Planet of the Arts Volume 7 the design programs to expand. Of course with the additional spaces came problems created by the separation of the spaces from each other and immediately began lobbying the government for money to build a bigger campus on Granville Island. We should start construc- tion here by May if we are given the green light to start building this summer. The other issue is the degree. In this province only universities can grant degrees - the colleges and institutes can, by legislation, only grant diplomas. While we continued to push for independent degree- granting status we made an arrangement with the Open University to offer Bachelor of Fine Art and Design degrees that combined the ECCAD diploma with nine additional academic courses. Close to one million, ooops no I mean one hundred Emily Carr graduates have received their degree since this relationship was set up in 1989. POTA -So you’resaying the next stage for the College is to grant its own degree? How long will it take? Alan - Uhhhhhhhhbhh....[ think in about two or three years. What’s been happening recently I B.C. is a radical change from the rest of Canada in how degrees will be offered. We may be coming closer to the California model where there are universities and two year community colleges - as we have here - plus four-year degree- granting colleges. This has already started. Along with Emily Carr, four community colleges - Malaspina, Cariboo, Malaspina, Fraser Valley and Okanagan and the Okanagan too - are offering four- year degrees in partnership with local universities. The plan is to make modifications to existing legislation to enable these institu- tions to offer degrees independently of their partners. We’ll be part of that evolution. POTA - Any last thoughts? Alan - Buuuuuurp! Just that I’ve found Emily Carr to be a terrific place to be part of because the people here are so committed to the students and to their work and to the importance of the creative enterprise in our lives. I look at administration as the institution’s vehicle for change and my role as providing the support and coordination to enable the people in the College to bring about those changes. And the College is always changing, and that’s a healthy thing... And I think the Planet is really good too. ZB Note - this interview was conducted in mid-February in Alan’ s office. The original transcript was given to Alan so he could check the accuracy of the document. Alan thought that an edited, slightly rewritten version would serve our purposes better. So he rewrote, edited and clarified it for us. Our ‘journalistic ethics’ were in a two, and agreed that his version didn't stray toofar from the original and itwould provide a more readable, concise version of the facts. But we didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to make him look human ( bad memory, pauses, stuttering, the odd ‘umm, -ah...’ , etc,) and so we gleaned the ‘errors’ from the original, along with some creations of our own, and inserted themat ‘random’. The embellish- ments are marked in bold... Issue 6 photo- John Lam page 11 President’s Report: The New Building As most of you know we are currently in the process of designing a new building for the College and I thought a few answers to some often-asked questions might provide some background and information on the project. Where will the new building be situated? On the site of the parking garage on Johnson Street, directly across from the College Accounting Department. It was chosen as the closest available site of sufficient size. What will happen to that garage? The building itself will be demolished but a - replacement parking structure will be rebuilt with an added capacity. The parking structure makes the building project much more complex for us butis adevelopment condition imposed by the owners of the site, the federal government and its Granville Island staff. Will the College have parking in the parkade? No. Although our project will be built around a parkade the College has chosen not to have any parking within it to avoid on-going maintenance costs associated witha non-teaching facility (Granville Island will assume all costs so related ) and the attendant price hikes that would be necessary to pay for them. Staff and Faculty parking will increase by sixty spaces on either side of the crane adjacent to the present parking site and the College will continue to rent covered covered parking space form Granville Island for student use. The issue of suitable bike parking will be addressed as an ongoing College matter but unrelated to the new building. What will be in the new building? The main purpose of the project will be a united campus through rehousing on Granville Island all the functions contained in our two off-Island sites at First and Fir and Third and Pine. These include painting studios, drawing studios, a multi-media studio, the school store, a foundation studio, industrial and electronic communication design studios. Will this give us more space than we have now? Our Granville Island site will grow by 50% but there won’t be much more studio space than there is now ( if one includes the off-Island sites ), just closer space. However some additional non- studio spaces have been added to benefit teaching in all programs— a new 175 seat lecture theatre will be incorporated into the new building to augment the heavily booked Room 260 plus five new seminar rooms for the studio and academic classes. However, the simple proximity of some spaces should feel like an expansion to those of us used to working within the confines of our main building. For example the two drawing studios transferred from First and Fir into the new building will be of a much higher standard and thus more useful as teaching and learning spaces. One very important non-studio component is the Library, which will be triple in size and relocated on the ground floor of the new building to provide more space for books and for people. The Audio Visual Library will be combined with the Print Collection, creating a more integrated resource with access hours common to both. Who are the architects for the project? John and Patricia Patkau were chosen by a committee last summer from among the top architects in Vancouver. Their work is both innovative and practical and recent projects include a community school for the SeaBird Island Band in Agassiz, a new library for Surrey and a Museum in London Ontario. The November 1991 edition of Western Living magazine featured a residence designed by the Patkaus. How is the building being paid for? The provincial government is the funding agent for the project which is being financed in two phases — The design phase and the construction phase. Completed drawings of the building are to be ready by the end of March at which time the Ministry of Advanced Education ( Dr. Tom Perry’s portfolio ) will submit a request to the Provincial Treasury Board for approval of the 11 million dollars required to build the project. We will learn of that decision in May. What is the construction schedule? If all goes well we might, optimistically, start construction this summer with a completion date the fall of 1993. Much willdepend, of course, on the state of the provincial economy and the new government's budget. However, we have received positive support and practical advice from the Ministry officials in charge of university and college building projects and I believe we stand agood chance of being able to create, with the highest possible motives, a total traffic nightmare