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In 1995, Patrick R. Stewart became the first Indigenous person in British Columbia to own and operate an architecture firm. Today, we are a small team of Indigenous architectural interns and designers, located in West Vancouver, just North of Capilano Reserve, Squamish Nation.
Main Office:
106-100 Park Royal
West Vancouver, BC
V7T 2Z4
Headquarters:
46401 Bedford Parkway
Chilliwack, BC
V2R 5N4
Sim’oogit Saa-Bax̠ / Patrick Robert Reid Stewart
PhD, MArch, BArch, BEDS, BA, Architect AIBC, FRAIC, NCARB
patrickreidstewart@gmail.com
Principal
Sim’oogit Saa-Bax̠ / Dr. Patrick R. Stewart is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, the son of a Residential School survivor, and a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation; hereditary chief of the Killerwhale House of Daaxan. In Nisga’a, dim sagalts’apkw nisim means “together we build a village," and this sentiment lies at the core of PRSA’s approach, as facilitators of Indigenous community-driven design. Dim sagalts’apkw nisim is also the title of Stewart’s post-doctorate thesis; reported on by The National Post, TIME, and e-flux; and is the root of the original firm name in 1995.
Today, with over 25 years of experience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape Design, and Master Planning, PRSA remains committed to endeavours that prioritize Indigenous cultures, communities, and the relationships composing them. Additionally, Patrick maintains positions within the following affiliations:
- RAIC, Governance Committee, Co-Chair, (2022-)
- RAIC, Indigenous Task Force, Chair, (2022-)
- RAIC, Truth & Reconciliation Task Force, Co-Chair, (2022-)
- UIA, Indigenous Peoples Work Programme, Co-Director (2022-)
- BC, Provincial Aboriginal Homelessness Committee, Chair, (2005-)
Krystel Clark
Intern Architect AIBC, MArch, BArch
kc.patrickrstewartarchitect@gmail.com
Intern Architect
Krystel celebrates her fifth year at PRSA as an Intern Architect. Throughout her career as a published scholar, technologist, and Intern, she has developed an interest in structural tectonics, gendered conceptions of domesticity and design, and the implications of climate change on contemporary Indigenous architectures. Her research has been published in Emerging Voices in Architecture (2022) and Our Voices II (2021); and has been profiled by CBC Unreserved (2021). She is a member of Montreal Lake Cree Nation, Treaty No. 6.
- 2019 | Laurentian University | Master of Architecture
- 2017 | Laurentian University | Bachelor of Architectural Studies with Honours
- 2013 | Cambrian College | Arts & Fundamentals Certificate, Dean's List
Alexander Delaware Moses
Intern Architect AIBC, M.Arch, BEDS
am.patrickrstewartarchitect@gmail.com
Intern Architect AIBC
Alexander is a Lenape member of Six Nations of the Grand River, the largest First Nations reserve in c\a\n\a\d\a\. His research combines architectural theory and technologies with traditional Indigenous design practices; as such his Master’s thesis questioned the inbuilt prominence and/or absence of love and care in contemporary and future architectures. He has been working for PRSA since 2022; on projects including the Seabird Island Community Cultural Center, and the Indigenous Education Center at Thompson Rivers University (in partnership with Stantec).
- 2023 | University of British Columbia | Master of Architecture
- 2020 | Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCAD) | Bachelor of Environmental Design
Kara Bastien (Crabb)
M.Arch Candidate
kb.patrickrstewartarchitect@gmail.com
Communications
Kara joins PRSA with a background in linguistics and communications, currently attending the University of British Columbia. She has worked on language conservation initiatives, specifically on Cree and Inuktitut literacy programming, and is interested in space syntax theories of architecture. In 2023, she co-managed social media campaigns for Architects Against Housing Alienation!, representing Canada at the 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture. In addition, she is leading a knowledge mobilization campaign with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and Living With Water. She is non-status, of Innu and European descent.
- 2025 | University of British Columbia | Master of Architecture
- 2018 | Concordia University | Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics with Honours
