Adler University Campus, Vancouver Building Development, Canadian Architecture for Students, Images
Adler University Campus in Vancouver
New Architecture Project in BC, Canada – design by PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication
11 Jul 2018
Adler University Campus
Design: PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication
Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
Adler University Campus

Universities are becoming increasing expansive, held across multiple platforms, locations, and cities. These extensions have increased the importance of a school?s storytelling, identity, and branding. For example, most would be surprised to know that downtown Vancouver?s academic precinct rivals the scale of its better-known suburban campuses. Home to satellite campuses of several universities and language schools in generic buildings, it is the cheap eats and bars that signal the activity upstairs. Despite appearances the neighbourhood offers a vitality not equalled by the city?s suburban campuses.
In this context, Adler University has opened a new campus dedicated to graduating practitioners who will lead social change and create a more just society, through degree programs, training, and community engagement focused on socially responsible practice. The university offers an immersive curriculum that invites students to solve real-world social problems.

To support its mission the university is extroverted and iconic. In contrast to its neighbours, it connects visually and physically to the surrounding neig...