AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COMMITTEE ON DESIGN
SPRING CONFERENCE – VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
MAY 17 – MAY 19, 2018
AGENDA
THURSDAY MAY 17, 2018
ARRIVAL AT THE PAN PACIFIC HOTEL
3:00 – 5:30 REGISTRATION OPEN HOTEL LOBBY MAIN RECEPTION LEVEL
3:00 – 4:00 COD LEADERSHIP MEETING
4:00 – 5:00 OPEN MEMBERSHIP MEETING
6:00 – 6:30 REMARKS BY LARRY BEASLEY FORMER HEAD OF VANCOUVER PLANNING
6:30 – 8:00 WELCOME RECEPTION PAN PACIFIC HOTEL
8:00 DINNER ON YOU OWN
FRIDAY MAY 18, 2018
7:00 – 8:00 REGISTRATION OPEN HOTEL LOBBY MAIN RECEPTION LEVEL
BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN
8:00 LOAD BUSES FOR TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
8:30 ARRIVE AT UBC
8:45 – 9:15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING AT UBC
COFFEE AVAILABLE
10:15 ‐12:45 TOUR OF CAMPUS (BREAK INTO SMALLER GROUPS)
VISIT
Sauder School of Business
Earth Sciences Building
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Lee Alumni Centre
Beaty Biodiversity Centre
Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
Long House
The Nest
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COMMITTEE ON DESIGN
SPRING CONFERENCE – VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
MAY 17 – MAY 19, 2018
Indian Residential Schools History and Dialog Centre
Chan Center for the Performing Arts
1:00‐1:45 LUNCH AT THE GREAT HALL AT GREEN COLLEGE
2:00 GUIDED TOUR OF THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
3:00 BUSES DEPART MUSEUM FOR ERICKSON HOME AND GARDEN TOUR
3:15 ‐ 3:45 TOUR OF ERICKSON HOME AND GARDEN
3:45 BUSES DEPART FOR LAW COURTS
4:15 ‐5:00 TOUR OF THE LAW COURTS AND ROBSON SQUARE
5:00‐ 6:00 RECEPTION AT THE LAW COURTS
6:00 – 6:25 LEISURELY WALK OR TAXI TO THE PAN PACIFIC
7:00 DINNER ON YOUR OWN
SATURDAY MAY 19, 2018
7:00 – 8:00 BREAKFAST ON YOUR OWN
8:00 ‐ 8:30 INTRODUCTION TO THE VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTER
8:45 – 9:30 TOUR THE CONVENTION CENTER (BREAK INTO GROUPS)
9:45 – 11:45 WALKING TOUR OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA
VISIT:
Telus Garden
MNP Towers
745 Thurlow Street
Shangri La Hotel
Jameson House
Trump Hotel
Woodward’s Building Redevelopment
The Exchange
One Wall Center
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COMMITTEE ON DESIGN
SPRING CONFERENCE – VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA
MAY 17 – MAY 19, 2018
One Pacific
1075 West Georgia
Vancouver Public Library
12:00 ‐1:00 LUNCH AT LIBRARY SQUARE PUBLIC HOUSE
1:00 ‐1:30 BUS TO VANCOUVER HOUSE (Drive by)
2:30– 4:00 BUS TO ERICKSON HOMES:
Smith House
Monteverdi Estate
Eppich One House
Eppich Two House
4:00 ‐4:45 BUS RETURN TO PAN PACIFIC HOTEL
6:30 WALK TO CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL FOR EVENING RECEPTION
7:00 – 10:00 RECEPTION, DINNER AND MEMBERS SLIDE SHOW
SUNDAY MAY 20, 2018
THERE ARE NO COD SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR SUNDAY BUT DEPENDING ON YOUR TRAVEL SCHEDULE THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PAN PACIFIC HOTEL IS FULLY BOOKED FOR SUNDAY EVENING AND IF YOU PLAN TO STAY IN VANCOUVER ANOTHER DAY, PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AT ANOTHER HOTEL FOR SUNDAY EVENING.
ACTIVITIES THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER ARE:
VISIT SUNSET PARK COMMUNITY CENTER BY BING TOM ARCHITECT
WALK OR BIKE THROUGH STANLEY PARK SEE FIRST NATION’S TOTEM POLES
STROLL THROUGH GASTOWN
VISIT GRANVILLE ISLAND
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