This building was designed as the community centre and main
community health facility for the Mi'kmaq community of Pictou
Landing, Nova Scotia. It contains clinics for doctors, dentists,
and community health workers, as well as a community meeting space
and public health education room. The building was constructed by members
of the community, using local trees. It is heated and cooled using geothermal
energy from a decommissioned municipal well. It uses 43% less energy than a
conventional building of comparable size. It forms a protective south facing
space around a medicine garden and medicine wheel that forms the physical centre
of the community. The designers on the building were Richard Kroeker and Brian Lilley
in collaboration with Peter Henry architects.
