As part of the Kehewin Cree Nation’s mission to “provide holistic education to all students for life-long learning”, this elementary school welcomes an open learning space for the Kehewin Indigenous community.
The Cree community’s core values of “Knowing, Being, and Doing” were integrated throughout the design process of this mass timber school. As an expressive and multifunctional space, the architectural concept drove the design for flexible and efficient layouts, camber in maximizing framing efficiency, and reduction in building materials.
Project Essentials
- LocationKehewin, AB
- ClientKehewin Cree Nation
- ArchitectManasc Isaac
- Size33,000 ft² (3,000 m²)
- BudgetCA $20 million