Nancy Stern, In-House Architect, Vancouver Airport Authority, Canada
Speaker Biograghy:
Nancy has been the in-house architect for Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR) since 1995. In this capacity, she directs the planning, architecture and design for capital projects in the international, transborder and domestic terminals. She also reviews all tenant permit submissions within the airport, and commercial developments on Sea Island where YVR is located. This is will be her seventh time speaking at PTW presenting the unique and award-winning projects at YVR.
Personal fact:
Her spare time is spent with her family, playing tennis, skiing or painting landscapes. She enjoys travel, but her family complain that she takes too many photos of airports.
Day 2 - 21 March
Session:
Airport Design, Planning & Development
14:30 - 15:00
- Expanding without expanding – re-purposing existing space to meet passenger demand
Synopsis: Since 2014, YVR passenger growth has increased by 1 million passengers per year primarily in the transborder and international sectors. With expansion projects not on line until 2020, YVR needed to innovate to meet demand and retain a high level of passenger experience in these sectors. Four architectural design teams have been selected to deliver cohesive solutions to expand passenger services without expanding the building footprint. This presentation will explain how existing transborder and international departure areas are being re-purposed to add duty free shops, duty free walk-through, F&B, a Skyteam lounge and facilities for three bus operations hold rooms.
Audience will learn:
- Process to evaluate existing facility and building systems to ensure the re-purposing met each project criterion
- Importance of collaboration between airport departments and business partners to achieve successful and timely delivery of each project
- Methodology to maintain full airport operations during construction without impacting passengers, airlines or staff
- How to maintain a cohesive design across all projects with four separate architectural teams within existing spaces
- Phasing and procurement processes to fast-track construction