Moriyama Teshima Architects

“The new Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP) Visitor, Learning, and Community Centre, a collaboration between Moriyama Teshima Architects, Six Nations of the Grand River-based Two Row Architect, and Ian Grey Studio, will serve as the park’s primary welcome facility where visitors can learn about Rouge’s natural, cultural, agricultural, and Indigenous heritage. This building will feature an environmentally sustainable design, enhanced accessibility, and significant collaboration with the RNUP First Nations Advisory Circle and community partners.”

Fathom Studio in a joint venture with Moriyama Teshima Architects, have been selected to design the Awitgati Longhouse and Cultural Centre for Under One Sky, a facility that will celebrate Indigenous peoples and culture while providing community-oriented programming in health, education, arts, culture, and events. Under One Sky is a registered non-profit organization providing programs and services, educating, advocating for, and empowering a healthy and proud Indigenous community.

Place des Arts (PdA) is the first multidisciplinary art centre of its kinds in Northern Ontario; a cultural facility consisting of seven member organizations which stands as an influential site of excellence for Sudbury, focused on French-Canadian culture and community empowerment. Moriyama Teshima Architects and Bélanger Salach Architecture were together able to establish consensus amongst the seven strong voices to achieve a flexible design that provides services for a wide variety of uses and activities.

Inspired by Canadian landscapes and Arabic architectural elements, the Canada Pavilion is a symbolic representation of the strong cultural and economic ties between Canada and the Middle East. A plentiful, sustainable, and rapidly renewable resource, the selection of wood as the primary material expression of the Pavilion conveys an important message about Canada’s commitment to an ecologically minded and sustainable presence on the global stage.