Five Canadian design teams will take on the unique challenges of building in Nunavut in a new project heading to the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014.
The Arctic Adaptations exhibit, timed to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the creation of Nunavut, will also tour Canada after appearing at the prestigious design exhibit. Held every two years in Venice, the Biennale showcases new ideas in architecture. Arctic Adaptations is Canada's official entry.
The exhibit asks the chosen teams to design "new architecture that is adaptive, responsive and rooted in Nunavut's unique geography, climate and culture," according to the curators, Lateral Office of Toronto. This means dealing with issues such as the raw landscape, the harsh climate, the difficulties of getting building materials to the North as well as addressing local culture.
Aerial rendering of Arctic Adaptations in Canada Pavilion at 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. (Lateral Office) Lateral Office has been involved in research and design work on the role of architecture in the North over the last five years. It was chosen to curate the Biennale project by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Nunavut is changing due to a young and rapidly growing population and is becoming more economically important to Canada because of resource extraction, the curators noted in a press release. At the same time, it is facing climate change and will undergo "dramatic transformations as powerful environmental, social and economic forces collide," they added.
Five organizations from the North have been chosen to guide the architects as they develop projects devoted to health, housing, education, recreation and the arts.
They are:
- Ilisaqsivik Society Community Family Centre, who will work with Fournier Gersovitz Moss Drolet Architects of Montreal and University of Montreal.
- Nunavut Housing Corp., who will work with Lateral Office of Toronto and University of Toronto.
- Qaggiavuut Society for Performing Arts, who will work with Stantec in Iqaluit and Dalhousie University of Halifax.
- Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, who will work with Pin/Taylor Architects of Yellowknife and University of British Columbia.
- Sport Nunavut, who will work with Kobayashi + Zedda Architects of Whitehorse and University of Manitoba.
View of Rankin Inlet - the logistics of building in remote communities is difficult. Mason White The five architecture firms, who all have design expertise in the North, will work with Canadian university students to create a series of proposals that will be presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
The goal is to create videos, models, animations and soundscapes that show how architecture could contribute to the prosperity and well-being of people in the North.
The Venice Architecture Biennale is scheduled for June 7 to Nov. 13, 2014.
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