INNOVATION May-June 2018

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The 2017 | 2018 Project Highlights showcase recent engineering and geoscience work by Engineers and Geoscientists BC members in BC and elsewhere. Innovation and the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Editorial Board thank all who submitted project photographs and descriptions.

Project Highlights

BUILDING ENVELOPE ENGINEERING FOR A GALLERY FACILITY A historical nod to the sawtooth roofs of the factories that once lined the shore was constructed from perforated stainless steel and glass for the Polygon Gallery, a 24,000-square-foot facility on the waterfront in North Vancouver. Morrison Hershfield provided design and field review of the building envelope. The simply clad exterior belies the complex detailing of the envelope at the interfaces between the cladding, roofing, and glazing assemblies. Gallery space is contained within the clad box floating above the fully glazed reception area, café, and gift shop on the main floor. The north-facing clerestory glazing in the sawtooth roofs provides natural light for exhibition spaces below. Morrison Hershfield Limited (building envelope engineering): Sophie (Marie France) Mercier, P.Eng., Carolina Maloney, P.Eng., Derek Budde, EIT

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