Grass-roofed Qualico Family Center is an Elevated Extension of Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park

<a href="http://www.numberten.com/current%20projects.html#">Number TEN Architectural</a> is deeply committed to building contemporary but sustainable buildings that harmonize with nature, and the <a href="http://www.assiniboinepark.ca/attractions/qualico-family-centre.php">Qualico Family Center in Winnipeg</a> does just that. A renovation of a century-old building, the new center offers visitors to one of the city's most cherished parks a range of facilities that they didn't previous have. It is topped with <a href="http://inhabitat.com/norway-green-roof-homes/">a green roof</a> planted with local grasses, so that it becomes an elevated extension of the surrounding forest.

This beautiful new 1,000 square foot Qualico Family Center lies at the end of the forest in the Assinioboine Park of Winnipeg

The center replaces a century-old space that had none of the requisite facilities for a decent visitor center

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The center was placed in a natural clearing to mitigate tree-felling

Those trees that were felled was used for the interior flooring

There's a central double-sided fireplace made of limestone sourced locally

The children's activity center is a beautiful, brightly lit space

The soffits were constructed using salvaged diseased elm trees

The whole project is designed to weather over time