Rrc Polytech Manitou A Bi Bii Daziigae
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Category: Recent Work
Architect: Number TEN Architectural Group + Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated, Architects in Joint Venture
Owner/Client: Red River College Polytechnic
Interior Designer: Number TEN Architectural Group + Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated, Architects in Joint Venture
Landscape Architect: HTFC Planning & Design
Structural Engineer: CKP Engineering
Mechanical Engineer: Epp Siepman Engineering
Electrical Engineer: SMS Engineering
Civil & Traffic Engineer: WSP
Sustainability, Energy Model, Envelope: RDH
Signage: Entro
Acoustic: Aercoustics
Contractor: Akman Construction
Photographer: doublespace photography

Jury Comments

This building ensemble is conceived as an inclusive learning and research hub for emerging IT industries in consultation with the RRC community, industry leaders, and Indigenous stakeholders. Its ambitious design embraces the principles of community connectivity, inclusion, and collaboration through the adaptive re use of a 20,000-square-foot heritage building, an 80,000-square-foot addition, a skywalk and a student plaza. This project incorporates leading sustainable technologies and energy performance targets, including: a continuous photovoltaic panel skin exterior; an expansive skylight that channels daylight through a five-storey atrium to its interior spaces; and a ‘live’ operational performance data feed to its users. This project also incorporates Indigenous art and symbolism; the mural on the soffit area of the projecting cornice, while counter-intuitive, is a welcoming gesture to those who enter this facility.