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Antoine Predock's Canadian Museum for Human Rights Opens In Winnipeg

Antoine Predock's Canadian Museum for Human Rights Opens In Winnipeg

The Antoine Predock–designed Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in Winnipeg last Friday with a ceremony featuring an indigenous blessing, performances by Ginette Reno, The Tenors, Maria Aragon, and Sierra Noble, plus remarks by several Canadian government officials as well as representatives of the museum.

With its Tyndall limestone ramparts, layers of curved glass, and projecting Tower of Hope, the museum evokes the wings of a dove—the symbol of peace—enfolding an ancient mountain. The carefully choreographed entry sequence leads visitors from the building’s rocky base down into the carved-out Great Hall, through a hidden winter garden, and, finally, up to the Tower of Hope, whose structure frames views of the city and beyond. Geological and astronomical references abound, from the 450-million-year-old limestone itself to the orientation of the stone-clad Roots, whose apertures welcome the solstice and equinox sun.

The brainchild of the late philanthropist and entrepreneur Israel Asper, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the world’s only museum focused exclusively on human rights. It opens to the public on Saturday, September 27.

Antoine Predock will deliver the opening keynote address at next month’s Facades+ Dallas conference, during which he will discuss the conceptual and technical drivers of the museum’s design. For more information or to register, visit the conference website.

 

 

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