Outma Sqilx'w School | Iredale Group Architecture
Penticton / Canada / 2011
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This First Nations community school is located on a bench overlooking Penticton, with breathtaking views over Skaha Lake and Lake Okanagan. The client's request to have the building grow from the site enables the design to take on a more organic form language, evoking textures and patterns found in the surrounding hillsides. Organic forms continue throughout the interior. The cultural education space takes its form from a modern interpretation of the typical pit house cross-section.
Since opening in the fall of 2011, the school has boasted record high attendance rates.
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This First Nations community school is located on a bench overlooking Penticton, with breathtaking views over Skaha Lake and Lake Okanagan. The client's request to have the building grow from the site enables the design to take on a more organic form language, evoking textures and patterns found in the surrounding hillsides. Organic forms continue throughout the interior. The cultural education space takes its form from a modern interpretation of the typical pit house cross-section. Since...
- Year 2011
- Work started in 2007
- Work finished in 2011
- Main structure Mixed structure
- Client Penticton Indian Band
- Status Completed works
- Type Kindergartens / Schools/Institutes / Multi-purpose Cultural Centres / Interior Design
- Websitehttp://www.iredale.ca/our-work/educational/outma-cultural.aspx
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