Abbotsford Cultural Centre Museum & Art Gallery

The 20,000-square-foot facility provides dynamic exhibitions and interactive events telling the Abbotsford community story. It includes a great hall, exhibition, studio, administration and curatorial spaces.

This building foundation consisted of pad and strip footings with a 17,500-square-foot slab on grade floor plate and 2,500-square-foot upper mezzanine and mechanical room. The steel structure is closed in by a mixture of insulated metal panels, metal cladding, brick veneer, curtain wall and TPO roofing.   The exterior is highlighted by a feature wall with a programmable coloured dancing LED uplighting system.

The interior space has been designed to be an open and flexible exhibit display area, providing classroom space to conduct workshops and classes as well as storage and handling areas. The interior finishes consisted of a natural polished concrete floor, painted walls, and open concept painted ceiling with a unistrut support system in the main display space to accommodate custom track lighting and exhibits.

The energy efficient mechanical system has been designed with utmost quality to provide a stable controlled environment for a museum and art gallery setting by using an open loop geothermal radiant heat system with below grade ducts to supply low velocity air displacement ventilation.