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VanDusen Botanical Garden: Interpretive Centre, Signage
and Wayfinding
Vancouver, BC
   
………………Entry Signage……………………………….…………………….Interior
Wayfinding……………………….………………..Donor
Wall………
  
…….Central
Medallion Feature………………Interpretive
Centre “Discovery Hall”…………………………….Interactive
Technology………………………
VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN INTERPRETIVE CENTRE
VANCOUVER, BC,
CANADA
The City of
Vancouver Parks Board with VanDusen Botanical
Garden appointed ORCA Canada while Steve Palmier was
Managing Partner to provide
design
services for the Interpretive Centre throughout the new Visitor Centre. The
interpretation strategy included conceptual development, design development
and the
co-ordination of the fabrication and installation of an interpretive
program throughout the new Visitor Centre and the Garden including
interactivity and
way-finding
concepts. Three levels of interactivity were devised: tangible touch
displays, static graphic displays and interactive touch screen displays,
and the
content was
developed alongside the Botanical Garden team of staff and Garden Director.
The content themes included: biodiversity, plant conservation, water
conservation,
native plants, ”green” gardening, invasive species,
sustainability and the general importance of plants to society.
The
exhibits were designed to speak to a younger audience and a multicultural
audience, capturing and maintaining the interest of visitors of all
demographic.
We were
also commissioned to provide branding design services to the new Visitor
Centre and provided compatibility with this. All interpretive elements were
constructed
with environmentally responsible materials and fabrication processes.
Construction
Budget: $800,000
Phase I
Completion: November 2011
Phase I
Completed: November 2011
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