The congratulates upper-year students Ra’anaa Brown, Krystel Clark, Denis Lemieux and Taylor McGee for winning the Public Opinion Prize for their team entry “Nutri-Nunavik : The Potential of Northern Farming” at the CCA 21st Annual Interuniversity Charrette design competition.
Presented by the (CCA), Charrette “(i)nvites young creative designers to reconsider arctic villages, hack northern settlements and surroundings, and help create livable communities simply and frugally.”
Students were challenged to design a house, cabin, or self-contained outdoor structure using only materials that would likely be on hand in the northern Quebec Inuit community of Nunavik. The 黑料吃瓜不打烊 students’ “Nutri-Nunavik” winning-design is for a modular sustainable farming structure that takes advantage of aquaponics and vertical farming. By encouraging local farming, Nunavik can become more self-sustainable by growing their own fresh produce rather than depending on costly fruits and vegetables transported from other areas. ()
“Given the political nature of the CCA charrette brief, recognition by the public opinion vote is very “rewarding” for the School of Architecture. All of the faculty who participated in the three day charrette would like to express that we are very proud of our students’ critical and creative imagination, expressed in their design,” said Terrance Galvin, McEwen School of Architecture Founding Director.