Neighbourhood Life

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Neighbourhood Life
Sul sito di una vecchia fabbrica
di ghiaccio, il nuovo edificio ne
conserva la memoria attraverso
volumi traslucidi simili a iceberg.
The building which has taken
the place of an old ice factory
is a translucent volume similar
to an iceberg.
Vita di quartiere
Neighbourhood Life
A Montreal, la casa degli studenti progettata da MSDL Architects è pensata come un hub
di servizio e si connette alla città attraverso passerelle aeree e passaggi coperti
In Montreal, a student house designed by MSDL Architects is conceived as a service hub
and is connected to the city by overhead walkways and covered passages
TXT_Elena Franzoia
PHOTOS_Stéphane Brügger
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Sul sito di una vecchia fabbrica
di ghiaccio, il nuovo edificio ne
conserva la memoria attraverso
volumi traslucidi simili a iceberg.
The building which has taken
the place of an old ice factory
is a translucent volume similar
to an iceberg.
Vita di quartiere
Neighbourhood Life
A Montreal, la casa degli studenti progettata da MSDL Architects è pensata come un hub
di servizio e si connette alla città attraverso passerelle aeree e passaggi coperti
In Montreal, a student house designed by MSDL Architects is conceived as a service hub
and is connected to the city by overhead walkways and covered passages
TXT_Elena Franzoia
PHOTOS_Stéphane Brügger
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557
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MONTREAL
Project Manager
Anik Shooner
Assistant Project Manager
Julie Morin
Architectural Designer
Jean-Pierre LeTourneux
Assistant Architectural
Designer
Marc-Antoine Chartier-Primeau
Project Team
Anne Lafontaine, Alexandre
Cassiani, Gaspard Marier
Véronique Hébert
Claudio Nunez, Nicolas Maalouf
Cuong Tran, Claude Labbé
Client
École de technologie supérieure
(ÉTS)
Partners
Beaudoin Hurens inc. –
Électricité et mécanique
SDK et Associés – Structure
Marchand Houle et associés
Completion Date
October 2015
Sotto e nella pagina a fianco,
dall’atrio una scala conduce
a un vasto belvedere-area di sosta.
L’atrio ha un articolato soffitto
di legno di betulla.
Below and opposite page, from
the atrium a staircase leads up
to a large belvedere-relaxation
area. The atrium has an elaborate
birch wood roof.
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Nella città canadese di Montreal, un edificio-icona
sostituisce una vecchia fabbrica di ghiaccio
nell’area ex industriale di Griffintown, dove nell’800
si stabilì la comunità irlandese. Si tratta della
Maison des Étudiants dell’École de Technologie
Supérieure (ÉTS), recentemente terminata da
Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes
e pensata come hub a servizio dell’università
e del quartiere. La memoria del luogo ha ispirato
il volume trasparente che, come un enorme blocco
ghiacciato, connota l’edificio, immergendo
gli interni nella luce naturale e staccandosi
visivamente dai restanti volumi del campus. Verso
sud est, la grande massa scultorea - che accoglie
funzioni differenziate, come dimostra il piano terra
a destinazione commerciale - appare plasmata
per accogliere un parco pubblico, che in futuro
giungerà fino allo scenografico atrio lasciando
percepire la vivace vita studentesca che si svolge
ai piani superiori. Cuore pulsante dell’edificio, l’atrio
è caratterizzato verso sud da un’ardita struttura
a sbalzo che, rendendo omaggio alle memorie
industriali e ferroviarie dell’area, accoglie la scala
principale e ne conclude lo sbarco con un’ampia
area di sosta, regalando straordinarie viste sulla
città. Verso la strada, le moderne tecnologie digitali
hanno ispirato invece l’astratto disegno che
caratterizza la facciata vetrata. Coperto da
un sinuoso soffitto in legno di betulla, un percorso
ascendente si diparte dall’atrio non solo collegando
le diversificate aree destinate alla vita studentesca,
pensate per il relax, lo studio e la socializzazione,
ma anche connettendo l’edificio al campus
e al quartiere, cui la Maison offre aree per mostre
ed eventi, grazie a un sistema di passerelle aeree
e passaggi coperti.
In the Canadian city of Montreal, a new signature
building has taken the place of the old ice factory
in the former industrial area of Griffintown, where
the Irish community settled in the 19th century.
The Maison des Étudiants of the École de
Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), that has been
recently completed by Menkès Shooner Dagenais
LeTourneux Architectes and is seen as a hub
serving both the university and the local
neighbourhood. The history of the site was the
inspiration for a transparent volume that, like a
huge block of ice, marks the building, and
maximises sunlight on the inside while detaching
itself visually from the other campus volumes. On
the south-east side, the large sculptural mass –
which houses a number of different functions,
including shops at ground-floor level – is clearly
carved out to contain a future public park that will
eventually extend right up to the dramatic atrium,
showcasing student life on the upper floors. This
atrium, which is the beating heart of the building,
is marked on its south side by a daring cantilevered
truss recalling the railway bridges and industrial
structures that used to stand here. This contains
the main staircase and ends with a large area that
affords remarkable views of the Montreal cityscape.
