{"id":485836,"date":"2022-08-18T20:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T17:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inside-ubcs-indian-residential-school-history-and-dialogue-centre\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T17:46:57","slug":"inside-ubcs-indian-residential-school-history-and-dialogue-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-ubcs-indian-residential-school-history-and-dialogue-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inside UBC\u2019s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af7c25972702\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af7c25972702\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-ubcs-indian-residential-school-history-and-dialogue-centre\/#%E2%80%9CInside_UBCs_Indian_Residential_School_History_and_Dialogue_Centre%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Inside UBC\u2019s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CInside_UBCs_Indian_Residential_School_History_and_Dialogue_Centre%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Inside UBC\u2019s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Can architecture assuage pain?<\/span> Can a building help visitors gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>le with grief? The University of British Columbia\u2019s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is intended to do just that. The structure is designed as a resource centre for information on Canada\u2019s residential school system and a place of respite for survivors and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alfred Waugh, who was chosen as the project\u2019s lead architect in 2016, has intimate knowledge of the site and its significance: his mother was a residential school survivor, and Waugh himself was a student of UBC\u2019s architecture school in the mid-\u201990s. The build site is near the former entrance to the school\u2019s bustling Sedgewick Library. Over time, it evolved into little more than an overgrown grassy bowl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"longform-fwimg-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Institutional-Wood-Design_FormlineArchitecture_IRSHDC_003.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Waugh, now the principal architect at Formline Architec<span class=\"s2\">ture in Vancouver, leveraged that wildness. He col<\/span>laborated with Vancouver\u2019s PFS Studio to turn the unloved space into a tranquil garden, with pathways, native plants and benches made of natural stone emerging from the ground. The two-storey, 6,500-square-foot centre is ensconced in the hillside. \u201cIn Western architecture, humans are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly at the centre and everything serves us,\u201d says Waugh. \u201cFrom the Indigenous <span class=\"s2\">lens, nature is at the centre, and the sky, the land and the ani<\/span>mals are all equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Waugh infused that arms-wide-openness throughout his design. The north facade features a panoramic glass wall, offering sweeping views of the garden from almost any point indoors. The Vault of Memories on the first floor houses display panels with touch-controlled screens that display historical records and stories from survivors. There are caf\u00e9 tables, meeting rooms and an elders\u2019 lounge for gatherings.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1239107\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239107 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Institutional-Wood-Design_FormlineArchitecture_IRSHDC_002.jpg\" alt=\"WATERFALL | The building\u2019s copper roof directs rainfall down a glass chute. Waugh intended it to symbolize the tears of residential school survivors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">WATERFALL | The building\u2019s copper roof directs rainfall down a glass chute. Waugh intended it to symbolize the tears of residential school survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row split-images-container\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Institutional-Wood-Design_FormlineArchitecture_IRSHDC_008-766x431.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">WOVEN CEDAR WALL | This interior wall references the mats of bulrushes that are often hung inside longhouses to prevent drafts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/institutional_wood_design_formlinearchitecture_irshdc_006_FIXED-e1660831922734-766x431.jpg\" alt=\"CEDAR PLANKS | Waugh chose the resilient wood for the exterior cladding. It becomes more resistant to decay when charred.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEDAR PLANKS | Waugh chose the resilient wood for the exterior cladding. It becomes more resistant to decay when charred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">In June, Formline won the Governor General\u2019s Medal in Architecture for the project; it\u2019s the first Indigenous-led firm to land the award. (The jury cited the centre\u2019s delicate balance of historical sensitivity and forward-thinking structure.) Waugh, who\u2019s one of just 20 Indigenous architects currently registered in Canada, specializes in harmonizing seeming opposites. \u201cI try to bring Indigenous ways of knowing together with Western knowledge,\u201d he says. \u201cI hope the award opens the door for young Indigenous architects to make a difference\u2014for their own people, and for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1239103 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AlfredWaugh4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2997\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>ALFRED WAUGH<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>Waugh is a member of the Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation and the founder and principal architect at Formline Architecture in Vancouver. 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