2018 Warming Hut designs

Winning designs from Mexico, Estonia, British Columbia

Posted: 12:51 PM CST Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 Last Modified: 5:51 PM CST Friday, Jan. 26, 2018

The Forks today released the winners of the 2018 competition to choose the warming huts that will line the Red River Mutual Trail this winter.

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The Forks today released the winners of the 2018 competition to choose the warming huts that will line the Red River Mutual Trail this winter.

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The Forks today released the winners of the 2018 competition to choose the warming huts that will line the Red River Mutual Trail this winter.

Nearly 180 entries from local, national and international artists and architecture groups were submitted.

Submissions were reviewed by a blind jury consisting of experts in the arts and architecture worlds.

TOTEM
Architecture Office b210
Tallinn, Estonia — TOTEM Architecture Office b210 Tallinn, Estonia "Project Totem provides a unique experience to climb a tower that is as narrow as the person themselves. Totems placed as welcome gates create an abstract space. The aura in-between them link the two together spiritually. The border of space defined by volumes of totems becomes the catalyst for interaction -individuals meet with a glance from up above. It is about the person's individual journey - an experience being alone 4m above, becoming a collective experience when shared between two climbers - strangers or friends." (Supplied)

The three winners are Golden Bison, designed by David Alberto Arroyo Tafolla from Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico; Totem, designed by Architecture Office b210 from Tallinn, Estonia; and The Trunk, designed by Camille Bianchi and Ryder Thalheimer from Vancouver, B.C.

In addition to the three winners, filmmaker Guy Maddin was invited to submit a hut, called Temple of Lost Things.

The Grade 11 Art Class at Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute also designed a series of huts. One will be selected for production.

Construction of the huts will begin in early January and, weather permitting, they will be on the Red River Mutual Trail the last week of that month. Several favourite huts from previous years will also be brought back out to join the new ones.

WARMING HUTS - The Forks - 2018
Winnipeg

THE TRUNK
Camille Bianchi and Ryder Thalheimer
Vancouver BC
The Trunk is an inhabitable tree. It is constructed of layers of laminated wood, each cut in the shape of a single growth ring. By layering the rings a record of change and time are revealed
vertically, seemingly infinite towards the sky. The Trunk is inspired by the quiet slowness of growth in the natural world. As winter comes and the river crystallizes to ice, a temporary outdoor space is created where one was not before. The community that gathers at the Forks every winter is born of the same cycles that get recorded as growth rings in our trees. Its height and heaviness is striking against the flat landscape of the frozen river while its interior is warm and inviting. Visitors are invited to slip inside to take refuge from the cold and share a quiet talk with a friend. The project takes advantage of contemporary technologies in wood design to curate an intimate experience with an industry deeply rooted in Canadian identity.

(Supplied) — WARMING HUTS - The Forks - 2018 Winnipeg THE TRUNK Camille Bianchi and Ryder Thalheimer Vancouver BC The Trunk is an inhabitable tree. It is constructed of layers of laminated wood, each cut in the shape of a single growth ring. By layering the rings a record of change and time are revealed vertically, seemingly infinite towards the sky. The Trunk is inspired by the quiet slowness of growth in the natural world. As winter comes and the river crystallizes to ice, a temporary outdoor space is created where one was not before. The community that gathers at the Forks every winter is born of the same cycles that get recorded as growth rings in our trees. Its height and heaviness is striking against the flat landscape of the frozen river while its interior is warm and inviting. Visitors are invited to slip inside to take refuge from the cold and share a quiet talk with a friend. The project takes advantage of contemporary technologies in wood design to curate an intimate experience with an industry deeply rooted in Canadian identity. (Supplied)

Temple of Lost Things
Guy Maddin — Temple of Lost Things Guy Maddin "With the coming of spring the sun obliterates the great narratives of our ice, and no matter how great the crystal obelisks, monuments and other sturdy tributes we erect during the naive enchantment of winter, all are soon pulled down, each pulling its own shroud behind it, into the Dark Stupid Puddle." (Supplied)

Guy Maddin's Temple of Lost Things "Winter may seem long to a Winnipegger, but as histories go, as a life experience, as a set of personal mythologies embedded in a long string of years, our coldest, most beautiful season is heartbreakingly short, as sweet as life itself, a mere bedtime story remembered in the frosty etchings on a child's windowpane." (Supplied)

