Archinect - News2024-09-07T20:10:55-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150357065/dorte-mandrup-team-unveils-nunavut-inuit-heritage-center-with-rock-and-turf-covered-roof
Dorte Mandrup team unveils Nunavut Inuit Heritage Center with rock and turf-covered roof Niall Patrick Walsh2023-07-18T11:16:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c3/c396a58f01fae78591ad86b0082e1a05.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/55355636/dorte-mandrup-arkitekter" target="_blank">Dorte Mandrup</a> has announced their team’s success in an international competition to design the Nunavut <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/521212/inuit-architecture" target="_blank">Inuit</a> Heritage Center. Located in Iqaluit, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4065/canada" target="_blank">Canada's</a> territorial capital, the facility is set to be a cultural bridge promoting Inuit heritage and facilitating “healing and reconciliation between Inuit and non-Inuit communities.” </p>
<p>The winning team included Dorte Mandrup, Guy Architects, LEES+Associates, Adjeleian Allen Rubeli, EXP, Pageau Morel, Altus Group, and indigenous consultants Kirt Ejesiak and Alexander Flaherty.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ed/eda8533729381024a0921ac329a80304.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ed/eda8533729381024a0921ac329a80304.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: MIR</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The design concept is a creative interpretation of community perspectives, traditional Inuit knowledge, and the healing potential of the planned facility. The design takes its cues from the regional topography and environmental phenomena such as kalutoqaniq – patterns formed in snowdrifts by the prevailing wind. Emulating these natural shapes, the building will carve into the rocky hillside, echoing the features of the natural landscape.</p>
<p>“The Nunavu...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150317431/this-glass-pavilion-atop-greenland-unesco-world-heritage-site-celebrates-inuit-culture-and-heritage
This glass pavilion atop Greenland UNESCO World Heritage site celebrates Inuit culture and heritage Nathaniel Bahadursingh2022-07-20T14:54:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/15927a22354b1f41da811b051e1ac098.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A recent project designed and built by Swedish architect Konstantin Ikonomidis located within a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6771/unesco" target="_blank">UNESCO</a> <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/619246/world-heritage-site" target="_blank">World Heritage site</a> in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/170473/greenland" target="_blank">Greenland</a> celebrates <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/521212/inuit-architecture" target="_blank">Inuit</a> cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of the environment. </p>
<p>Called the Qaammat <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a>, the structure is situated in Sarafannguit, a cultural landscape in West Greenland and a World Heritage site since 2018. It was developed in cooperation with UNESCO, the Qeqqata Municipality, and the Sisimiut Museum. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae71729e315d36d7af769f530e98fab1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae71729e315d36d7af769f530e98fab1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Julien Lanoo</figcaption></figure><p>The pavilion’s location is defined by the two fjords that meet on Sarfannguit’s eastern tip on the hills. This was carefully chosen by the local community, site manager Paninnguaq Fleischer-Lyberth and Ikonomidis. The installation will serve as a landmark and gathering space where the World Heritage site’s surroundings can be experienced by locals and visitors. <br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/99878b96f70c028a5bec435a0c83097a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/99878b96f70c028a5bec435a0c83097a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Julien Lanoo</figcaption></figure><p>As per the architect's project description: “The Qaammat pavilion is designed as a poetic and aesthetic object, but most important...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150256918/michael-maltzan-looks-to-inuit-art-as-inspiration-for-a-canadian-museum-project
Michael Maltzan Looks to Inuit Art as Inspiration for a Canadian Museum Project Josh Niland2021-03-27T13:28:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a4/a4123fd1f2d6e331f2668726a6b59a08.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It was a trip to the Arctic that gave a Los Angeles-based architect the inspiration for the new 36,000 sqft expansion of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150184080/michael-maltzan-s-winnipeg-art-gallery-inuit-art-center-set-for-late-2020-opening" target="_blank">Winnipeg Art Gallery</a> opening <a href="https://www.wag.ca/event/qaumajuq/2021-03-25/" target="_blank">this weekend</a> in the nation's seventh-largest city. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e7582d7cb18de4db957be47951634f70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e7582d7cb18de4db957be47951634f70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Qaumajuq, the Inuit art centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Michael Maltzan Architecture with associate Cibinel Architecture. Photo Lindsay Reid.</figcaption></figure><p>Michael Maltzan's design for Qaumajuq, a center for Inuit art almost a decade in the making sprang out of an excursion he took in 2013 with the museum's director Stephen Borys. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1f04bf7b613e29610fd2b3c21ccf3eb4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1f04bf7b613e29610fd2b3c21ccf3eb4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Qaumajuq, the Inuit art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Photo by Lindsay Reid.</figcaption></figure><p>After being tapped the year before for the design and completion of the IAC, Maltzan began studying both the artistic traditions and topographies endemic to the Inuit people in areas hundreds of miles to the north. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/365a84bc4b3ab3d2c2b6cb8b613480bd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/365a84bc4b3ab3d2c2b6cb8b613480bd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Qaumajuq, the Inuit art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Photo by Lindsay Reid.</figcaption></figure><p>“It changed everything,” Borys told the New York Times. “When he got back to L.A., Micha...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/112493007/arctic-adaptations-inuit-architecture-showcased-in-venice-biennale
Arctic Adaptations: Inuit Architecture Showcased in Venice Biennale Alexander Walter2014-10-30T13:55:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a4/a4793015cf82380a26b3dfaae02becb7?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>For the first time in the 14-year history of the International Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Nunavut flag flew at the entrance to the Canadian Pavilion, an Inukshuk floating at the entrance of “Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15.”
The exhibit, curated by architects Lola Sheppard and Mason White, from Toronto-based design firm Lateral Office, coincides with the 15th anniversary of the territory’s creation.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Previously: <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/100239685/arctic-adaptations-nunavut-at-15-to-represent-canadian-pavilion-at-2014-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15” to represent Canadian Pavilion at 2014 Venice Biennale</a></p>