EXCELLENCE / General Design

Indigenous Knowledges & Design at Tekakapimek

The jury noted:

This project demonstrates impressively thoughtful and beautiful storytelling, serving a profound sense of purpose while seamlessly connecting to the philosophical ideologies of the Wabanaki. The narrative effectively illustrates the process, and it is refreshing to see numerous hand sketches integrated throughout. It represents sensitivity, beauty, and reflection that our entire profession can learn from.

Owner

Elliotsville Foundation, Inc.

Project Credits

Tekakapimek Contact Station was designed and built with Indigenous knowledge and design innovation from the Wabanaki Nations.

Landscape Architect:

Reed Hilderbrand

Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property (ICIP) Consultant:

Dr. Jane Anderson

ENRICH (Equity for Indigenous Research and Innovation Co-ordinating Hub)

Design Architect – Norway:

Todd Saunders

Saunders Architecture

Architect of Record – USA:

Alisberg Parker Architects

Structural Engineer:

Atelier One

Surveyor, Civil Engineer, and Structural Engineer of Record:

Haley Ward, Inc

Environmental & Energy Consultant:

Transsolar Inc

Interpretive Planning:

Tuhura Communications

Exhibition Writer:

Jennifer Neptune, Penobscot

Exhibits, Wayfinding & Signage Design:

WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA)

Creative Program Management:

Erin Hutton Projects

Exhibition Fabrication:

Split Rock Studios

Signage Fabrication:

DCL

Site Work and Road Construction:

Emery Lee & Sons Inc.

Landscape Site Work:

OBP Trailworks, LLC

Construction Management:

Wright-Ryan

Project Management and Owner’s Representative:

Stern Consulting International

Julee Quarve-Peterson, Inc., Accessibility Consultant

Mara Peterson

The BSLA Design Awards are published in BSLA’s annual publication, Fieldbook