This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Living Shore - Cool Gardens 2025
In-person
Nature & outdoors Design Sculpture & installation Public Art ArchitectureDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Graham Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
Directions: Living Shore can be found in the reimagined Graham Avenue pedestrian and active transportation corridor.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
The Living Shore | by Nyta Design (Lingzhe Lu + Kun Chen)
Cool Gardens 2025 Winning Installation
Manitoba’s shoreline faces significant challenges from erosion, flooding, and ice damage, particularly along Lake Winnipeg. Inspired by straw wattles—an eco-friendly, locally sourced erosion control material—“The Living Shore” aims to raise public awareness about the importance of protecting our shorelines, preserving watershed habitats, and safeguarding wildlife. Mimicking the flow of the Red River through Winnipeg, the garden installation uses straw wattles as a growing medium for native shoreline stabilization plants, including wildflowers, grasses, and sedges. The Design offers pedestrians a meandering, immersive experience while introducing a green contrast to the surrounding non-porous surfaces. Integrated seating areas along the shoreline invite visitors to walk, sit, and engage with the space. Being eco-friendly and fully recyclable, the installation allows the straw wattles to be transported to actual shorelines for long-term stabilization efforts.
nyta is an interdisciplinary experimental design and research practice based in Washington, D.C. and New York, founded by Lingzhe Lu and Kun Chen. We are designers committed to social and environmental responsibility, integrating data-driven computational design, material research, and artistic thoughts to engage the relationship between the human society and the built environment. Lingzhe Lu is a licensed architect in Washington, D.C. By combining her artistic insight with architectural storytelling, Lingzhe views design as a process to explore, speculate, and address social and environmental issues. Lingzhe holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bartlett and a Master’s degree from Cornell University. Kun Chen is a licensed architect in New York State. Specialized in computational design, data-driven analysis, and emerging tools such as AI, Kun blends creativity with rationality, exploring new possibilities in design. Kun holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo and a Master’s degree from Cornell University.
Links
- Cool Gardens 2025 storefrontmb.ca
- Storefront Manitoba storefrontmb.ca
Organizer
Storefront Manitoba
Storefront Manitoba is a non profit organization with charitable status that advances critical discussion, exploration, and celebration of design culture in Manitoba.
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