Vancouver House – the world creates here
With Vancouver House, the City of Vancouver will create an immersive, interactive experience set in the dramatic atrium of
the city’s iconic central library in downtown Vancouver.
The City’s home during the 2010 Winter Games, Vancouver House will showcase Vancouver’s leadership in technology, new media and the green economy. It will tell our city’s story, as defined through the expressions of its people, its art, entertainment and culture: from its early beginnings, through its multicultural evolution, to a vibrant cosmopolitan city of creativity and vision, driven by a sustainability ethos.
Visitors will view giant images projected across a screen of hanging drapes on the glazed façade of the library which will tell Vancouver’s story through both images and sound. Curving around the space, printed banners and swooping drapes will form a backdrop to image-filled spheres that will appear to float on the atrium’s raised balconies. Interactive displays will invite visitors to participate while learning more about our city.
An online component of the project will take the form of a micro-site and web portal that can be visited through this website that will act as an extension of the Vancouver House experience. Users will be able to view and upload content that relates to the theme – the world connects here - and have a chance to see themselves in Vancouver House.
Vancouver House will feature sustainable business practices, including use of energy efficient LED lighting and electronics, the reuse and rental of equipment required for the pavilion, and sustainable disposal or reuse of lighting and banners after the Games. The City will also calculate the carbon footprint and purchase equivalent carbon offsets to make Vancouver House carbon neutral.
Together, Vancouver House, animated pedestrian corridors and the City’s two live sites will make downtown Vancouver the place to be for free family activities during the 2010 Winter Games.