{"id":271567,"date":"2025-02-07T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=271567"},"modified":"2025-02-07T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:24:34","slug":"tek%ce%b1k%ce%b1pim%c9%99k-contact-station-in-the-homeland-of-the-penobscot-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/tek%ce%b1k%ce%b1pim%c9%99k-contact-station-in-the-homeland-of-the-penobscot-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tek\u03b1k\u03b1pim\u0259k Contact Station in the homeland of the Penobscot Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Convey the Pride of Indigenous Peoples<\/h3>\r\n

I<\/span>n the present and traditional homeland of the Penobscot Nation, Tek\u03b1k\u03b1pim\u0259k Contact Station is a stunning 734 m2 interpretive environment welcoming the global public to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine. In consultation with the U.S. National Park Service, Tek\u03b1k\u03b1pim\u0259k (Dah-gaga-bee-mok), Penobscot for \u201cas far as one can see\u201d, is imbued with Indigenous knowledges from the Wabanaki Nations: Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi\u2019kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe \u2013 Sipayik and Motahkomikuk, and Penobscot Nation. It intentionally incorporates cultural narratives, languages, images, kinship relations, ancestral representations, contemporary practices, and native materials of these lands and waters. The project was conceived as a gift by Maine-based Roxanne Quimby and Elliotsville Foundations, who selected Norway-based Saunders Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Tek\u03b1k\u03b1pim\u0259k reimagines our relationship with our natural and cultural landscapes, building in balance with challenging terrain, designing with Indigenous sensibilities, and mustering a local workforce in harsh conditions to solve for structural integrity and beauty. Contending with the painful history of settler-colonialism, cross-cultural experiences of growing trust and creativity have emerged: a confluence of people showing a way forward. Tek\u03b1k\u03b1pim\u0259k is a collective expression: Wabanaki; designers and builders; philanthropists; and the woods, waters, and their many inhabitants. We hope that like nature, it gives more than it takes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>

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Todd Saunders with Ryan Jorgensen and \u00c9va Bar\u00e1th<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\t\t