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ARTS & CULTURE
Over the course of the past couple of decades, Amacon has been a dedicated patron of public art, contributing over $3 million to artists across the country in support of the arts community. As a leading Canadian developer, our contribution to the community has always been paramount, and one of the ways we give back is through the installation of parks, sculptures, and beautiful art pieces. These artworks not only support fellow Canadians but gives back to the residents of the broader community.
Gala, 2015
Location: Zonta Meadows Park, Mississauga, ON | Title: GALA, 2015 | Artists: Harley Valentine, Gabriel Fain Architect, OAA | Nature and artifice come together to form this sculptural piece for the entrance to Zonta Meadows Park. The piece functions as a symbolic gateway and strategically frames the view of the Gala Procession and the rest of the park. The sculpture creates a dialogue with nature exploring materials both rough and smooth, hard and soft, heavy and light. The apparent randomness of the large stones contrasts with the precision of the steel allowing people to approach the work for further investigation. Gala Gateway invites the public to touch and smell the work and gives children the opportunity to safely occupy the space beneath and around the stones.
House, 2015
Location: Redbrick. 14th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby, BC | Title: HOUSE (Red Fox Black Cat), 2015 | Artists: Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Metz & Chew | The purpose of the artwork was to pay homage to the history of the Edmonds area, one of the early villages of the Mainland. The artwork is about home and neighbourhood, the place where the narrative of our lives begins. The House is sited at the end of the courtyard, a simple and iconic form, a wireframe “sketch” of a house. Two sculptural, symbolic animals face each other from across the house. Overscaled, minimal – almost like chess pieces. One suggests a domestic house cat, the other a fox or coyote. Stones with text will lead you into the house from the gateway. They are quotes about home – intimate and compelling.
Ovoidism, 2019
Location: Imperial, Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Ovoidism, 2019 | Artist: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Rounded, bulging oval-to-rectangular shape called an ovoid is a feature unique to Northwest Coast art. The mother of designs, ovoids are building blocks that form visual centres, or sources, from which design patterns or movements emanate. Ovoids are used to represent joints (shoulder, hip, wing, pectoral fin), eye sockets, or non-specific anatomical parts that help create the flow of the overall design. Traditionally the ovoid is never depicted as an entity unto itself, but rather an element of a larger design or figure.
Tick, 2005
Location: Juneau Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Tick, 2005 | Artist: Reece Terris, Reece Terris Art Inc. | The large-scale check mark is a landmark like the sculpture that will call attention to the public space of the parkette in an uplifting and playful way. The prime location at the corner of Juneau and Willingdon allows for the piece to be instantly experienced by people passing by in their cars, while giving people who are visiting’s the parkette the opportunity for individual interpretation and interaction with the work.
Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013
Title: Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013 | The parks concept was designed in 2013 and completed in consultation with the City of Richmond. The project shows a close collaboration between the developer Amacon and the City of Richmond to develop high quality design, construction, and delivers an exceptional public benefit.
House of Roots, 2003
Title: House of Roots, 2003 | Artist: Jeanette Lee | House of Roots is a freestanding contemporary steel sculpture integrated in the grounds of Paulik Neighbourhood Park. The green growth of the original nursery on the site inspired the metaphoric organic forms that line the roof of this sculpture. The walls are filled with root-like forms, symbolic of the past and present history of the land. This sculpture stands as the entrance of a small inside world and offers a historically inspired view of an outside world.
Gala, 2015
Location: Zonta Meadows Park, Mississauga, ON | Title: GALA, 2015 | Artists: Harley Valentine, Gabriel Fain Architect, OAA | Nature and artifice come together to form this sculptural piece for the entrance to Zonta Meadows Park. The piece functions as a symbolic gateway and strategically frames the view of the Gala Procession and the rest of the park. The sculpture creates a dialogue with nature exploring materials both rough and smooth, hard and soft, heavy and light. The apparent randomness of the large stones contrasts with the precision of the steel allowing people to approach the work for further investigation. Gala Gateway invites the public to touch and smell the work and gives children the opportunity to safely occupy the space beneath and around the stones.
