UBC Food + Beverage Innovation Centre
Showcasing collaboration and cross-pollination between industry and cutting edge research.
University of British Columbia, BC
Client UBC Properties Trust, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Scope Design, Construction
Status In Construction
Collaborators B+H Architects
Zahra Asghari, Pete Atkinson, Kathy Chang, Henry Dyck, Adryn Galambos, Sarah Klym
The Food and Beverage Innovation Centre is a new facility for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC as a dedicated space to food processing research and development and to bridge academic research with commercial opportunities. The design reflects the relationship of food technology to sustainability while supporting the knowledge of traditional Musqueam food and medicine. The building responds to its site and budgetary constraints with a form that follows function, while showcasing the exciting, cutting-edge work taking place inside.
FBIC makes use of a single-pitch sloped roof to help organize its program. The taller spaces accommodate massive equipment and mechanical rooms, while creating more human-scale ceiling heights in the working lab spaces.
FBIC is currently under construction! Human Studio pushed for light-wood frame construction on this project, as it is one of the most sustainable ways of building today.
Black corrugated cladding speaks to the industrial nature of the program, is cost effective, and will be resilient with time - a key aspect of sustainability.
