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= UBC Okanagan Campus Commons = The Commons is UBCO’s newest building on campus. The Commons was finished and opened to the public in late 2018 and became available for all students to access. This new facility features the campus’s largest lecture hall at 62,400 square feet, being able to seat 400 students, and also having over 350 bookable study rooms. The building was designed and built by Moriyama & Teshima Architects in association with MQN Architects

Features of The Commons
The Commons building has 3 separate floors and over 350 study spaces for students including the large 400 seat lecture hall. The building also contains an engagement theatre, a galleria with high ceilings, and large windows. Located on the lower and ground-level floors is the D.Ross Fitzpatrick Hall with floor to ceiling windows. The third floor of the commons is dedicated only for the Graduate students to book with two bookable meeting rooms. The building also contains 2 reading rooms and a Visualization and Emerging Media Lab.

Funding
According to UBCO: The Commons and campus sustainability upgrades were funded with $15.97 million from the federal government’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF), $11.33 million from the province of British Columbia, and $13.47 million from UBC. The university said approximately $9.8 million came from UBCO students paying an annual levy.

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