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Architects: Public Architecture + Design
- Area: 5000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Martin Tessler
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Manufacturers: Interface, Mecho Systems, Prudential Lighting, Shouldice, Vicwest
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Lead Architects: PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication
Text description provided by the architects. The Quantum Matter Institute houses an interdisciplinary group of researchers that study things at the atomic scale. Situated in the Applied Science Precinct of the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus, this slender corner addition is both a gateway and a connector. The QMI creates a new portal to the precinct, serves as a new formal entrance to the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL) and collocates quantum researchers for the first time, creating the potential for research synergies in this ground-breaking field. Just as silicone was the basis of a microelectronics revolution, quantum research could lead to new industries in fields such as electronics, solar energy, and medicine.
