CONTINUUM - where water pauses and we move

2026 Warming Huts - Invited Artist - Winning Project of the Arts and Architecture Competition on Ice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shaped entirely from compacted snow, it invites skaters and walkers to move through an open-air igloo of shifting light, sound, and temperature. Minimal in form yet monumental in presence, Continuum creates an immersive winter experience along the river trail.

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33,30m long x 3,7m wide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHITE CONTINUUM, 2026

2026 Winning Project for Warming Huts the Arts and Architecture Competition on Ice, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

33,30m long x 3,7m wide

Renowned for her sculptural works that transform simple forms into immersive experiences, Franziska brings her hut, Continuum, to this year’s lineup.

“It is a snow corridor shaped entirely of compacted snow,” says Agrawal, “It invites the audience to move through and have a spatial experience of temperatures, volume, light, and sound.”

The White Continuum, a winning installation for Winnipeg’s celebrated
Warming Huts competition, is a 30-meter architectural snow corridor by
artist and designer Franziska Agrawal. Formed as a long rectangular white
line across the frozen Assiniboine River, the piece transforms the river trail
into an immersive “continuous whole” spatial experience. Shaped entirely
from compacted snow, it recalls an open-air igloo, inviting skaters and
walkers to move through a Sub-Zero Promenade of shifting light, sound,
and temperature. Minimal in form yet monumental in presence, the art
installation reflects Agrawal’s ongoing exploration of ephemeral materials,
public space, and winter’s unique architectural potential.