Vancouver international Airport A-B Connector | Vancouver, BC

WSP CanadaMichael Graham, Ken roepe

ProjeCtVancouver international Airport A-B Connector

Category Vision Award for interior lighting Design

arChiteCt Stantec

Lighting deSignerS WSP Canada (Michael Graham, Ken Roepe)

LoCation Vancouver, BC

oWner Vancouver international Airport Authority

PhotograPhy Ed White PhotographyStantec

MEritAward of As part of its 2026 Masterplan, the YVR international airport expanded Piers

A and B resulting in additional retail space, room for new artwork, larger holdrooms, additional loading bridges, and expanded baggage system to accommodate the increasing number of passengers travelling through this airport.

integrating the lighting within the architecture and providing quality comfort lighting formed the basis for the lighting design with success. the building design with expansive exterior glazing and skylights allows for daylighting to penetrate the majority of Levels 3 and 4 and form part of daylight harvesting controls for the lighting in these areas.

the lighting design was met with many challenges due to the architectural design with high ceilings, lower retail areas, and different functions throughout the expansion area. The construction was carried out in five phases under a tight budget, which the lighting went through two rounds of value engineering but managed to be completed on budget during Fall 2015. The design was completed in 2013 at which time the cost of LED luminaires were higher thus the reason for mixture of highly efficient and long life linear fluorescent and LED lighting. The overall LPD ended up at 0.75 w/sf, 30 percent below ASHRAE/IES 2010.

the entire building is controlled by a low voltage control system with scheduling and daylight-harvesting controls, including dimming in all holdrooms, and occupancy sensors were utilized extensively in non-public spaces. 4000K was used for the majority of interior lighting and all exterior lighting, which enhances the vast white finish forming part of the architectural design, and 3000K was used for washrooms and lounges are standards for this airport. Additionally, the various thematic lighting enhanced the native artwork and associated themed landscape.