Winners of Design Your Campus ideas competition announced ahead of Tues Nov 25 Open House
Whitehorse – Yukon College has announced the top three submissions to the Design Your Campus ideas competition for how best to use the 97 hectare land reserve around Ayamdigut campus. The winning ideas included greenhouse corridors to connect buildings submitted by Dawne Mitchell, a sacred space on campus submitted by Tosh Southwick, and an outdoor nature centre open to students and the public submitted by Dorothy Bradley.
The top three will be displayed alongside all submissions at the Land Use Plan “Big Ideas” open house taking place Tuesday November 25, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kinnikinnick Kaff at Yukon College’s Ayamdigut campus. Mitchell, Southwick and Bradley will receive gift certificates to Staples, Coast Mountain Sports, and Canadian Tire valued at $300, $200 and $100 respectively.
“We received many great submissions from students, staff, faculty, and community members for the competition. Submissions included a wide range of ideas for the future of the Ayamdigut campus involving building design, amenities, housing, culture, transportation, programming, and nature. The submissions were carefully narrowed down and the top three were chosen for their creativity and meaningful expression of ideas related to people, land and learning,” said Laurel Cowan from Modus, an urban design and community engagement company - part of the team drawn together by Perkins+Will to create the final Master Land Use Plan.
Tomorrow evening Yukoners attending the “Big Ideas” event can interact with a giant floor map of the 97 hectare land reserve, declare which principles should guide the planning process, vote on which idea submissions they support the strongest, and meet some of the people on the Advisory Committee and Perkins+ Will team who will be taking onboard input to develop the final plan.
In attendance will be Project Manager Kari Dow, Architectural Lead Antonio Zedda, Yukon College president Dr. Karen Barnes, Yukon College Board of Governors chair Paul Flaherty, and Advisory Committee members Pat Ross, Hillarie Zimmerman, and Davida Wood.
“This event is an excellent opportunity for community members to let us know what they feel to be most important when considering how to develop this land reserve and future campus,” said Dr. Karen Barnes.
More information about the Design Your Campus planning process can be found at yukoncollege.yk.ca/DYC/.
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