on Granville Island this summer. > Alan Barkley Planet of the Arts the design programs 1o expand. Of course with the additional spaces: ccame problems created by the separation of the spaces from each otherand immediately began lobbying the government for money to buildabigger campuson Granville Island. We shouldstart construc= tion here by May if weare given the green lightto start building this summer, ‘The other issue isthe degree. In this province only universities can ‘grant degrees - the colleges and institutes can, by legislation, only ‘grantdiplomas. While we continuedto push for independent degree- ‘granting status we made an arrangement with the Open University to offer Bachelor of Fine Art and Design degrees that combined the ECCAD diploma with nine additional academic courses. Close 10 ‘one million, ooops no I mean one hundred Emily Carr graduates we received their degree since this relationship was et up in 1989. POTA-So you’resaying the next stage for the Collegeis to grant its own degree? How long will it take? Alan-Unhhbhhhhhhh.... think in abouttwo or three years. What’s been happening recently 1B.C. is radical change from the rest of Canada in how degrees willbe offered. We may be coming closer 10 the California model where there are universities and two year ‘community colleges - as we have here - plus four-year degree granting colleges. This has already started. Along with Emily Carr, four community colleges - Malaspina, Cariboo, Malaspina, Valley and Okanagan and the Okanagan too - are offering four- year degrees in partnership with local universities. The plan is 10 ‘make modifications to existing legislation to enable these institu tions to offer degrees independently oftheir partners. We'll be part of that evolution POTA- A last thoughts? Alan - Buuuuuurp! Just that I've found Emily Carr to be a terific place to be part of because the people here are so committed to the students and to their work and to the importance of the creative enterprise in our lives. I look at administration asthe instiution’s vehicle for change and my role as providing the support and ‘coordination to enable the people in the College tobringabout those ‘changes. And the College is always changing, and that’s a healthy thing... And I think the Planet is really good too. >; @ Note - this interview was conducted in mid-February in Alan's office. The original transcript was given to Alan so he could check ‘he accuracy of the document. Alan thought that an edited, slightly rewritten version would serve our purposes better. So he rewrote, ‘edited and clarified i for us. Our ‘journalistic ethics’ were in a turmoil print a re-written interview?!21? And so we compared the ‘wo,andagreed hat his version didn't stray toofarfrom he original ‘and itwould provide a more readable, concise version ofthe facs. ‘But we didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to make him look ‘human (bad memory, pauses, stutering, the odd ‘unm, -ah.",et,) ‘and so.we gleaned the ‘errors’ from the original, along with some creations ofour own, and inserted themat ‘random. The embellish- ‘ments are marked in bold. Volune 7 Issue 6 page 11 President’s Report: The New Building [As most of You know we are currently in the process of designing a new building for the College and I thought a few answers to some often-asked questions mig! provide some background and information on the projet. Where will the new building be situated? On the site ofthe parking garage on Johnson Street, directly aross from the College Accounting Department. It was ‘chosen as the closest available site of sufficient size. What will happen to that garage? The building itself will be demolished but « replacement parking structure will be rebuilt with an added capacity. The parki structure makes the building project much more complex for us bis adevelopment condition imposed by the owners of the site, the federal government and its Granville Island staf. Will the College have parking in the parkade? No. Although our projet willbe built around a parkade the College has chosen not to have any parking within ito avoidon-goingmaintenancecosts associated witha non-teaching facility (Granville Island will assume all costs so related ) and the attendant price hikes that would be necessary o pay for them. Staff and Faculty parking will inerease by sixty spaces ‘on either side ofthe ane adjacent to the present parking site and the College will Continue to rent covered covered parking space form Granwille Island for student use. The issue of suitable bike parking will be addressed as an ongoing College ‘matter but unrelated to the new building What willbe in the new building? The main purpose ofthe project will ba unite ‘campus through rchousing on Granville Islandll the functions contained in our wo off-lsland sites at First and Fir and Third and Pine. These include painting studios, drawing studios, a multi-media studio, the school store, a foundation studio, industrial and electronic e nmunicaton design studios, Will this give us more space than we have now? Our Granville Island site will grow by 50% includes the off Island sites), just closer space. However some additional non studio spaces have been added to benefit teaching in all programs: 75 se lecture theatre will be inconporated into the new building to augment the heavily booked Room 260 plus five new seminar rooms forthe studio and academic classes the simple proximity of some spaces should fee like an expansion those of us used to working within the confines of our main building. For exa sm Fits and Fir into the new building will be of a much higher standard and thus more useful as teaching and learning spaces. ‘One very important non-studio component is the Library, which will be triple in size and relocated on the ground floor of the new building to provide more space lor books and for people. The Audio Visual Litrary will be combined with the Print Collection, creating a more integrated resource with access hours common to both Who are the architects for the project? John and Patricia Patkau were chosen by ‘committee last summer from among the top architects in Vancouver. Their work {is both innovative and practical and recent projects include a community school for the SeaBird Island Band in Agassiz, a new library for Surrey and a Museum in London Ontario. The November 1991 editionof Western Living magazine featur a residence designed by the Patkaus. How is the building being paid for? The provincial goverment isthe funding agent for the project which s being financed in two phases — The design phase snd the construction phase. Conipleted drawings of the building are tobe ready by the end of March at whch time the Ministry of Advanced Education ( Dr. Tom Perry portfolio) will ubmita request othe Provincial Treasury Board for approvalof the 1 million dollars requiredto buildthe project. We willleam ofthat decision in May ‘Whats the construction schedule? If ll goes well we might, optimistically, start. construction this summer withacompletion date the fallof 1993. Much wll pend, ‘of course on the state ofthe provincial economy and the new govemument's budget However, we have received postive support and practical advice from the Ministry officials in charge of university and college building projects and [believe we stand agoodchance of being ableto create, withthe highest possible motives, total traffic nightmare on Granville Island this summer. & but there won't be much more studio space than there is now (io the wo drawing studios wansfere ‘Alan Barkley