House, 2015
Location: Redbrick. 14th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby, BC | Title: HOUSE (Red Fox Black Cat), 2015 | Artists: Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Metz & Chew | The purpose of the artwork was to pay homage to the history of the Edmonds area, one of the early villages of the Mainland. The artwork is about home and neighbourhood, the place where the narrative of our lives begins. The House is sited at the end of the courtyard, a simple and iconic form, a wireframe “sketch” of a house. Two sculptural, symbolic animals face each other from across the house. Overscaled, minimal – almost like chess pieces. One suggests a domestic house cat, the other a fox or coyote. Stones with text will lead you into the house from the gateway. They are quotes about home – intimate and compelling.
Ovoidism, 2019
Location: Imperial, Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Ovoidism, 2019 | Artist: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Rounded, bulging oval-to-rectangular shape called an ovoid is a feature unique to Northwest Coast art. The mother of designs, ovoids are building blocks that form visual centres, or sources, from which design patterns or movements emanate. Ovoids are used to represent joints (shoulder, hip, wing, pectoral fin), eye sockets, or non-specific anatomical parts that help create the flow of the overall design. Traditionally the ovoid is never depicted as an entity unto itself, but rather an element of a larger design or figure.
Tick, 2005
Location: Juneau Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Tick, 2005 | Artist: Reece Terris, Reece Terris Art Inc. | The large-scale check mark is a landmark like the sculpture that will call attention to the public space of the parkette in an uplifting and playful way. The prime location at the corner of Juneau and Willingdon allows for the piece to be instantly experienced by people passing by in their cars, while giving people who are visiting’s the parkette the opportunity for individual interpretation and interaction with the work.
Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013
Title: Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013 | The parks concept was designed in 2013 and completed in consultation with the City of Richmond. The project shows a close collaboration between the developer Amacon and the City of Richmond to develop high quality design, construction, and delivers an exceptional public benefit.
House of Roots, 2003
Title: House of Roots, 2003 | Artist: Jeanette Lee | House of Roots is a freestanding contemporary steel sculpture integrated in the grounds of Paulik Neighbourhood Park. The green growth of the original nursery on the site inspired the metaphoric organic forms that line the roof of this sculpture. The walls are filled with root-like forms, symbolic of the past and present history of the land. This sculpture stands as the entrance of a small inside world and offers a historically inspired view of an outside world.
Gala, 2015
Location: Zonta Meadows Park, Mississauga, ON | Title: GALA, 2015 | Artists: Harley Valentine, Gabriel Fain Architect, OAA | Nature and artifice come together to form this sculptural piece for the entrance to Zonta Meadows Park. The piece functions as a symbolic gateway and strategically frames the view of the Gala Procession and the rest of the park. The sculpture creates a dialogue with nature exploring materials both rough and smooth, hard and soft, heavy and light. The apparent randomness of the large stones contrasts with the precision of the steel allowing people to approach the work for further investigation. Gala Gateway invites the public to touch and smell the work and gives children the opportunity to safely occupy the space beneath and around the stones.
House, 2015
Location: Redbrick. 14th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby, BC | Title: HOUSE (Red Fox Black Cat), 2015 | Artists: Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Metz & Chew | The purpose of the artwork was to pay homage to the history of the Edmonds area, one of the early villages of the Mainland. The artwork is about home and neighbourhood, the place where the narrative of our lives begins. The House is sited at the end of the courtyard, a simple and iconic form, a wireframe “sketch” of a house. Two sculptural, symbolic animals face each other from across the house. Overscaled, minimal – almost like chess pieces. One suggests a domestic house cat, the other a fox or coyote. Stones with text will lead you into the house from the gateway. They are quotes about home – intimate and compelling.
