Congratulations to Caroline Brodeur and Yi Ming Wu, who received two awards for their project Alutsâgâlutuinniak: The Ice is Like Soup. Brodeur and Wu received the OAA Award which recognizes exceptional leadership through design excellence combined with innovative approaches to sustainability in an assignment or project. The scholarship this year focuses on students who have demonstrated design excellence involving exemplary responses to the climate crisis.
Brodeur and Wu also received the award for Outstanding Design Work in 3B (Arch 393, Sheppard studio)for the 3B term in Fall 2019.
ARCH
393
004
Learning
and
Reconciliation:
Envisioning
Northern
Education
Coordinated
by
Lola
Sheppard
This
studio
explores
the
agency
of
architecture
in
complex
cultural,
historical
and
emotional
challenges
surrounding
education
and
housing
across
Inuit
Nunangat
-
where
can
we
have
impact
as
professionals
when
some
of
these
challenges
lie
outside
the
scope
of
architecture?
Alutsâgâlutuinniak:
The
Ice
is
Like
Soup
This
project
explores
alternative
forms
of
education
through
a
building
that
questions
how
one
relates
to
the
climate,
the
land,
and
their
community
in
the
context
of
a
rapidly
changing
climate
in
Kuujjuaq,
Nunavik.
The
design
was
driven
by
the
complex
and
layered
relationships
to
land
and
the
seasons
in
Inuit
culture
and
seeks
to
support
traditional
practices
and
lifelong
learning
on
the
land.
The
defining
aspect
of
the
project
is
the
seasonal
flex
space
which
acts
to
mediate
and
encourage
indoor-outdoor
occupation
for
students
and
the
broader
community
that
changes
with
the
seasons.
Each
programmatic
bar
connects
into
this
space
while
retaining
the
capacity
to
be
spatially
and
climatically
distinct.
