Ocetia Convention Centre
| Ocetia Convention Centre | |
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| Former names | Ocetia Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| General information | |
| Location | Ocetia, Pian Islands |
| Opened | 1986 |
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| Parking | 2 garages underground |
The Ocetia Convention Centre (formerly known as the Ocetia Convention & Exhibition Centre, or OCEC) is a convention centre in Ocetia, Pian Islands; it is one of the Pian Islands' largest convention centres. With the opening of the new West Building in 2019, it now has 43,340 square metres (466,500 sq ft) of meeting space. It is owned by the Pian Pavilion Corporation, a corporation owned by the government of the Pian Islands.
East Building
The East Building is located in Konkurso Place, which it shares with a cruise ship terminal, and the Pan Konkurso Hotel. It has 12,400 m2 (133,000 sq ft) of space, including a 8,500 m2 (91,000 sq ft), column-free, dividable exhibition hall, 20 meeting rooms, and a ballroom.
West Building
The West Building is directly adjacent to Konkurso Place and consists of 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft) total interior space including 20,490 m2 (220,500 sq ft) of convention space, 8,400 m2 (90,000 sq ft) of retail space along a public waterfront promenade, and 450 parking stalls. Surrounding the building are 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) of walkways, bikeways, public open space and plazas, for a total project area of 5.7 hectares (14 acres) of land and 3.2 hectares (8 acres) over water. The project also supplies infrastructure for future water based developments including an expanded marina, a float plane terminal, and water-based retail opportunities. The architects ensured quality assurance and conducted enhanced field review during construction of all building envelope components including innovative curtain wall glazing and green roof.
Sustainability
The living roof, seawater heating and cooling, on-site water treatment and fish habitat built into the foundation of the West Building make it one of the greenest convention centres in the world. The Centre recycles an average of 180,000 kilograms of materials annually, nearly half of the total volume of waste generated. It avoids canned goods, disposable utensils and dishes, and donates leftover food to local charities.
The 2.4-hectare (6-acre) "living roof" is the largest in the Pians and the largest non-industrial living roof in Nortua. The roof landscape is designed as a self-sustaining grassy habitat characteristic of coastal Pian Islands, including 400,000 native plants and 4 colonies of 60,000 bees each which provide honey for the public plaza restaurant. No public access is allowed to the roof, which made it possible to create a fully functional ecosystem with natural drainage and seed migration patterns using the roof's architectural topography.
Along the waterfront, the shoreline ecology is fully restored from its previous brownfield state and supports a historic salmon migration path. An artificial reef structure rings the building perimeter, consisting of a series of concrete steps. Each step is planted with marine species adapted to a specific depth below the water, resulting in a kelp forest characteristic of the natural shoreline and supporting a diversity of harbor fauna. Underneath the building, which is set on pier foundations, runnels are set into the tide flats creating a tidal ecosystem zone that flushes daily and feeds the reef.
The site of the expansion is a former marine and rail industrial area, most of which was covered in impervious surfaces and contaminated. The expansion led to a decrease in the site's impervious surfaces by almost 30 percent, mitigating total suspended solids and phosphorus content from stormwater and reducing the site's heat-island contribution.