Ovoidism, 2019
Location: Imperial, Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Ovoidism, 2019 | Artist: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Rounded, bulging oval-to-rectangular shape called an ovoid is a feature unique to Northwest Coast art. The mother of designs, ovoids are building blocks that form visual centres, or sources, from which design patterns or movements emanate. Ovoids are used to represent joints (shoulder, hip, wing, pectoral fin), eye sockets, or non-specific anatomical parts that help create the flow of the overall design. Traditionally the ovoid is never depicted as an entity unto itself, but rather an element of a larger design or figure.
Tick, 2005
Location: Juneau Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Tick, 2005 | Artist: Reece Terris, Reece Terris Art Inc. | The large-scale check mark is a landmark like the sculpture that will call attention to the public space of the parkette in an uplifting and playful way. The prime location at the corner of Juneau and Willingdon allows for the piece to be instantly experienced by people passing by in their cars, while giving people who are visiting’s the parkette the opportunity for individual interpretation and interaction with the work.
Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013
Title: Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013 | The parks concept was designed in 2013 and completed in consultation with the City of Richmond. The project shows a close collaboration between the developer Amacon and the City of Richmond to develop high quality design, construction, and delivers an exceptional public benefit.
House of Roots, 2003
Title: House of Roots, 2003 | Artist: Jeanette Lee | House of Roots is a freestanding contemporary steel sculpture integrated in the grounds of Paulik Neighbourhood Park. The green growth of the original nursery on the site inspired the metaphoric organic forms that line the roof of this sculpture. The walls are filled with root-like forms, symbolic of the past and present history of the land. This sculpture stands as the entrance of a small inside world and offers a historically inspired view of an outside world.
Gala, 2015
Location: Zonta Meadows Park, Mississauga, ON | Title: GALA, 2015 | Artists: Harley Valentine, Gabriel Fain Architect, OAA | Nature and artifice come together to form this sculptural piece for the entrance to Zonta Meadows Park. The piece functions as a symbolic gateway and strategically frames the view of the Gala Procession and the rest of the park. The sculpture creates a dialogue with nature exploring materials both rough and smooth, hard and soft, heavy and light. The apparent randomness of the large stones contrasts with the precision of the steel allowing people to approach the work for further investigation. Gala Gateway invites the public to touch and smell the work and gives children the opportunity to safely occupy the space beneath and around the stones.
House, 2015
Location: Redbrick. 14th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby, BC | Title: HOUSE (Red Fox Black Cat), 2015 | Artists: Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Metz & Chew | The purpose of the artwork was to pay homage to the history of the Edmonds area, one of the early villages of the Mainland. The artwork is about home and neighbourhood, the place where the narrative of our lives begins. The House is sited at the end of the courtyard, a simple and iconic form, a wireframe “sketch” of a house. Two sculptural, symbolic animals face each other from across the house. Overscaled, minimal – almost like chess pieces. One suggests a domestic house cat, the other a fox or coyote. Stones with text will lead you into the house from the gateway. They are quotes about home – intimate and compelling.
Ovoidism, 2019
Location: Imperial, Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Ovoidism, 2019 | Artist: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Rounded, bulging oval-to-rectangular shape called an ovoid is a feature unique to Northwest Coast art. The mother of designs, ovoids are building blocks that form visual centres, or sources, from which design patterns or movements emanate. Ovoids are used to represent joints (shoulder, hip, wing, pectoral fin), eye sockets, or non-specific anatomical parts that help create the flow of the overall design. Traditionally the ovoid is never depicted as an entity unto itself, but rather an element of a larger design or figure.
Tick, 2005
Location: Juneau Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Tick, 2005 | Artist: Reece Terris, Reece Terris Art Inc. | The large-scale check mark is a landmark like the sculpture that will call attention to the public space of the parkette in an uplifting and playful way. The prime location at the corner of Juneau and Willingdon allows for the piece to be instantly experienced by people passing by in their cars, while giving people who are visiting’s the parkette the opportunity for individual interpretation and interaction with the work.
Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013
Title: Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013 | The parks concept was designed in 2013 and completed in consultation with the City of Richmond. The project shows a close collaboration between the developer Amacon and the City of Richmond to develop high quality design, construction, and delivers an exceptional public benefit.
House of Roots, 2003
Title: House of Roots, 2003 | Artist: Jeanette Lee | House of Roots is a freestanding contemporary steel sculpture integrated in the grounds of Paulik Neighbourhood Park. The green growth of the original nursery on the site inspired the metaphoric organic forms that line the roof of this sculpture. The walls are filled with root-like forms, symbolic of the past and present history of the land. This sculpture stands as the entrance of a small inside world and offers a historically inspired view of an outside world.
Gala, 2015
Location: Zonta Meadows Park, Mississauga, ON | Title: GALA, 2015 | Artists: Harley Valentine, Gabriel Fain Architect, OAA | Nature and artifice come together to form this sculptural piece for the entrance to Zonta Meadows Park. The piece functions as a symbolic gateway and strategically frames the view of the Gala Procession and the rest of the park. The sculpture creates a dialogue with nature exploring materials both rough and smooth, hard and soft, heavy and light. The apparent randomness of the large stones contrasts with the precision of the steel allowing people to approach the work for further investigation. Gala Gateway invites the public to touch and smell the work and gives children the opportunity to safely occupy the space beneath and around the stones.
House, 2015
Location: Redbrick. 14th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby, BC | Title: HOUSE (Red Fox Black Cat), 2015 | Artists: Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Metz & Chew | The purpose of the artwork was to pay homage to the history of the Edmonds area, one of the early villages of the Mainland. The artwork is about home and neighbourhood, the place where the narrative of our lives begins. The House is sited at the end of the courtyard, a simple and iconic form, a wireframe “sketch” of a house. Two sculptural, symbolic animals face each other from across the house. Overscaled, minimal – almost like chess pieces. One suggests a domestic house cat, the other a fox or coyote. Stones with text will lead you into the house from the gateway. They are quotes about home – intimate and compelling.
Ovoidism, 2019
Location: Imperial, Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Ovoidism, 2019 | Artist: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Rounded, bulging oval-to-rectangular shape called an ovoid is a feature unique to Northwest Coast art. The mother of designs, ovoids are building blocks that form visual centres, or sources, from which design patterns or movements emanate. Ovoids are used to represent joints (shoulder, hip, wing, pectoral fin), eye sockets, or non-specific anatomical parts that help create the flow of the overall design. Traditionally the ovoid is never depicted as an entity unto itself, but rather an element of a larger design or figure.
Tick, 2005
Location: Juneau Street, Burnaby, BC | Title: Tick, 2005 | Artist: Reece Terris, Reece Terris Art Inc. | The large-scale check mark is a landmark like the sculpture that will call attention to the public space of the parkette in an uplifting and playful way. The prime location at the corner of Juneau and Willingdon allows for the piece to be instantly experienced by people passing by in their cars, while giving people who are visiting’s the parkette the opportunity for individual interpretation and interaction with the work.
Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013
Title: Lansdowne Linear Park, 2013 | The parks concept was designed in 2013 and completed in consultation with the City of Richmond. The project shows a close collaboration between the developer Amacon and the City of Richmond to develop high quality design, construction, and delivers an exceptional public benefit.
House of Roots, 2003
Title: House of Roots, 2003 | Artist: Jeanette Lee | House of Roots is a freestanding contemporary steel sculpture integrated in the grounds of Paulik Neighbourhood Park. The green growth of the original nursery on the site inspired the metaphoric organic forms that line the roof of this sculpture. The walls are filled with root-like forms, symbolic of the past and present history of the land. This sculpture stands as the entrance of a small inside world and offers a historically inspired view of an outside world.
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