Draft:UBC Okanagan Commons Building

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  • Comment: Reliable, secondary sources are required; the references can't just be taken from the building's website and other related campus news. Utopes (talk / cont) 07:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
An image of the Commons building on the UBCO campus, a large 4-story gray and silver building with large windows.
The Commons building on the UBCO campus

The Commons is a multipurpose building located on the UBC Okanagan campus (commonly known as UBCO), a campus of theUniversity of British Columbia that is situated in the Okanagan Valley near Kelowna, British Columbia.[1] The campus is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx people.[1] The University is home to an astounding 11,562 undergraduate and graduate students, studying an assortment of 81 programs.[2] Established in 2005, the Kelowna campus has since grown in size with the addition of newer educational buildings such as the Commons[1], which was built in 2018 and officially opened on January 2nd, 2019.[3]

History[edit]

The Commons building idea originated from campaigns among students asking for more space for engaging in multiple school-related uses.[3] After a student-led referendum, the Okanagan student body committed to fund up to 10 million dollars of the project.[3]

About[edit]

The Commons is attached to the Okanagan branch of the UBC Library, which is one of Canada's largest research libraries.[1] The Commons contains the largest classroom on the UBCO campus with 400 seats, as well as a Great Hall with 600 informal study seats that include 350 collaborative study spaces, 33 bookable study rooms, and 120 quiet study spaces.[3] The building is also home to UBC Studios Okanagan, a café, a digital design lab, and a data visualization studio.[3]

Spaces in the Commons Building
Name Description Location
Study Spaces The Commons offers a variety of study spaces to accommodate various students' needs and unique study techniques.[4] It includes two quiet study spaces, bookable and private study rooms, and study halls.[4] Quiet Study Spaces: The Lois and Cliff Serwa Reading Room on the ground floor next to the Library, and the North Reading Room on the third floor.[4]

Bookable Study Spaces: Several rooms on each floor of the Commons building that are open to an online reservation system through the CWL campus system. [4]

Classroom 201 The Commons offers the largest, fully equipped campus lecture hall of 400 seats, in the University of British Columbia Okanagan.[4] Second floor[4]
Sawchuck Family Theatre This interactive space allows students and the public to present their artistic ideas through the use of multimedia devices.[4] First floor, next to the library[4]
Visualization and Emerging Media Lab (VEMS)
This area aims to make data visualization and immersive realities more accessible to students, allowing them to carry out exploratory studies and experiments with the latest technologies.[4] First floor[4]
Okanagan Special Collections This small library provides local (Okanagan) and neighbouring (other regions of British Columbia) archival texts and collections relevant to the history of the region.[4] Zero floor (lower level)[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "UBC Okanagan". UBC's Okanagan Campus. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures". UBC's Okanagan Campus. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c d e universityrelations (2018-11-02). "Nothing common about it". UBC Okanagan News. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "The Commons". library.ok.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
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