Polar Bears International House and Staff Residence
A research centre for Polar Bears International is resolutely contemporary in its design, with nods to the industrial vernacular of neighbouring structures in Churchill, Manitoba. Photo by James Brittain
A foreboding grey and white blanket stretches out as far as I can see beneath our flight. Frozen lakes are the only punctuation, scattered like bean-shaped shadows across the tundra.
I?m on my way to Manitoba?s far northern outpost of Churchill on Hudson Bay with Montreal architect Marc Blouin, to photograph two projects that his practice, co-founded with Catherine Orzes, has recently completed: A new research and interpretation centre, and a staff residence.
Both are for Polar Bears International, a conservation group working to protect polar bears and gather data on the impact climate change is having on their winter habitat, the sea ice on Hudson Bay. The roadside from the airport into town is dotted with stunted pine trees. Their branches only sprout on the wind?s leeward side. We pass by a big painted shed which Blouin explains is a polar bear ?jail.? Errant bears that find their way to town are locked up here overnight, before being released back into the wild.
The new Polar Bears International House sits on a donated piece of land at an intersection on Churchill?s main street. Behind its blue corrugated facade?a nod to the town?s utilitarian vernacular?the building contains offices, a gallery, and a presentation space, encouraging dialogue between the community and...
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