The concept for the Cree Cultural Institute is generated from the architectural and urban theme of the existing village. The architecture of the Cree Cultural Institute will be a reflection of these local and immediate cultural ideologies, and a catalyst for continued sustainable development within the village.  

The building will be composed of a sloping roof starting close to the earth, not only to impart a residential character and scale to the building, but also a direct response to the natural environment. This sloping roof will be intersected with another roof generated from traditional shaputuan forms.  This form, with its high sloped ceilings and an array of clearstories, will impart the feeling of a traditional Cree longhouse.  It is within this space that the key public programs of the facility have been located.

The Cree Cultural Institute is proposed to be built close to the village core among other public buildings, on a sloping site that overlooks the cultural and ceremonial grounds at the centre of the village. 

Architecturally, the Cree Cultural Institute will integrated the principals set forth in the original master plan. This plan expresses the Aboriginal character of its inhabitants, while still providing a state-of-the-art facility that will house, express, and cultivate Cree culture for the people of Ouje-Bougoumou, and all visitors of non-Aboriginal descent.