UBC Arts Students Centre

A Common Ground: Arts Student Centre Opens its Doors - Faculty of Arts 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 ...

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 🥳💜

✨💜 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...💜✨

✨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... 👀

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... 👀

'Something that the arts faculty needed': AUS excited as Arts Student Centre nears completion In January 2022, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS)’s Arts Student Centre will open with space for students to study, collaborate and lounge.