Fish Farming in the Arctic The utilidor expands out to provide means for establishing an industry. Using the example of the new local fish farms, it provides cleaning and circulation for the fresh water, sewage pipelines and fish transportation to the processing hub through the pathway, which remains a corridor where the public interacts with the local industry.
The pathways and surfaces are simple platforms that allow movement and public activity; skating rinks that can be flooded by the utilidor, surfaces that can be heated for work or gardening surfaces that can be irrigated. Sheds are permanent fixtures of architecture supporting the main industry and surround the pathway, and shacks are small, moveable, personal units that can be owned by a family or individual and can be towed by truck and can connect into the Cooperative Utilidor to have access to utilities. This provides a connection between the community and this new intervention; a subtle pathway that provides possibility for work, play and social gatherings. Each component of the Utilidor matches the aesthetic of the north; using simple materials and construction methods that don’t need specialists. Although the Cooperative Utilidor has potential for a large impact, it is a sensitive and subtle project embedding itself in the culture, life and landscape of the north.
Regions such as Inuvik and the North West Territories are often viewed as inaccessible to the greater population of the country, as well as the people that live in them. These are delicate areas, and any form of intervention must know the consequences are greater than the plans. Employment, opportunity, education, community, mobility and sustainability are key elements in northern Canada; one must be a conservationist when looking at such a rural landscape, digging deep into the established life in these regions and being conscious of how valuable these places are. –
We would like to thank Lola Sheppard and Fionn Byrne, our advisors on the project, for their guidance and support.
All Season Path The utilidor not only to provides resources to citizens, but also provides cohesion to the community as a defined pathway.With components that can be added and altered, wind protection, heated surfaces, grates to drain water and snow and lit corridors for walking, the pathway gives back to the atmosphere and identity of Inuvik. It is an emblem of establishment in an isolated landscape.
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