In urban areas, welcome greetings offer a sense of belonging and familiarity, to Indigenous peoples living in the city. The Language Wall installation employs ‘welcome greetings’ in 13 local indigenous languages. Tawaw staff worked closely with language holders.
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Approach
Storytelling Area
The Indigenous gathering space is designed for storytelling and drum circles enabling urban residents as well as visitors to connect with the local history, as well as with each other. The feature is also intended to enlarge the variety of future programming
activities hosted in the park.
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number of community engagements
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Impact
Community Building
The park was co-designed with Indigenous community partners, Na-Me-Res and Sagatay, the future stewards and programmers of the park, enabling maximum usability and responsiveness for local groups.
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.
