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Project number 98-09, Sheet A-2 of 3.
Plan shows areas of proposed expansion of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Also shown on the plan are Chinese Cultural Centre buildings.
Project number 98-09, Sheet A-1 of 3.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : site plan [mechanical drawing]
Plan shows the locations of sanitary pipes, water mains, electrical cables and other mechanical details. Includes HVAC and piping legends. Project number 02098, sheet number M-1.
Item is a sheet with a site plan and key plan for a proposed garden expansion project. Includes code analysis and occupied load tables. Project number 98-09, sheet number A1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : main floor plan
Project number 98-09, sheet number A2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : upper floor plan, roof plan
Project number 98-09, sheet number A3.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : elevations
Item is a sheet with north and south elevation drawings of a proposed garden expansion. Project number 98-09, sheet number A6.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion project, Vancouver, B.C. : main floor plan
Project number 98-09, sheet number A2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden : garden volunteer's expansion project : tea room
Item is one sheet with two architectural drawings, a floor plan and a site plan, showing a proposed expansion of the garden's tea room. Glued to the plan is a computer print out of three colour photographs of the tea room. Drawing number L1.01.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden : maintenance area : Penjing : possible site
Item is a photocopy of a hand-drawn site plan showing a possible site for a Penjing Garden maintenance area. A note on the plan reads "Approximately 2500 s.f. Any more would involve more significant revisions: a) wall existing, b) "mountain" existing."
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society fonds
Fonds consists of the following records:
S1 - Records of the Administration Committee
S2 - Records of the Board of Trustees
S3 - Records of the Building Committee
S4 - Records of the Documentation Committee
S5 - Records of the Education Committee
S6 - Records of the Executive Director's Office,
S7 - Records of the Finance Committee
S8 - Records of the Fundraising Committee
S9 - Records of the Garden Committee
S10 - Records of the Gift Shop
S11 - Records of the Government Relations Committee
S12 - Records of the Landscape Committee
S13 - Records of the Maintenance and Repairs Committee
S14 - Records of the Membership Committee
S15 - Records of the Nominations Committee
S16 - Records of the Public Programs/Newsletter Committee
S17 - Records of the Public Relations Committee
S18 - Records of the Volunteer Committee
S19 - Architectural drawings
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : site plan
Item is an overall site plan of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, showing the locations of commercial, community, multipurpose hall, museum, restaurant, main garden and inner garden areas. Project number 80.104, sheet 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : site plan
Item is an overall site plan of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, showing the locations of the entrance court, commercial and community areas as well as the garden. Plan notes the location of paving stones, decks, bridges, lawn and other landscaping features, including types of trees to be planted. Project number CH O34, sheet number L1 of 9.2. Plan includes an index listing related drawings.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : grading and dimension plan (main area)
Project number CH O34, sheet number L4 of 9.2
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : irrigation plan
Project number CH O34, sheet number L8 of 9.2
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical chinese garden : elevations, site sections
Item consists of one sheet with architectural drawings showing the north elevation, east elevation, section A and section B. A note under the title reads "These elevations are for reference only. Phase I does not include above-ground work." The statement "In cooperation with LAC [Landscape Architecture Company], Jiangsu, Suzhou Municipality" appears on the sheet. Sheet number A3.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : plans, sections, elevations : phase II contract
Item is one sheet containing eleven architectural drawings, including a floor plan, sectional plans and south elevations of the Main Hall and Scholar's Study. Sheet number A4.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical chinese garden : electrical layout [plan]
Project number JP8158, sheet number E1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : sections
Item is a sheet with four sectional drawings of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawings show the locations of gates, bridges, pond, islands and other landscaping features. Project number CH O34, sheet number L2 of 9.2.
Project number CH O34, sheet number L3 of 9.2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan, main area
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the main area of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. Project number CH O34, sheet number L9 of 9.2.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the garden. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Corrections and additions have been made in pencil. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : A Classical Chinese Garden : planting plan
Item is an architectural drawing showing the planting plan for the garden. Drawing indicates the location of various plants and trees, and lists the botanical and common names, size and remarks, and quantity for each plant and tree. The plan also indicates which plants may be supplied by the Park Board and reserved surplus trees. Sheet number 1 of 1.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park : a classical Chinese garden : [planting plan] as built
Item is an architectural drawing listing the various plants and their location in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park. Project number MA 354.
Item is a preliminary site plan drawing for the expansion of the park with an area called the Penjing Garden (identified in yellow). The locations of several trees within the garden is indicated. Plan also includes an outline of various phases of the Chinese Cultural Centre construction. Project number 88 05, sheet number 1 of 1
Penjing Garden : Dr. Sun Yat-Sen classical garden, Vancouver, B.C. : plan, preliminary only #1
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05.
