(Photo: Marc Cramer)
(Photo: Marc Cramer)
(Photo: Marc Cramer)
(Photo: Marc Cramer)
Lipstick Forest. Winter garden at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, by Claude Cormier + Associés (Photo: Marc Cramer)
(Photo: Marc Cramer)
(Photo: Marc Cramer)
Project
Montreal Convention Center
Montreal Convention Center
Montreal / Canada, 2002
Description
Double the building’s square footage, mend the tears in the urban fabric by reconciling the various adjacent neighbourhoods and position Montréal as the dominant convention destination in North America: these were the challenges posed by the expansion and renovation of the Montréal Convention Centre. The execution of this bold and complex project in construction design mode necessitated covering the expressway and restoring three historic buildings. Built according to an extremely tight schedule while allowing the Centre to continue operating, the Convention Centre constitutes the pillar of the new international quarter, an icon that typifies Montréal and its openness to the world.
TYPE OF INTERVENTION : Major extension, renovation of existing building,
restoration of heritage buildings
DELIVERY METHOD : Turn-key project, design-built, fast track method with over 100 construction work packages
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN : application of energy saving principles
IN JOINT VENTURE : Ædifica, Tétreault Parent Languedoc, Saia Barbese Topouzanov
Double the building’s square footage, mend the tears in the urban fabric by reconciling the various adjacent neighbourhoods and position Montréal as the dominant convention destination in North America: these were the challenges posed by the expansion and renovation of the Montréal Convention Centre. The execution of this bold and complex project in construction design mode necessitated covering the expressway and restoring three historic buildings. Built according to an extremely tight schedule while allowing the Centre to continue operating, the Convention Centre constitutes the pillar of the new international quarter, an icon that typifies Montréal and its openness to the world.
TYPE OF INTERVENTION : Major extension, renovation of existing building,
restoration of heritage buildings
DELIVERY METHOD : Turn-key project, design-built, fast track method with over 100 construction work packages
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN : application of energy saving principles
IN JOINT VENTURE : Ædifica, Tétreault Parent Languedoc, Saia Barbese Topouzanov