Red River College Polytechnic Innovation Centre, Winnipeg Exchange District Building, Manitoba Architecture Images
Red River College Polytechnic Innovation Centre in Winnipeg
11 Nov 2021
Design: Diamond Schmitt
Location: 319 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 0K4, Canada

Photos by Gerry Kopelow
Red River College Polytechnic Innovation Centre
Manitou a bi Bii daziigae at RRC Polytech is a 21st-century learning environment targeting net-zero energy use in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Centre will bring together students with education and industry professionals in new ways that facilitate social innovation, enterprise and innovative research.
The new 100,000 sf facility unites a repurposed downtown concrete framed heritage building and new construction to create an engaging crossroads in Winnipeg?s historic Exchange District. The Centre will house a unique combination of Indigenous and international student spaces, long distance teaching equipped classrooms, digital media labs and special events spaces and faculty offices. The facade of the building is unexpected ? made of dynamic Kromatix Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) panels that change colour depending on the angle of view and the weather. This innovative concept ? a first in Canada ? conceals the solar cells behind nano-coated glass panels.
The heart of Manitou a bi Bii daziigae is the agora, conceived as a place for campus-wide events as well as for group and quiet study. All programs overlook and experience the ...