Seneca art and culture center at ganondagan

Victor, New York

Just southeast of Rochester, New York, lies Ganondagan (ga•non•da•gan), the site of what used to be a flourishing 17th-century Native American community. Ganondagan
was the principle and largest town of the Seneca people, once populated with 4,500 residents living in 150 bark longhouses. Considered the final resting place of the Mother of Nations, who inspired the warring nations of this region to join together to form the Iroquois Confederacy, it is a revered landmark to the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Mohawk, and Tuscarora peoples.

Today the Center hosts year-round special events, site interpretation, and educational programs that share important facets of U.S. history, show the Haudenosaunee influence on contemporary life, and introduce thousands of visitors to the Seneca and Iroquois people of today.

Amaze Design is currently working with architect Francois de Menil to design a new Art and Culture Center that will welcome visitors and orient them to all there is to see and do here.

Size: 15,654 s.f.
Budget: $8.9 million
Completion: 2013

Architects: FdM:Arch, New York, NY