Meanwhile, on the street side, modern digital
technology was the inspiration for the abstract
design of the glazed façade. A promenade, covered
by a curving birch wood ceiling, spirals its way up
from the atrium, interconnecting the various areas
where students study, relax and socialise, as well as
linking the building through a system of overhead
walkways and covered passages to the campus and
the neighbourhood, which thus gains new spaces
for exhibitions and other events
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MONTREAL
Project Manager
Anik Shooner
Assistant Project Manager
Julie Morin
Architectural Designer
Jean-Pierre LeTourneux
Assistant Architectural
Designer
Marc-Antoine Chartier-Primeau
Project Team
Anne Lafontaine, Alexandre
Cassiani, Gaspard Marier
Véronique Hébert
Claudio Nunez, Nicolas Maalouf
Cuong Tran, Claude Labbé
Client
École de technologie supérieure
(ÉTS)
Partners
Beaudoin Hurens inc. –
Électricité et mécanique
SDK et Associés – Structure
Marchand Houle et associés
Completion Date
October 2015
Sotto e nella pagina a fianco,
dall’atrio una scala conduce
a un vasto belvedere-area di sosta.
L’atrio ha un articolato soffitto
di legno di betulla.
Below and opposite page, from
the atrium a staircase leads up
to a large belvedere-relaxation
area. The atrium has an elaborate
birch wood roof.
40
557
Nella città canadese di Montreal, un edificio-icona
sostituisce una vecchia fabbrica di ghiaccio
nell’area ex industriale di Griffintown, dove nell’800
si stabilì la comunità irlandese. Si tratta della
Maison des Étudiants dell’École de Technologie
Supérieure (ÉTS), recentemente terminata da
Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes
e pensata come hub a servizio dell’università
e del quartiere. La memoria del luogo ha ispirato
il volume trasparente che, come un enorme blocco
ghiacciato, connota l’edificio, immergendo
gli interni nella luce naturale e staccandosi
visivamente dai restanti volumi del campus. Verso
sud est, la grande massa scultorea - che accoglie
funzioni differenziate, come dimostra il piano terra
a destinazione commerciale - appare plasmata
per accogliere un parco pubblico, che in futuro
giungerà fino allo scenografico atrio lasciando
percepire la vivace vita studentesca che si svolge
ai piani superiori. Cuore pulsante dell’edificio, l’atrio
è caratterizzato verso sud da un’ardita struttura
a sbalzo che, rendendo omaggio alle memorie
industriali e ferroviarie dell’area, accoglie la scala
principale e ne conclude lo sbarco con un’ampia
area di sosta, regalando straordinarie viste sulla
città. Verso la strada, le moderne tecnologie digitali
hanno ispirato invece l’astratto disegno che
caratterizza la facciata vetrata. Coperto da
un sinuoso soffitto in legno di betulla, un percorso
ascendente si diparte dall’atrio non solo collegando
le diversificate aree destinate alla vita studentesca,
pensate per il relax, lo studio e la socializzazione,
ma anche connettendo l’edificio al campus
e al quartiere, cui la Maison offre aree per mostre
ed eventi, grazie a un sistema di passerelle aeree
e passaggi coperti.
In the Canadian city of Montreal, a new signature
building has taken the place of the old ice factory
in the former industrial area of Griffintown, where
the Irish community settled in the 19th century.
The Maison des Étudiants of the École de
Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), that has been
recently completed by Menkès Shooner Dagenais
LeTourneux Architectes and is seen as a hub
serving both the university and the local
neighbourhood. The history of the site was the
inspiration for a transparent volume that, like a
huge block of ice, marks the building, and
maximises sunlight on the inside while detaching
itself visually from the other campus volumes. On
the south-east side, the large sculptural mass –
which houses a number of different functions,
including shops at ground-floor level – is clearly
carved out to contain a future public park that will
eventually extend right up to the dramatic atrium,
showcasing student life on the upper floors. This
atrium, which is the beating heart of the building,
is marked on its south side by a daring cantilevered
truss recalling the railway bridges and industrial
structures that used to stand here. This contains
the main staircase and ends with a large area that
affords remarkable views of the Montreal cityscape.
Meanwhile, on the street side, modern digital
technology was the inspiration for the abstract
design of the glazed façade. A promenade, covered
by a curving birch wood ceiling, spirals its way up
from the atrium, interconnecting the various areas
where students study, relax and socialise, as well as
linking the building through a system of overhead
walkways and covered passages to the campus and
the neighbourhood, which thus gains new spaces
for exhibitions and other events
557
41