Centre culturel Notre-Dame-de-Grâce / Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Center
2010
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Architecture for culture, research, sport or leisure
- Building
- Recreation center
This competition involves providing Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges - Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighborhoods with a new cultural hub, consisting of a merger between a library and a multifunctional cultural center.
Intention within architectural expression is the key of the project. Coherence and specific expression are the objectives behind this architectural intention, revealing a unique and integrative vision of the project.
The outcome allows the jury to determine the architectural intention that best reflects a balance sought by the expression of the merger between the elements of the architectural program.
The different spaces of the project, which include the entrance hall, the multipurpose room, technical and administrative services, must permit a certain synergy allowing development and influence worthy of a contemporary cultural center.
- Provide the community with a major cultural center
- Raise the bar in terms of architectural excellence, urban planning and landscape
- Integrate sustainable building systems
- Act sensibly and responsibly, to be respectful of the past, yet maintaining a course toward the future
At the center of the project, the architect is in charge of integrating a number of parameters while maintaining a single architectural outlook. This role allows the architect to integrate a number of perspectives on a number of different scales throughout the design process.
(From competition brief)
(Unofficial automated translation)
Intention within architectural expression is the key of the project. Coherence and specific expression are the objectives behind this architectural intention, revealing a unique and integrative vision of the project.
The outcome allows the jury to determine the architectural intention that best reflects a balance sought by the expression of the merger between the elements of the architectural program.
The different spaces of the project, which include the entrance hall, the multipurpose room, technical and administrative services, must permit a certain synergy allowing development and influence worthy of a contemporary cultural center.
- Provide the community with a major cultural center
- Raise the bar in terms of architectural excellence, urban planning and landscape
- Integrate sustainable building systems
- Act sensibly and responsibly, to be respectful of the past, yet maintaining a course toward the future
At the center of the project, the architect is in charge of integrating a number of parameters while maintaining a single architectural outlook. This role allows the architect to integrate a number of perspectives on a number of different scales throughout the design process.
(From competition brief)
(Unofficial automated translation)