A cluster of birdhouses form something so much more.

Inspired by a community initiative, Coming Home seeks to explore the relationship between the residents of Brighton and the surrounding natural environment.

The Opportunity

Coming Home is invokes a sense of community within beautiful Dream development named Brighton in Saskatoon, SK.

The Approach

Heavy was brought to the table by Dream and quickly partnered with Fort Architecture, led by a Saskatoon-born architect named Landon Anholt. During the concept development process, Heavy and Fort worked through several concepts in order to determine the exact feature that could speak best to the Brighton community.

It ended up being an initiative Dream had participated in with a nearby local elementary school that inspired the final concept. The initiative involved students building and decorating their own birdhouses, which were displayed around the community. The final concept took inspiration from this initiative by paying homage to the birdhouses.

Coming Home is comprised of 7 unique birdhouse shapes, repeated throughout the sculpture almost 300 times, in 8 separate clusters. The end result is an organic shape that shifts depending on where it’s viewed from, culminating in a massive bird taking flight when viewed from the entrance to the community.

08.15.20—700 — 52.123, -106.549

08.15.20—700 — 52.123, -106.549