Last month, the Moses Structural Engineers team was honoured to attend the Grand Unveiling of Mino Bimaadiziwin, A Good Life, 2024. We’re thrilled to see this incredible project come to life in collaboration with STUDIO tla and the talented Indigenous father-son duo Luke Swinson & August Swinson. This stunning new feature wall, standing 7 meters tall and 50 meters long, is located in Centennial Square park at the Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto and can be seen from the Gardiner Expressway below.
“The multi-layer piece will also tell a story depicted through seven dodems that each represent one of the original Anishinaabe clans – Crane, Loon, Bear, Fish, Marten, Deer and Bird – and the four sacred medicines – tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass. Many other clans were formed from these [dodems] and there are many stories and meanings behind each one that will differ between communities.”
Luke and August Swinson, Design Line Magazine
Moses Structural Engineers teamed up with Cobalt Fabrication to develop a custom prefabricated system with concealed connections, allowing panels to be assembled off-site and delivered to the location, cutting down installation time.
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