LAGI 2027 Halifax/Kjipuktuk
We’re shaping the post-carbon future right here at home.
A visionary collaboration for clean energy and community.
SALT’s inaugural project is a partnership with the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), an international non-profit known for pioneering low-carbon energy and water infrastructures that double as inspiring cultural landmarks.
Working in collaboration with local communities, LAGI aims to create regenerative artworks that highlight the creative possibilities of a post-carbon future.
Arch of Time (featured in the photo) is an example of a LAGI project, under construction in Houston, Texas. Learn more here.
The international design competition.
The free and open LAGI 2027 competition provides an opportunity for creative minds both at home and around the world to reflect on the nature of energy infrastructures and the variety of forms they take. How can we best integrate these works into our city—Halifax/ Kjipuktuk—in a way that will enhance public space, educate and inspire?
What is Africville?
Africville was a close‐knit black community in the north end of Halifax for over 120 years. The people of Africville had ownership and a strong sense of community.
The city demolished Africville in the 1960s. Today the Africville Heritage Trust are the future and environmentally-minded stewards of the remaining land, with exciting plans afoot for a waterfront renewal project, a marina and sailing school and a new interpretation centre.
LAGI 2027 is a first for Canada.
SALT aims to see the innovative, winning design installed at the site, to generate clean energy for Africville’s built infrastructure revitalization projects.
The impact of LAGI 2027 will be enormous. It will reinvigorate and inspire the Africville community as well as meet the AHT’s sustainability goals.
Review our economic impact report.
We’re honoring the past while building a sustainable future.
In 2024 Africville received a prestigious UNESCO designation as a Place of History and Memory linked to Enslavement and the Slave Trade. In keeping with this globally recognized honour, LAGI 2027 Halifax / Kjipuktuk will be anchored in the same spirit of justice, inclusion and equity. We will work closely with the AHT to develop a design brief that responds to the cultural, historical, and energy needs of Africville’s sustainable infrastructure developments.
SALT shares the Africville Heritage Trust's community values, which celebrate:
Public art as a tool for placemaking and storytelling
The need for sustainable energy generation
Our collective responsibility to adapt to new climate realities
Greater diversity in design and climate science professions
Our LAGI 2027 project will exemplify a more inclusive approach to infrastructure development.
How you can participate in this legacy project.
SALT is actively raising sponsorship funds for LAGI 2027 Halifax/Kjipuktuk to bring this visionary project to life.