Design and construction of pedestrian bridge.

Fort LaCloche, Sagamok First Nation.

Previous group, 2019: Aidan Lucas/ Alexander Scali/ Brooke Fecteau/ Cassidy Duff/ David Gagnon/ Evan Lavallee/ Kristina Hakala/
Matthew Steacy/ Michael Letros/ Simão da Silva/
Current group, 2021: Cat Daigle/ Brook-Lynn Roy/ Brett Walter/ Thomas Vanderkruk/ Harman Bassan/ Livingston Boyd/
James Bursa/ Mackenzie Cameron/ Maxwell Funk/

Design 2021:

Complete the design and build of a pedestrian bridge, September - December 2021.

Client: Sagamok First Nation
Support: Sagamok, Mass Timber Institute, WoodWorks/Canadian Wood Council, Parks Ontario
Collaborator: Moses Engineering
Site: Spanning white water rapids over the stream which drains Lake LaCloche into the North Channel of Lake Huron across from Manitoulin Island at the former location of Fort LaCloche.

This design studio will build our school’s first large-scale permanent structure. We will be replacing a derelict bridge with steel, concrete, and wood.

In the fall of 2019 McEwen grad craft students undertook an extensive and rigorous process to design its replacement. Cedar trees were felled at Sagamok to form the main structural elements of the new bridge.

Our first task will be to rescan the trees and rebuild the 3d model. While the existing drawings are exacting in detail there is now an opportunity to test and possibly reconsider aspects of the design. We will be integrated into children’s education by conducting an introduction to architecture classes in Sagamok’s school. This semester the project will be proceeding from schematic design to design development to construction drawings and preliminary construction.