Fort Chipewyan Cemetery
Client
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
Date
ongoing
location
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
market
Cultural
- The community of Fort Chipewyan has a need for a new cemetery.
- The environment needed to meet spatial, traditional, and natural requirements, to provide diversity and allow for an appreciation of the experience.
- Through engagement with the chief and Council, a site was selected.
- An open house was held with the community to identify key aspects that they wanted from the design.
- 818 is currently working on conceptual designs that honour the cultural landscape and meet these community needs.
- Connection to nature is a key feature of the design, with trees surrounding the cemetery, walkways, shelters, and seats, and integration of nature walks and scattered gardens.