/-02 Our Social Future
[Academic] Masterplan, Commercial, Residential
Location Moosonee, Ontario
Collaborators M.Combaluzier, O.Melhado, R.Oleksiak
Our Social Future is a conceptual design presented to the MoCreebec Eeyoud people for their potential relocation from the flood-imminent Northern Ontario Moose Factory Island to the mainland Moosonee. Through community consults, the designs take into consideration the MoCreebec Eeyoud Comprehensive Community Plan recommendations and are designed with Indigenous values and contemporary technologies in mind. The plan is intended to create an economically and socially resilient future for the MoCreebec Eeyoud People, to built by the people, for the people.
Published in The People Have Moved Camp
Building 22 | Carleton University
Featured on Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism | Carleton University
/-02.1 Masterplan
This site was selected out of four viable sites for its strategic proximity to the Moosenee core, existing utilities, vehicular infrastructure, railroad, close relationship with water and natural division within the site offering natural fire buffers and low initial infrastructure costs.
/-02.2 Housing
Modular housing typology was selected in order to best suite Comprehensive Community Plan [CCP]Recommendations. Nominally sized modules are to be locally manufactured in onsite warehouse facility and easily transported to final site.
CCP recommendation:
#20. Invest in rental housing and/or housing that is easily transportable
/-02.3 Community Centre
The Gathering and Resiliency Centre is intended as an all ages communal congregation space with all-season indoor and outdoor programming.
CCP Recommendations
1. Establish an Elders program to record cultural wisdom, knowledge and history
5. Revive Cree spirituality
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