Facilitating Change
It started with a map. Then came the sticky notes, and a web of ideas spun across the wall; a design charette was underway. A familiar process, but in a new context?on Manitoulin Island, with Indigenous youth as the participants instead of architects or urban planners. ?It was early August in the Unceded Territory of the Wiikwemikoong First Nation, and ?a group of high school students was envisioning a more sustainable and socially harmonious future for their school. As their multi-coloured stickies spread across the wall, an image of the existing school gradually came to be usurped by notions of what could be.
Stickies cover an aerial image of an existing high school in a design charette aiming to empower Indigenous youth.
Sculptures. Murals. Outdoor Seating Area. Totem Poles. Lodges for Cultural Practices. ?Water Fill Station. Outdoor Volleyball Court. Study Room. Lots of Swings. Rock Climbing. ?A Place to Cry. The charrette was part of a week-long digital design camp organized by Toronto-based educational charity No.9 in partnership with non-profit Focus Forward for Indigenous Youth. Over the course of five days, students were guided from design conceptualization through to SketchUp models, culminating in presentations to the wider Wiikwemikoong community.
Led by executive director Andrew Davies, No.9 takes a holistic approach to design, highlighting the intersections of art and architecture with placemaking and ecology. ?People aren?t used to thinking of art and the bui...
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