Once Upon A Christmas Warming Hut Competition Voting

Who Will Win? You Decide!

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Once Upon A Christmas, Calgary’s favourite family Christmas tradition! Now that you’ve had a chance to experience all of the amazing warming huts from our first-ever warming hut competition, we want you to vote for your favourite! The winner of the competition will be chosen by voters like you! Scroll down to familiarize yourself with the competition and place your vote.

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The Milk Carton

By Patrick Li – Etobicoke, Ontario

Nostalgic objects have the power to warm the heart by evoking happy childhood memories. The Milk Carton Warming hut is a Pop Art style sculpture created in the form of the classic paper milk carton many of us grew up with and remember fondly. The outside is painted with a fluorescent paint so that it literally glows against the muted colors of winter day and night, drawing people’s attention and curiosity.

Snow Eater

By Corwin Chung – Toronto, Ontario

Positioned in the agriculture area of Heritage Park, the curved wooden structure emulates the shape of a chinook arch cloud on the horizon. Sheer drapes are soaked in water, then frozen to mimic snow and hooked onto the shape of the wooden “arch” structure, creating a highly interactive user experience while providing protection from outside winds. In this way, the broad experience of a warming chinook wind is brought down to a human scale for all to enjoy.

Pavilion of Historic (Fabric)ation

By Heather Bretz, Chris Onyszchuk, Ryan Kuntz, Eric Kristjansson, Anna Batebe, Jonathan Monfries, Matthew Walton and Al Popp – Calgary, Alberta

Inspired by traditional fabrication and vernacular architecture
experienced across Western Canada, the Pavilion of (Fabric)ation invites the viewer into a playful exploration of three experiences. Traversing through the hut takes you through a spatial adventure as the user is prompted to move through the space and experience
changes in volume and components of play, while warming up from the outside.

Confluence

By Michael Zabinski, Yves Poitras and Matt Stewart – Calgary, Alberta

Confluence uses snow as its building material, taking advantage of its inherent availability around the site as well as its beautiful material and light quality. This material is often overlooked due to its ephemeral nature, however, when manipulated into a reliable, long-lasting format, its has the potential to create a dynamic and memorable shelter experience that is in striking contrast to the architecture of Heritage Park.

Vote for your favourite warming hut!