Golden Bison
David Alberto Arroyo Tafolla
Morelia, Michoac an, Mexico — Golden Bison David Alberto Arroyo Tafolla Morelia, Michoac an, Mexico "Taking two key pieces in the symbolic identity of the region as a starting point, the hut takes the form of the bison, official animal of the province of Manitoba and the golden property of the sculpture Eternal Youth, commonly known as The Golden Boy - the unmistakable icon of the city of Winnipeg. Thus, the Golden Bison is born." (Supplied)

WARMING HUTS - The Forks - 2018
Winnipeg

GOLDEN BISON
David Alberto Arroyo Tafolla
Morelia, Michoac an, Mexico
Taking two key pieces in the symbolic identity of the region as a starting point, the hut takes the form of the bison, official animal of the province of Manitoba and the golden property of the sculpture �Eternal Youth�, commonly known as �The Golden Boy� - the unmistakable icon of the city of Winnipeg. Thus, the Golden Bison is born. The imposing aesthetic represents the indomitable spirit, the power of survival and protection when facing any challenge with the force to triumph; the golden color refers to the fruit of arduous work and energy in the eternal pursuit of a more prosperous future. The visitor approaches the Golden Bison, intimidated by his presence, strength and elegance, only to discover that it is there to protect, to shelter, to grant the impulse and recovery to overcome the adversities to come. The Golden Bison consists of 23 layers of 15cm thickness, achieving a total height of 345cm. Each layer is formed by a 6 �SPF lumber frame covered in ?� plywood and finished in bright gold paint. The user enters from the bottom, between the front legs, climbing four steps to find the interior in natural tones of wood, the walls show data and interesting information of the region, while skylights in the ceiling allow the natural lighting of the space that accommodates up to seven adults.

(Supplied) — WARMING HUTS - The Forks - 2018 Winnipeg GOLDEN BISON David Alberto Arroyo Tafolla Morelia, Michoac an, Mexico Taking two key pieces in the symbolic identity of the region as a starting point, the hut takes the form of the bison, official animal of the province of Manitoba and the golden property of the sculpture �Eternal Youth�, commonly known as �The Golden Boy� - the unmistakable icon of the city of Winnipeg. Thus, the Golden Bison is born. The imposing aesthetic represents the indomitable spirit, the power of survival and protection when facing any challenge with the force to triumph; the golden color refers to the fruit of arduous work and energy in the eternal pursuit of a more prosperous future. The visitor approaches the Golden Bison, intimidated by his presence, strength and elegance, only to discover that it is there to protect, to shelter, to grant the impulse and recovery to overcome the adversities to come. The Golden Bison consists of 23 layers of 15cm thickness, achieving a total height of 345cm. Each layer is formed by a 6 �SPF lumber frame covered in ?� plywood and finished in bright gold paint. The user enters from the bottom, between the front legs, climbing four steps to find the interior in natural tones of wood, the walls show data and interesting information of the region, while skylights in the ceiling allow the natural lighting of the space that accommodates up to seven adults. (Supplied)

The Grade 11 Art Class at Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute instructed by Mr. Merlin Braun, has taken up the challenge of designing a hut, generating many original ideas ranging in expression from culture to Canadiana to keeping warm in winter.

(Supplied) — The Grade 11 Art Class at Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute instructed by Mr. Merlin Braun, has taken up the challenge of designing a hut, generating many original ideas ranging in expression from culture to Canadiana to keeping warm in winter. (Supplied)

The final critiquing session in the coming weeks will reveal which MBCI hut will go into production and take up a place on the Red River Mutual Trail this winter.

(Supplied) — The final critiquing session in the coming weeks will reveal which MBCI hut will go into production and take up a place on the Red River Mutual Trail this winter. (Supplied)

The students responsible for all aspects of the original design and creation of MBCI's warming hut are: Emily Barnowich, Simon Braun, Victoria Duester, Olivia Harrison, Cassie Herr, Nue KakayGeesick-Brand, Athena Koodoo, Katya Meehalchan, Immanuel Metz, Nuri Pinto, Neil Reimer, Anna Rogalsky, Risa Thiessen, and Madeleine Wiehe. (Supplied)