TED ELEVATE

Vancouver, Canada

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TED ELEVATE

Vancouver, Canada

Firm

DBR | Design Build Research

Type

Cultural › Pavilion
Educational › Other

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2016

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

$10K - 50K

Photos

Ema Peter Photography (4), Joshua Peter Esterhuizen (1)

Inspired by high-alpine shelters and the backcountry winter experience that BC mountains offer, the ELEVATE huts provide a special platform and a unique point of conversation for TEDsters to share ideas between various sessions of the conference. The ELEVATE shelters – each 16 feet by 30 feet long – were designed using LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber), a mass timber product donated by METSÄ. The structures were fabricated with CNC technology and erected on site in two days.

Each DBR project is built to be upcycled and provide legacy uses in our local community, so the ELEVATE huts are not just for TEDsters to enjoy. After the conference, the shelters will be retrofit by a new class of DBR students, and then permanently installed in one of BC’s outdoor recreation sites. Here they will serve a new community of climbers, backcountry skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts. Follow their journey at #DBRelevate.

2016 Participating Students:

Andjela Vasic
Bryce Duyvewaardt
Camille Esquivel
Christine Rohrbacher
Cosette Ramsay
Darcy Keester
Helia Rashedi
Ivan Vanon
Marsha Farrow
Nicholas Devlin
Patrick Birch
Terence Martin
Vanessa Kuiper
Xinxin Shen
Yajiao Fan
Zahra Teshnizi

2016 Sponsors:

Metsã Wood
Solus Decor
MGA | Michael Green Architecture
Equilibrium Consulting
Ema Peter Photography