Short Description

Three teams will be selected as winners of the Warming Huts Arts + Architecture Competition On Ice from submissions of designs for a warming hut or an art installation. Winning entries will be placed along the Nestaweya River Trail located on the Assiniboine and Red rivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A jury will select the winning designs based on their creativity in use of materials, providing shelter, poetics of assembly and form, integration with the landscape, and ease of construction.

Eligibility

This call for entries is open to all architects, students of architecture, landscape architects, interior designers, artists and industrial designers who have a proven portfolio of design work. It is the intention of this competition to foster and encourage the formation of multi-disciplinary teams.

Submission Requirements

  1. Design Submission Sheets:
    • Page One (11” x 17” or A3): Project Summary (include registration number)
      • A 150-word text describing the concept and presenting the experience offered to the visitors
      • Layout of selected images & drawings describing the project
    • Page Two (11” x 17” or A3): Images & drawings (include registration number)
      • Four main views or elevations of the hut indicating size and specific indication of materials (entrant is free to choose the scale)
      • A perspective showing the hut in its entirety
  2. Team Information Sheets: Four (4) page maximum, (8.5”x11” or A4)
    • Name of the project followed by your unique registration number (this number must also appear on each Design Proposal Sheet)
    • Design team member names with brief CV
    • Name of contact person, including contact coordinates
    • A 100-word description of the team, highlighting the strength of this multidisciplinary association
    • Artist Information: Name, location, and date of recent publications, exhibits, or performances
    • Architect Information: Name of Professional Association to which the architect or intern member is registered
    • Four images of selected projects for which team members have been responsible, followed with a brief description of each project
    • This information will be withheld from the jury until the final selection of winners. It will only be used to verify that winning teams include artists and registered architects or interns

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

The budget for the creation and construction of each project is $16,500 (CAN). This budget is divided in the following fashion:

  • up to $3,500.00 for the designers’ honorarium
  • up to $7,500.00 (including taxes) for the purchase of materials and/or the employment of consultants necessary for the realization of the project. This budget is managed jointly by The Forks and the designer
  • up to $4,000.00 for labour costs for the construction of the project
  • up to $1,500.00 for Construction Management conducted by The Forks

Up to $1,000.00 is available for accommodation expenses and up to $2,500.00 is available for airfare. All travel expenses are only applicable to foreign teams.

Entry Fee

None

Location

Canada

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 7 October 2025

Website Link: https://www.warminghuts.com/