Downtown Vancouver has gained a new purpose-built tech and event space that is designed to be a hub and gathering space for post-secondary students and the city centre’s growing tech business community.
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has completely redesigned half of the second floor of its downtown campus at the corner of Dunsmuir and Seymour streets, providing a dynamic, multi-functional space for students, faculty, industry, and graduates to come together to share ideas, work together on projects, experiment with technology, and participate in tech events.
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With such uses, the space has aptly been named the Tech Collider. It features high-tech audiovisual equipment, including one of the largest interactive multi-media screens in Western Canada — measuring 10 metres (32 ft) wide and three metres (9 ft) high.
The Tech Collider has classroom and lab…