Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Qaumajuq, the Inuit Art Centre
Los Angeles architect Michael Maltzan got the inspiration for Qaumajuq — a new wing of the Winnipeg Art Gallery dedicated to Inuit work — from a trip he took to Nunavut. Maltzan’s schematic design consists of a sculpted granite facade resting on a luminous glazed podium. At the centre of the atrium is an art-filled, three-storey vault, visible through sinuous glass. The main exhibition space features a mix of convex and concave walls, all beneath circular skylights that channel the sun. The building, with its curvilinear and monumental forms, evokes a northern realm of snowdrifts, ice floes and undulating topographies.
Team Michael Maltzan, Tim Williams, Gee-ghid Tse, Sara Jacinto, Michael Faciejew, Raffy Mardirossian, Paul Morel, Niel Prunier, Andrew Smith-Rasmussen and Casey Benito (Michael Maltzan Architecture); George Cibinel, Mike Robertson and Steff Beernaerts (Cibinel Architecture Ltd.); Guy Nordenson & Associates; Stantec; Lam Partners; Crosier Kilgour Partners; MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers; Epp Siepman Engineering; WSP; HTFC Planning and Design; RJ Bartlett Engineering
Michael Maltzan’s design features a mix of convex and concave walls, all beneath circular skylights that channel the sun.
