndFloor• HallwayGallery• BrevikHall(performancespace)

• Offices• SmallArtefactStorage

• AuroraRoom(exhibitionspace)

Basement• Storage• Classrooms

• Storage

AURORA


Shared Spaces:

•  Stairs, Hallways and Elevators.•  There are three cabinets in the Gift Shop,

one shows items for the Aurora Museum, though to purchase visitors must go upstairs to offices.

•  Basement Storage space is shared.

Non Shared Spaces:

•  Rentable spaces - All Rentable spaces are run by the Cultural Centre, Brevik Hall is under the control of the Cultural Centre, and the Museum is allocated two free rentals to use the space. If they want to use the space outside this time they must pay for rentals.

•  No office spaces are shared.•  Collections are kept separate wherever

possible, with the exception of basement storage space.

AURORA


The Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives is a single institution under one governance board, located in Brampton within the regional municipality of Peel. It encompasses what used to be three formerly independent cultural organizations:

•  Art Gallery

•  Museum

•  Archives

PAMA


PAMA


PAMA

•  4 Public Entrances, as a result of heritage buildings footprint.

•  There are 2 “Main” entrances, one at the Gallery side of the building, and one at the Museum side.

•  PAMA is a single institution under a single governance structure, and while there are separate

Art Gallery and Museum spaces they can now be used for whatever is optimal depending on the project or exhibition.


Shared Spaces:

•  Front desks, reception at either end of the building admits to both Gallery and Museum.

•  Gift Shop.•  Exhibition spaces whenever needed.•  Rental spaces.•  Studio spaces for classes and programs.•  Offsite collections storage.

Non Shared Spaces:

•  Archival collection is maintained separate from Museum and Gallery collections.

•  Museum and Gallery collections maintained separately on site.

PAMA


PROGRAM EVALUATION


SITE SELECTION CRITERIA


SITE CRITERIA

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