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05.
Item is a preliminary floor plan for a proposed Penjing Garden and office space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Project number 88 05, sheet 1 of 1.
Item is a sheet with three architectural drawings relating to the perspective circulation diagram for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Drawings include a bird's eye view of the garden and floor plans of the open garden and separate functions. Project number 94-03, sheet 1 of 2.
Item is a sheet with two site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Item is a sheet with site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Preliminary plan. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Item is a sheet with two site plans for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen completion project, which included the Penjing Garden reception hall, public and support spaces. Plans indicate buildings included in the project. Project number 94-03, sheet 2 of 2.
Carrall Greenway : Keefer to Pender
Item is a plan for the Carrall Street Greenway, from Keefer Street to Pender Street. Plan shows aerial photographic views of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Chinese Cultural Centre, SUCCESS Housing, Suzhou Alley, Nggai Lum Association and the Sam Kee Building. Plan also shows the 1889 high water mark, and the location of trees and pedestrian walkways.
Carrall Greenway : Keefer to Pender : transition block : preliminary concept design
Item is a plan for the Carrall Street Greenway, from Keefer Street to Pender Street. Plan shows the location of trees, walkways, recreational lanes, traffic buffers and driving lanes. Plan also shows the location of retaining walls, concrete columns, underground glass, ramps and parking areas. Also shown are the location of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Chinese Cultural Centre, SUCCESS Housing, Suzhou Alley, Nggai Lum Association, and the Sam Kee Building.
Carrall Street Greenway development activities, updated March 20, 2006
Item is a map showing the Carrall Street development project activities between Keefer Street and Water Street. Map shows those parts of the project that have been completed and those under development. Included are photographic images of various buildings included in the project, including the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden expansion project.
A network of public places : Chinatown community plan : public realm, Sept[ember] 14, 2005
Item is a map showing the locations of the Carrall Street Greenway, Silk Road, and various buildings and outdoor spaces in the area bordered by Taylor Street, Hastings Street, Gore Street and Union Street. Includes colour photographic images of the following: Milennium Gate, Chinese Cultural Centre and the Old China Gate, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard, Alley behind the CBA Building, Memorial Square, Shanghai Alley and Suzhou Alley, and the Carrall Street Greenway and Pedestrian Pathway.
Item is an amateur video recording of a theatrical presentation by a grade 5 class from Hastings School, filmed in the courtyard in front of the main hall. The presentation is a creation myth story in which a trickster monkey builds dolls out of mud which are then animated by thunder and lightning. These ‘bagheads’ travel between several worlds and encounter various strange creatures before finding the perfect world and removing their masks to become the first people. Presentation includes footage of the spectators and teachers.
Item is a collection of four news clips about the opening of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen gardens. Each clip includes footage of the newly opened gardens and general narration about the garden. Clip 1: CBC, Evening News, April 24, 1986. Presenter: Bill Good. Clip 2: Ici Radio-Canada Télé (CBC) news program ‘Ce Soir’. Presenter: Mario Hinse (in French). Clip 3: BCTV News Hour. Presenter: Tony Parsons. Camera: Paul Rowan. Reporter: Michael McCardell. This clip includes short interview with Charles McDermott (Project Manager). Clip 4: CBC, Midday with Presenter: Bill Good. Reporter: Karen Webb. This clip includes footage from the opening, including short speeches from Pat Carney (MP – Vancouver Centre) and Yu Zhan (Chinese Ambassador).
The item is a recording of a segment of a longer news program called ‘People Will Talk’ hosted by Laurier LaPierre on the subject of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden. The segment is in two main parts, the first part is a report by David Kincaid which includes footage of the construction of the gardens and later footage of the gardens in their completed state. Narration accompanying the footage describes the history of the classical Chinese garden in general, the construction efforts, and the goals of the final project, and some of the theories around the art form of the classical Chinese garden.
The second part is an interview with Sue Yung Li, a landscape architect and filmmaker from San Francisco. They discuss the role of the classical Chinese garden in Chinese culture as a source of artistic inspiration, the difference between a Chinese and a Japanese garden, the importance of rock and water in the garden, the accessibility of these kinds of gardens to the western audience. They also discuss elements of Li’s personal life, footage of the construction of the gardens and later footage of the gardens in their completed state.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden - a friendly bridge
Item is a documentary on the construction of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden. The first section discusses the development of the classical garden in Suzhou, its history, and its purposes. This narration is illustrated with footage of morning scenes of streets and parks, the Yangzi River, and several gardens in the city. The second and much longer section covers the construction of the Vancouver garden. Footage of the construction is combined with narration describing the process; with emphasis throughout placed on how little the construction of the garden has changed since the Song Dynasty in the use of hand tools, traditional building methods, and traditional materials.
