The design incorporates Indigenous languages, culturally significant elements, and nature-inspired designs, highlighting local landmarks like the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in Calgary. A historical map on the Welcome Wall emphasizes significant locations, and the design fosters a connection with nature through immersive experiences like terrace gardens. Additionally, the design establishes a strong connection with nature through immersive experiences, such as terrace gardens shaped like the geological monument at Writing on Stone Provincial Park.
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Approach
Lifeways
The Gathering Circle includes spaces for communal gatherings, performances, storytelling, and teaching, preserving and celebrating cultural practices.
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number of community engagements
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Impact
Worldviews
The Gathering Circle floor design acknowledges territorial and linguistic boundaries with a floor diagram featuring greetings in various Indigenous languages.
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.
