Media
Creative MorningsRadio/Podcast
URL: https://creativemornings.com/talks/vivian-manasc-green-building-pioneers
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Seven Grandfathers
Canadian ArchitectOnline
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Old Stories New Ways
by Vivian Manasc and Frits Pannakoek
Brush Educational
9781550598629
Vivian Manasc, one of the founders of Manasc Isaac Architects, has pioneered sustainable architecture in Canada. Her work in partnership with Indigenous communities has been her greatest inspiration, and it has transformed the very nature of her practice. Through the profound lessons of the seven Grandfather Teachings, Vivian came to understand that the process of planning and designing a building should be a circle, with the beginning and end of the story linked together.
The stories Vivian tells in Old Stories, New Ways are also framed by these teachings of Courage, Love, Wisdom, Respect, Truth, Humility and Honesty, with each teaching illuminating an aspect of how working with Dene, Cree, Saulteaux, Métis, Inuit and Inuvialuit communities has influenced her design practice.
Old Stories New Ways
by Vivian Manasc and Frits Pannakoek
Brush Educational
9781550598629
Vivian Manasc, one of the founders of Manasc Isaac Architects, has pioneered sustainable architecture in Canada. Her work in partnership with Indigenous communities has been her greatest inspiration, and it has transformed the very nature of her practice. Through the profound lessons of the seven Grandfather Teachings, Vivian came to understand that the process of planning and designing a building should be a circle, with the beginning and end of the story linked together.
The stories Vivian tells in Old Stories, New Ways are also framed by these teachings of Courage, Love, Wisdom, Respect, Truth, Humility and Honesty, with each teaching illuminating an aspect of how working with Dene, Cree, Saulteaux, Métis, Inuit and Inuvialuit communities has influenced her design practice.
Agora Borealis - Engaging in Sustainable Architecture
by Vivian Manasc and Cheryll Mahaffy
ISBN 1-895880-01-3
Biography
Vivian Manasc is the President of Reimagine Architects, a global Architectural and Engineering firm with over 70 staff located in offices in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver, and in the EU. She is a Fellow and Past President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, past Vice-Chair of the Board of the Canada Green Building Council and has served on Boards of professional organizations across Canada for over 30 years. Manasc leads the design of many of Reimagine’s projects, and it is her vision and skill in facilitating integrated design processes that enable successful projects such as the LEED Gold Water Centre in Calgary, Calgary’s EOC, the new Cultural Gathering Centre at Métis Crossing and urban revitalization projects such as the reimagined WSP Place in Edmonton and Allard Hall at MacEwan University. She completed degrees in Architecture at McGill University and an MBA at the U of A. She served for a decade on the National Capital Commission Advisory Committee on Design, advising on Architectural, and sustainable design aspects of our Nation’s Capital. She is past Chair of the Board of Governors of Athabasca University and the recipient of a 2017 Alberta Order of Excellence. She was recognized with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta in 2019. Manasc has designed with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities since 1985, across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Her new book, Old Stories New Ways invites readers to share in her journey of sustainable buildings designed with First Nations communities.