Working within this context requires both extreme sensitivity and consideration of landscape and its cultural significance,” said founder and creative director Dorte Mandrup. “The Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre is an extraordinary project that we are very proud and humbled to have been selected to be part of. Interior view of forthcoming Inuit Heritage Centre by Dorte Mandrup (Courtesy Dorte Mandrup) Large spans of glass will front the building, while inside the interiors feature wood-slatted ceilings and walls that pull from the materiality and form of the objects and artifacts on display. Renderings of the proposed design show a low-lying building with a curvaceous form that appears to slope into the surrounding landscape. Kirt Ejesiak and Alexander Flaherty will be the project’s indigenous consultants. Dorte Mandrup paired up with local firm Guy Architects as their architect of record, alongside LEES+Associates, Adjeleian Allen Rubeli, EXP, Pageau Morel, Altus Group. The design team consists of a multidisciplinary group of world renowned practitioners and local experts with a deep knowledge of the context. Aerial view of forthcoming Inuit Heritage Centre by Dorte Mandrup (Courtesy Dorte Mandrup) When the Inuit Heritage Centre is complete, these precious objects will have a permanent home in a centralized location an important step towards rectifying the “impact of colonisation” and “forced relocation, rupture of families, undermining of culture,” Dorte Mandrup stated. It will house “ thousands of artifacts ” from Inuit culture, many of which have been stored in various locations throughout Canada for decades. “My hope is to leave the Earth a better place than when I first arrived,” said Kaye.The forthcoming $140 million Inuit Heritage Centre will provide about 60,000 square feet of space for public programming and showing Indigenous cultural heritage. She does not spray her flowers and plants, thus bumble bees enjoy buzzing from one flower to another. She reminds clients to be patient as it can take up to three years for plants to mature. “I suggest selecting hybrids that are disease and pest resistant.” “My mantra is repetition, mass (to reduce weeding), color and texture to keep the eye flowing from one space to another,” said Kaye. “I advise my clients to begin with such staples as shrubs to help prevent soil erosion, and add year around interest in color. She transformed a flat, empty lawn into a berm of trees that flow into her English garden, which gently flows to her vegetable and shade gardens. “We were the first to build a home on our street open space surrounded us, giving me a pallet from which to design my gardens,” noted Kaye. “I have a passion for gardening, and truly love helping others create their own beautiful gardens,” she said. She has been a landscape consultant for a number of years. Kaye has been a Lakewood resident for 41 years and is a charter member of the Lakewood Garden Club. Benches are conveniently placed to sit and soak in the beauty of her flowers, shrubs and trees. Her garden draws you in as you stroll from the English garden at one end, to the shade and vegetable gardens at the other end. Stepping into Kaye Vance’s backyard is like stepping into a garden oasis bursting with flowers of all colors, sizes and textures.
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