OUTMA SQILX’W CULTURAL SCHOOL
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.
AWARDS
2010 World Architectural News Magazine: Top 25 Schools in the World
2012 Best in Canada, Interiors Magazine
CLIENT
Penticton Indian Band
LOCATION
Penticton, BC
SIZE
18,800 square feet
SERVICES
Architectural, Building Envelope
PARTNERS
Peter Hildebrand
Kendall Jessiman (Building Envelope)
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST
Stefan Walsh
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