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Niv Boosy
Competiton Studio
4th year
Under the white Blanket
Inuit Knowledge & tradition center
The building reconnects the lost connection between inuits and their rich tradition.
The location
Iqaluit - Nunavut, Canada
The problem
The inuits went from the nomadic company into permanent structures, and Many of them had difficulties maintain their rich tradition
Local tradition
100 years ago inuits lived in autonomous nomadic groups that depended on hunting and fishing.
Concept
In order to preserve their traditions, we designed a center to spread their knowledge with tourists and maintain their traditional work and art.
The building will serve traditional Hunters as starting or ending point of hunting journeys.
Typology
Research
Traditional Igloos using Local materials, to protect from the extreme weather.
The openings in the building inspired by local natural openings- Caves, ice, topography and igloos.
Context
Research
The decision was to locate the building at the original hunter's path.
Context
Section
The decision was to locate the building at the original hunter's path.
Conceptual
Sketch
Thr hunters path going through the building
The Material processing is a part of the building, each function has different space.
Visitors have linear path through all function of the building.
Floor plan
The Hunters start their journey from the city - through the building, gathering the equipment need, and the sled dogs, and goes out to the hunt.
The traditional craftsman uses the products to create beautiful art while using different rooms for specific processing.
Visitors are going through the building, experiencing all processes of the traditional knowledge of the inuits.
Visitors
Getting ready
Huskys Area
Sewing
Hunter's hangar
Toilets
Streching
Softening
Scraping
Loby
Market
Observatory
Storage
Locals
Functions
The functions serves the hunters and inuit woman to produce different products other than food - such as clothes, shoes and jewelry
According to Inuits beliefs, it is necessary to use every part of the animal after hunting, to respect his death.
Section
100 years ago inuits lived in autonomous nomadic groups that depended on hunting and fishing.
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