Specific stages of construction examined are the importing of the materials from China, the construction of the pillars and the assembling of the pavilions, clay tile roofing and roof finishing, the placement of Lake Tai rocks and the thin tall stones, the courtyard paving and internal tiling, the ‘leak window’ construction, and the construction and finishing work of the screens and railings in the carpentry shop. Also included is a short interview with Joe Wai, project architect, in which he discusses the background of the garden project. The documentary concludes with footage of the opening ceremony with a Chinese delegation, and footage of the completed garden.
Gong xi fa cai (happy new year)
Item is a photo montage with narration in Cantonese. The photos displayed represent traditional Chinese new year traditions and celebrations. Included are Lion dances, the zodiac, the Chinese calendar, street scenes of shopkeepers, fruit, flowers, family scenes with a holiday meal, and red envelopes.
Item is a documentary film about the Taoist meanings of various elements of the design in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden. The film opens with a street scene of Chinese New Year, including lion dances, firecrackers, and a parade. The main film is an interview with James Yu, the maintenance coordinator of the garden. He discusses the contrasting elements (yin and yang), the different kinds of plants (plum, bamboo, and pine), the leak windows, the upturned eves, and the reflections in the water, and then presents a Taoist interpretation of each of them. The narration is supplemented with film footage of the gardens illustrating each point in turn. The film concludes with more footage of garden views and details.
Inside the circle, outside the square
Item is a montage video of photographs of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen gardens with musical accompaniment. The film begins with images of street scenes in Chinatown, focusing on neon lights, nightlife, and shops. The visuals segue into peaceful scenes of the gardens, focusing primarily on the views of the garden through the leak windows and screens, the curved roofs of the pavilions, the water and reflections, and the patterned paving stones.
Item is a documentary film about the construction of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens. It is divided into two sections: the first section is a discussion of the classical Chinese gardens in Suzhou while the second, much longer, section discusses the construction of the gardens in Vancouver. It uses footage filmed during the construction process, descriptive narration, and short segments of an interview with Joe Wai, one of the project architects.
The documentary opens with narration about the importance of water to the region and the history of the region, illustrated with footage of boating and agricultural life. The city of Suzhou is introduced with narrated scenes of the city, canals, and tourist destinations. Next the film explores a few of Suzhou’s famous gardens. The gardens discussed are: The Master of Fish Nets Garden, The Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lion Grove Garden, and The Lingering Garden. The film then concludes this section with a discussion of design elements and the Taoist elements of each feature.
The film then moves to Vancouver, beginning with footage of famous city landmarks and city views (e.g. Lions Gate Bridge, Canada Place, the Skytrain) with an emphasis on the modern technological nature of the city. Street scenes of Chinatown are the backdrop to a discussion of the history of Chinese people in Canada, the development of the Chinese Cultural center, and the pre-construction process of getting the approval and funding to build the garden. Discussion of the construction of the garden focuses on the Suzhou artisans who built the garden according to traditional means, emphasising the use of traditional tools, building methods, and materials. This is illustrated with footage of moving the Lake Tai rocks by hand and placing them into position.
Tthe film talks about the artisans, with scenes of the builders socialising at a banquet, singing, and playing table tennis. The documentary then focuses on the finishing touches and role they play in the finished garden. The documentary concludes with the official opening ceremony with dignitaries and the artisans followed by footage of the completed garden.
Item is a recording of a segment of a television program called ‘The Associates’. The segment features interviewer Stuart McNish interviewing Janice Clarfield, the Executive Director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden. Subjects discussed include a brief history of the garden, the building of the garden, where the materials and artisans came from, and the purpose of a garden of this nature. Footage of the garden is used to prompt a discussion of various features, including the use of colour in the garden, the main elements of the garden, specific elements such as the roofing tiles, drip tiles, curved eves, paving stones, Lake Tai stones, the different ways to view the garden, the symbolism of garden elements, and the role of the garden wall. The interview concludes with a discussion about outreach activities and volunteer opportunities.
The push hands video manual, volume 1
Item is an instructional video teaching the four hands technique of push hands Tai Chi. The introduction and the conclusion of the video are filmed in the courtyard of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, and include footage of the courtyard, paving stones, surrounding rocks, leak windows, and other architectural elements.