Coalesce
EVDA 682 Comprehensive Studio
Instructor: Dr. B. Sinclair
Team: Mark Popel
Winter 2019
Art reflects, transmits, shapes and comments on culture.
Coalesce is a project that seeks to celebrate, express, learn from and ultimately provide a platform for Indigenous art, performance and culture. That is, the project serves as an Indigenous cultural and education centre on the University of Calgary campus. The programming celebrates underrepresented Indigenous artist and performers, with a strong emphasis on local Treaty Seven Works.
Art induces the recall of past events and emotions instilling a level of empathy and understanding between one another.
The Blackfoot word ‘ohkanaomowoo vai’ represents the act of coming together from all over in large numbers, coalesce is what we felt best represents this concept in English, serving as a methodical armature to generate architecture which reclaims public space.
The site is defined by the light blue overlay, and is located on the University of Calgary’s main campus in Calgary, Alberta. The site is located on Treaty 7 land, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations) as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). This site is situated on land directly adjacent to where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, which is referred to as Moh’kins’tsis’; the coming together of two rivers.
University of Calgary relative to Moh’kins’tsis
Micro Connections | Calgary Indigenous Services/Resources
Macro Connections | Alberta Nations, Tribes & Reserves
Pedestrian Circulation
Vehicular Circulation
Nation Proximities
Programming & Site
Key Room Plan - Meditation Space
Key Room Section - Meditation Space
Key Room Plan - Restaurant
Key Room Section B - Restaurant
Roof Plan
Parkade Plan
Grandhall Window Paneling System
Sustainability Approach - OVerhangs, Water Collection, Stack Effect
Plan Detail - Interior Exterior Connection
Plan Detail - Interior Interior Connection
Assemblies
Environmental Systems - HVAC Zoning & Ducting
