La Pulperie de Chicoutimi, bâtiment 1921, volet muséal / La Pulperie de Chicoutimi, 1921 building, museum component
1997
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada- Architecture for culture, research, sport or leisure
- Building
- Museum
"The Pulperie de Chicoutimi is a unique museological, cultural, heritage and recreational complex that offers visitors a nature park, a classified historical site and a regional museum of art, history and ethnology all in one." (From competition brief)
In 1997, the City of Chicoutimi, in collaboration with the governments of Quebec and Canada, and the Corporation gestionnaire, launched a competition for the renovation and recycling of the Pulperie de Chicoutimi, the 1921 building in which the Musée régional du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean was to be relocated. This invitational competition, limited to architects from the Saguenay region, also included the addition of a 1600 m2 building to extend the old pulperie. The architects participating in this competition had to form consortiums with firms having a recognized expertise in the museum field.
"1921 is a true industrial cathedral (like the other buildings on the site), a gigantic artifact in itself. One is seized upon entering by an impression of immensity. Consequently, to make one feel the immensity of this space is necessarily the very first objective of all sensitive interventions." (From competition documentation)
The Pulperie, an industrial complex for the production of wood pulp for paper, played a major role in the socio-economic history of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region and was classified a historic site in 1984. The site benefits from the qualities of the industrial architecture of the time: a very expressive steel structure and an undeniable internal spatial quality, created by very large spans. The architectural program required the architects to act in accordance with these characteristics in order to successfully insert the museum function into the site. Construction of the winning project (R. Côté/Galienne/Moisan/Fortin consortium) was completed in 2002.
(Unofficial automated translation)
In 1997, the City of Chicoutimi, in collaboration with the governments of Quebec and Canada, and the Corporation gestionnaire, launched a competition for the renovation and recycling of the Pulperie de Chicoutimi, the 1921 building in which the Musée régional du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean was to be relocated. This invitational competition, limited to architects from the Saguenay region, also included the addition of a 1600 m2 building to extend the old pulperie. The architects participating in this competition had to form consortiums with firms having a recognized expertise in the museum field.
"1921 is a true industrial cathedral (like the other buildings on the site), a gigantic artifact in itself. One is seized upon entering by an impression of immensity. Consequently, to make one feel the immensity of this space is necessarily the very first objective of all sensitive interventions." (From competition documentation)
The Pulperie, an industrial complex for the production of wood pulp for paper, played a major role in the socio-economic history of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region and was classified a historic site in 1984. The site benefits from the qualities of the industrial architecture of the time: a very expressive steel structure and an undeniable internal spatial quality, created by very large spans. The architectural program required the architects to act in accordance with these characteristics in order to successfully insert the museum function into the site. Construction of the winning project (R. Côté/Galienne/Moisan/Fortin consortium) was completed in 2002.
(Unofficial automated translation)