Whistle Bend Elementary School The Whistle Bend Elementary School (WBES) is a new K-7 school designed for 450 children. The design is the first test case of the Yukon Schools Functional Program and was designed as a 21st Century School. The school was designed to work with the natural topography of the site and dovetail [...]
Carcross Learning Centre The Carcross Learning Centre is a potlatch and multicultural centre for the community of Carcross and the Carcross-Tagish First Nation. The building is designed using sustainable and local materials including the use of wood along with photovoltaics and a green roof. The design of the building references the coastal heritage of Carcross [...]
Inuvik Children's First The shape of the building floor plan wraps the exterior playground creating a protective embrace that shelters the outdoor space from prevailing north-west winds while also optimizing the buildings solar orientation. The arcing form of the plan also allows all interior spaces used by the children to overlook the playground, while maximizing [...]
Centre Scolaire Secondaire Communautaire Paul-Emile Mercier Known by its French name, Le Centre Scolaire Secondaire Communautaire Paul-Emile Mercier, the school and community centre is a 4,350 m² facility located on the educational reserve in the Riverdale subdivision of Whitehorse. Developed by the Yukon Government for the Francophone School Board (CSFY), the school is meant to [...]
Yukon College Administration + Desk Kobayashi + Zedda Architects was retained by Yukon College to renovate the Student Services Centre. The goal of the renovation was to make the area more open and accessible to students wishing to utilize the services available in the Centre (computers, counsellors and resource material). In addition to renovating the [...]
Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining The design of the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM) at Yukon University accommodates two large mechanical shops that function as industrial teaching spaces and house mine training simulators. The facility also includes three teaching classrooms, offices and other service spaces for the CNIM program. The first phase [...]
Tantalus School Tantalus School is a kindergarten to grade 12 school and satellite campus of Yukon College located in Carmacks, Yukon. This 2,900 square meter wood frame school serves a small isolated community of 400 residents and is located 200 kilometers north of Whitehorse. Traditional territory of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation, the Tantalus [...]
Mayo School Mayo School is a kindergarten to grade 12 school, community hall, gymnasium and satellite campus of Yukon College located in Mayo, Yukon. This 3,300 square metre wood frame school serves a small isolated community of 500 residents and is located 550 kilometres north of Whitehorse. Constructed on the traditional territory of the Nacho [...]
Ashea Head Start The Ashea Head Start preschool replaced a daycare located in an existing residence. The preschool was built in part by community carpenters and labourers and is located in the heart of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation Village. As part of the Headstart program, the building provides a secure, nurturing environment for Kwanlin [...]
TH Farm Kobayashi + Zedda Architects was retained by the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation (TH) to provide a phased Master Plan for a 37 hectare working and teaching farm located 15 kilometres outside of Dawson City. The plan was developed based the TH farm foundation (vision, mission, values and goals), team site visits and groundtruthing, [...]
