A building designed to become a ruin – the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos, BC, Canada by DIALOG. Featuring rammed earth, timber, concrete and a living roof, this design honours the traditional winter dwellings of the Okanagan First Nations and echoes the colours of the surrounding landscape. This building features blue-stained pine from the pine-beetle outbreak, where the timber industry allowed a higher cut to salvage the timber before it died. We also got to see a Tipi and Pit House – great examples of First Nations dwelling typologies.
Structural Engineering by Equilibrium
Construction by Greyback
Pit House timber donated timber by Vaagen Fibre Canada
This is part of our series on British Columbia, in collaboration with Naturally Wood. Find more about this project at naturallywood.com
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