OUTDOOR: 3DS creates durable, 3D topographical models suitable for year-round outdoor duty. Models are made from cast bronze, or, if budget is an issue, we can create a lightweight fibreglass model, coated with our own proprietary bronze finishing process that is indistinguishable from the real thing. In a project for Whistler/Blackcomb, with an objective …
Designed by Victoria’s Andre and Associates, the “Oregon: Yours, Mine; Ours” exhibit offers a history of the state through the Twentieth Century. One special part of the gallery is a historical look at Oregon‘s Black community, while another addresses the issue of modern-day homelessness. In a reverent nod to Oregon’s Sixties counterculture, 3DS created …
With a constricted timeframe, the Barbados government asked 3DS to create a temporary exhibit showcasing its many efforts toward environmental sustainability. With only six weeks to the World Cricket Championships and an anticipated heavy surge in important visitor traffic, 3DS, working with Waddell and Conder, took a relatively small repurposed building within the Harrison’s …
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is the Government museum and archives, located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The complex itself is very large and in these two wildlife habitat galleries 3DS created expansive simulated environments that display animals of the North in their natural environments. Taxidermy moose, muskox and even full sized models …
The Gulf Of Georgia Cannery Museum is located inside an historic cannery in British Columbia’s Steveston Cannery district, a National Historic Site. 3DS restored and showcased a number of original artifacts, recreated others, developed interpretive exhibits and staged all of it in this long-inactive salmon cannery. The museum’s centerpiece is a massive interactive map …
The BC Sports Hall of Fame has been a prominent feature of BC Place Stadium since it’s opening in the mid-Eighties. Now, with the stadium’s 2012 renovation and grand reopening, it was time for 3DS to reinvent the Hall of Fame. In collaboration with Kei Space, 3DS designed & built the Olympic Celebrations Gallery, …
Located in downtown Banff, the Whyte Museum is an impressive building, in an impressive location, right on Alberta’s famous Bow River. For their “Gateway to the Rockies” exhibit, the Whyte Museum came to 3DS for a full Design/Build package. Using their initial concepts as a starting point and working with Juan Tanus of Kei …
3DS has been instrumental in the creation of several major science exhibits for Science World, Vancouver. The “Our World” exhibit is centered on water, recycling, sustainability and the environmental impact of human activity. In it, we created a number of interactive game stations that allow kids to participate in experiences that taught the principles …
3DS has completed many projects over the years for the celebrated Vancouver Aquarium. Our most recent, Clownfish Cove, is aimed at kids ages eight and younger and fosters connection to the natural world through exploration and play. It features an animal rescue centre, seaside dock and “underwater” tunnels to explore. There are touch tables, …
A sense of natural balance defines this impressive First Nations Cultural Center. This complex and beautiful space combines dramatic graphic panels with displays of historical artifacts. In addition, unlike most conventional museums, this is a multifunctional space, which can be used as an event facility. Unseen to the everyday visitor, the entire exhibition was …
