Walpole Island First Nation YMCA, Walpole Island

2019

The proposed YMCA / Arena Addition to the Walpole Island Community Centre and Arena should ultimately result in the culmination of the Walpole Island First Nation community’s needs and desires to express and visualize its’ culture, traditions, history and beliefs to both those from outside the community to those within. The design should emphasize the bonds that have existed and will continue to exist between the Anishinaabeg and their natural surroundings by providing transparency and allowing the outside in, surrounding those within with the abundance of the natural beauty that exists on Walpole Island. Photovoltaic panels, greywater reclamation systems and natural biofiltration septic systems could all be features of this keystone community jewel that would reduce the impact it will have on the ground it is built on.