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#Natosi
Indigenious Cultural centre
with Navjot Singh
Comphrensive Project
Jan 2019 to Apr 2019
Location: Calgary, Canada
The Moh-Kins Tsis Educational and Contemplation
Centre supports educating and reflecting upon immense
hardships endured by Aboriginal People’s. It
also serves to celebrate and teach individuals about
their rich culture, tradition and beautiful language.
After an emotional and inspiring talk with an Elder
from the First Nations community it led to the realization
of deep layers of meaning that ultimately
inspired the main design concept.
The main design intent of the building integrates
Indigenous values related to ‘Natosi’ (Sacred Sun).
Our architectural standpoint embodies the prominence
of the Sacred Sun for Aboriginal People’s
and is heavily emphasized as an anchor for the
project. This element is significant due to its power
and beauty of touching all life on Mother Earth. As
a result, it endeavors to uplift one’s spirit and heal
through its innate sacredness and warmth. Lastly,
the project is harmonized with varying gradients of
light fundamental to the symbolism of a journey to-
Land
Man
Above :Land and man relation
explored through architecture
Left:Parti exploration of the nature of
flow concept
Left (Next Page):Visualisation of
NATOSI with it’s relaton to the
ground