St Vital Park Pavilion Jobs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About the role
St. Vital Park is one of three regional parks original to the City of Winnipeg. Designed by George Champion, the 115 acre (46 ha) park features a dense riparian forest landscape nestled in a bend of the Red River. It includes both natural and man-made features that provide an environment for a variety of summer and winter activities.
Located in the centre of the park, the new St. Vital Park Pavilion provides a focal point for the park and its visitors. The intent of the Pavilion’s design was to create an iconic, durable, and transparent volume that would maintain a connection with its exterior environment. The adjacent duck pond is home to a significant population of ducks and geese. The pavilion’s graceful roof form was influenced by a bird's wing and body kinematics during takeoff and landing. The building and its overhanging roof were carefully manipulated to nest within the forest canopy so that existing trees were not disturbed.
The building functions as a picnic shelter in the summer and a heated skate change building in the winter, adapting to changing seasonal conditions. With flexibility, accessibility and security as key design parameters, the entire glazing system on the north and south façades was designed to incorporate continuous bi-folding doors. These allow the building to be completely open across a 55 foot (16.5 m) wide span during summer, allowing people and air to move freely in and out of the space. In the winter months this system remains closed, providing a thermally insulated interior space that maintains a strong visual connection to the surrounding landscape.
Client: City of Winnipeg
Type: Recreational
Construction Value: 1.3M
Date of Completion: February 2014
Area: 2,300 sq.ft. (215 s.m.)
Consultant Team
Prime Consultant: 1x1 architecture inc.
Structural: Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.
Mechanical: Epp Siepman Engineering Inc.
Electrical: Nova 3 Engineering Ltd.
Public Art and Plaza: Plain Projects and Urbanink
Photography: Lisa Stinner-Kun
Filed under Recreational
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About 1x1 architecture inc.
1x1 architecture is a medium-sized practice predominantly consisting of professionally accredited architects and interior designers. We strive for all individuals at 1x1 architecture to be experienced, motivated and versatile, and provide a high level of service and professionalism within a highly collaborative environment. The firm is led by four Principals, Travis Cooke, Glen Gross, Jason Kun, and Markian Yereniuk. Our objective is to provide strong team leadership and a high level of expertise to the office for input on each project. We aspire to produce thoughtful, high-quality architecture regardless of project size, budget or program.
Each member of our team is well versed in all aspects of project design and delivery. We manage our workload to ensure that each project has an assigned team from project start-up to close-out. This continuity results in consistency, client confidence and sophisticated solutions.