UBC Arts Students Centre

11/08/2021

11/08/2021

Great news, Arts community! The Arts Student Centre (ASC) has officially opened its doors. The three-storey, cylindrical building located on East Mall and Walter Gage Road will be a common meeting ground for Arts students to interact across disciplines, with spaces to relax and connect, collaborate ...

11/05/2021

YOUR NEW H(AUS) - opening on MONDAY 🥳💜

We are proud to say that all 11,000 sq ft. of the Arts Student Centre was built with sustainability in mind 🌱. Here are some fun sustainability facts about the ASC!✨

🏅LEED Gold Certified🏅
· Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a third-party certification program and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. The ASC is LEED Gold certified.

✨Passive Ventilation and Thermal Mass✨
· The building automation system operates windows to ventilate the building by day and flush out by night where the thermal mass of the building can discharge the daily heat gain.

☀️Passive Solar Design☀️
· Areas of opaque wall and vertical fins are positioned to minimize heat solar gain. The covered outdoor spaces and landscaped areas provide rain-protected outdoor areas with direct daylight, and shades the interior common spaces.

💜Efficient Building Envelope💜
· The cylindrical form is highly efficient from a building envelope thermal performance standpoint In addition to best practices for air tightness and thermal bridging detailing, a strategic decision was made to eliminate as many openings as possible. Windows and skylights seal much better than louvers and serve multiple purposes for views, daylighting and ventilation.

YOUR NEW H(AUS) - opening on MONDAY 🥳💜

11/05/2021

✨💜 TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO INTERACT WITH YOUR ARTS COMMUNITY?💜✨

Change can be exciting, scary, and sometimes ambiguous. For all 💜 Arts students, we are hoping to change what you can call 🏠 home on campus. The AUS is proud to showcase the ✨Arts Student Centre (ASC)✨, a project that’s been in the makings since 🗓 2012. Exclusive to Arts students, the Arts Student Centre encompasses new 📚study & recreational spaces, nap loungers, and more! Located on the intersection of 📍 East Mall and Walter Gage Road, and a 2 minute walk from Tim Hortons and Great Dane Coffee, we want to create a tangible, physical legacy for all Arts students’ past, present and future. We cannot wait to see all of you, so keep both 👀 eyes open and get ready to meet the highly anticipated 💜 Arts Student Centre!

YOUR NEW H(AUS) - coming soon...💜✨

11/01/2021

✨ARTS STUDENT CENTRE✨

💜In 2013, the Arts undergraduate student body voted to approve and fund a brand new Arts Students Centre. The referendum – spearheaded by the vision of the Arts Undergraduate Society – saw a record number of voters 🎉 In 2017, UBC’s Faculty of Arts donated $2.5 million dollars towards the project.

💜Since its conceptualization in 2012, generations of AUS Executives have worked hard to create a unifying space for the 14,000 Arts students. ✨ The Arts Student Centre will be the new home for the undergraduate students of UBC’s largest faculty. It will serve as a unifying and inclusive space for all Arts students, becoming a common ground for us to interact across disciplines 💜

YOUR NEW H(AUS) - coming soon... 👀

10/31/2021

It’s been a long wait, but it’s finally here. The AUS is happy to present the ✨Arts Student Centre...✨ OPENING SOON👀

10/26/2021

We're excited that the Arts Student Centre is almost complete, and can't wait to bring the Arts students into this space! 💜 Keep an eye out on our platforms in the following weeks... 👀

In January 2022, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS)’s Arts Student Centre will open with space for students to study, collaborate and lounge.

02/05/2021

⭐️⭐️Arts Student Centre UPDATE⭐️⭐️

We're so excited to announce that construction on the ASC is going strong!
We at the AUS are now working with the AMS and Leckie Studio Architect & Design to pin down furniture for the project and can't wait to share it with you all. Watch out for more content on that in the coming weeks!

Be sure to visit the site at the intersection of East Mall and Walter Gage Rd. to get a glimpse of the project if you're on campus! 😊

Pictures- Canadian Turner Construction Company, Leckie Studio Architect & Design

11/04/2019

ARTS STUDENT CENTRE DESIGN UPDATE:

These images display different options for the materiality of the exterior of the new Arts Student Centre. They also provide a sneak-peek into the interior of the ASC, featuring a covered outdoor deck which looks upon the intersection of East Mall and Walter Gage Road.

The final 4 images are of a detailed floor plan of the new Arts Student Centre; Levels 1-3 make up the majority of the project program with a gross area of roughly 9000 sq. ft.

We aim to use these updates to increase engagement with our constituents and welcome feedback on the ongoing work of the Arts Student Centre Working Group.

We encourage you to share this post to get more people to be a part of the development of our new hAUS!

For more in-depth information, visit our website at www.ubcasc.com!

11/01/2019

The Arts Student Centre Planning and Ex*****on Committee (ASCPEC) is appointing 2 Students at Large during AUS Council on November 5th at 6:30 PM in the Michael Kingsmill forum in the nest! Join us if you would like to be a part of deciding what your new hAUS is going to look like!!!

05/25/2019

On Thursday, May 23rd, President Ono published a tweet regarding the possible relocation of the Arts Student Centre. In response to this, we would like to issue the following statement:

The Arts Undergraduate Society is currently working with several on-campus groups to actively investigate the concerns that have arisen with this statement. Dr. Ono’s remark was made unilaterally from the President’s office – neither the AUS nor any other stakeholders associated with the project were consulted before President Ono published his tweet.

The Arts Undergraduate Society will be in conversation with Campus and Community Planning to understand how this announcement was made without prior consultation, and will ensure a timely and comprehensive review.

We wish to assure all Arts students that the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Arts and the Arts Undergraduate Society are committed to the completion of the Arts Student Centre.

We will continue to update our constituents as more information comes to light over the next week. Any further questions should be directed to the Arts Student Centre page at https://www.facebook.com/ascubc/

The Arts Students Centre is a student-driven initiative to plan and build a new home for the undergraduate students of UBC's largest faculty.