Cultural Center Developments
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 17 March 2023
There is some movement on the new cultural center development. The Multi-Purpose Building Project Team announcing today that the Selection Committee has chosen the architects who will be responsible for the design of the new Cultural Center, Museum & Theatre. Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & Cultural Center (KORLCC) Executive Director Kawennanó:ron Lisa Phillips:
“An architectural firm has been chosen for the project of the ‘Multi-Purpose Building’ and as well we also made the announcement of the project manager for the project, which is Louie John Diabo.”
The two companies include an award-winning architectural firm and a company that has worked with several Indigenous communities/organizations. They joined forces:
“They have worked with Indigenous companies and actually the architecture firm is a combination of firms, they banded together. They saw the importance of this project, they wanted to be a part of it. So it’s Provencher Roy and Brook McIlroy, as a company and they have worked with several Indigenous communities and organizations and so they joined forces to bid on this project and they were the successful candidates.”
Additionally, the Project Team announced that Louie John Diabo of Diabo Consulting has been selected for the position of Project Manager. Diabo will work on all aspects of the project to bring it to fruition as a technical manager, as the principal technical advisor, committee coordinator and internal project manager, in the realization of the new building, which will be built in the wooded property adjacent to the Kahnawà:ke Survival School.
