Visionary
A wooden pavilion that is fully demountable for repurposing.
A zero-impact concept of a structure fabricated in Canada.
Highlights the convergence of the digital and the traditional fabrication process with the motto “no nails” (and no concrete).
Includes wooden furnishings prominently displayed.
Innovative
To be built using materials and techniques associated with historical (treated fabric stretched over a wood-and-cable
spaceframe) and contemporary (photovoltaic cells, lithium batteries, LED’s) technologies associated with ultralight aircraft and atmospheric probe construction.
The project is literally an Ultralight.
Ambitious
To celebrate the cycle of discovery, understanding and invention, with three sets of linked keywords related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics that are intertwined to represent a derivative of the DNA double helix.
Audacious
Designed to commemorate construction workers killed on the job, the monument uses three layers of materials—stone, concrete and steel representing the three historical phases of infrastructure in Canada.
The names of those who died are carved inside the pylons.