The project centers around the Medicine Wheel as its foundational framework to forge a meaningful connection to the land. This concept is embodied through designated park zones and seasonal activities that mirror the symbolism of the Medicine Wheel. The park’s circular design preserves the existing forest and landscape within it, offering an immersive experience of Enoch’s culture and traditions.
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Approach
Foundational Values, Design Principles And Guidelines
The design manual was developed in conjunction with the 2024 Masterplan schematics and has incorporated guidance from over 300 Enoch Cree members who attended a series of workshops from 2021 to 2024. The outcome includes a set of eight (8) Foundational Values, four (4) Maskêkosihk Design Principles, seven optional (7) Indigenous Sustainability Pillars, and a series of Community Design Guidelines (CDG) reflecting site and building intentions. Together, these tools ensure broad social, economic, and cultural benefits for generations to come and capture the ‘relational values’ of the community’s voice and future aspirations.
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number of community engagements
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Impact
Neda Villages
The Master Plan Framework is organized around Stages 1 & 2 and consists of five (5) Villages. These villages guide the tone and utilization of each area, organizing similar programmatic uses and activity levels.
Elders, Health & Wellness Village, Village Green focused on providing an accessible healthcare, teaching and educating visitors about the Enoch Cree World View, Ways of Knowing, and Lifeways.
The NEDA Master Plan also features Family, Sports & Entertainment Village, Premium Shopping & Retail Village, Business & Entrepreneur Park Village designed to enhance employment opportunities, offers shopping options and promoting local economic growth.
Awards
Honorary Fellow
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is proud to announce that Wanda Dalla Costa, a prominent Indigenous voice and practitioner in North American architecture, has been awarded honorary fellowship for 2022.
Wanda Dalla Costa is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and was the first First Nation woman to become an architect in Canada. Her firm, Tawaw Architecture Collective, is based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is the director and founder of Arizona State University’s Indigenous Design Collaborative, a community-driven design and construction program that brings together tribal community members, industry and multidisciplinary teams of university students and faculty to co-design and co-develop solutions for tribal communities.
Dalla Costa is a prominent Indigenous female voice within the architectural profession–specifically within the academic sphere in North America.
Awards
YBCA's 100 Honorees: Wanda Dalla Costa
Indigenous Design Collaborative's founder and design director Wanda Dalla Costa was recognized as YBCA 100 list of change makers and cultural activists working at the intersection of art, social change and civic life.
Awards
Trailblazer Award: Wanda Dalla Costa
Presented this year as part of NZ20, the world's largest net zero conference and expo, the Trailblazer Awards celebrate leaders who are building a net zero future through their work in the carbon, energy, water, waste, transit and/or policy sectors.
