Stage 1
Dan Hanganu, architecte / Provencher Roy + associés, architectes
(Winner)
Les architectes Blouin Faucher Aubertin Brodeur Gauthier (FABG)
Les architectes Lemay et associés / Dorval et Fortin, architecte
Saucier et Perrotte, architectes (Saucier+Perrotte) / Birtz, Bastien, architectes
winner
Dan Hanganu, architecte / Provencher Roy + associés, architectes
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION
Year
1997
Location
535, Avenue Viger Est Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Stage
One stage
Competitors
4
Surface area (m2 )
5200 m2
Initial project cost
11,500,000 $
Client
Société immobilière du Québec avec la collaboration du Ministère de la Culture et des Communications
Professional advisor
Robert Carrier
Doc. level
75%
This competition for the relocation of the Centre d'archives de Montréal, to 535 Viger Avenue East, and extension of the existing building on this site, concerned, first and foremost, the diffusion component of the Archive Centre.
Since its establishment in 1971, the Archive Centre was constantly plagued with problems relating to spatial inadequacy, poor conservation conditions and limited diffusion capabilities. Hence, in order to satisfy these needs, the Treasury Council voted on December 18th, 1996, to relocate the Archives. The new building was to provide a 7,400m2 space devoted to the diffusion component of the programme. This new area was to include spaces accessible to the public (exhibition hall, 120-seat amphitheatre, a 200-person research and consultation area and services such as; a reception area, cloakroom and lounge), an archives processing and conservation zone for employees (five processing rooms and workshops for restoration, binding, communication, conservation and technical support areas).
In addition to permitting the relocation of the Montréal Archives Centre, this competition also had an equally important goal. The winning project was to renew and enhance the building situated at 535 Viger Avenue: an important example of early 20th-century institutional architecture, (previously occupied, respectively, by the HEC School, Dawson College and the Ministries of Revenue and Public Security).
Jury Marius Bouchard , Architecte
Mario Brodeur , Architecte
Robert Carrier , Ingénieur civil
Germain Courchesne , Architecte
Sylvain De Champlain , Conservateur(rice)
Robert Garon , Archiviste
Claude Laurin , Architecte
Michel Lortie , Architecte
Jean-Marie Roy
Ljupko M. Tomic , Architecte
Articles de presse :
Le Devoir 22-11-97
Le Devoir 31-01-98
Le Devoir 09-01-99
Le Devoir 05-02-00
Le Devoir 12-05-00
Le Devoir 13-05-00 - 4 articles
Le Devoir 30-11-00
Le Devoir 16-12-00
Le Devoir 06-06-01
Le Devoir 30-11-02
Le Devoir 03-05-03
La Presse 11-07-95
La Presse 27-11-97
La Presse 15-07-99
La Presse 23-11-99
La Presse 27-01-00
La Presse 10-04-00
La Presse 11-05-00
La Presse 12-05-00
La Presse 24-05-00
La Presse 09-12-00
La Presse 23-01-01
La Presse 04-02-01
La Presse 28-05-02
La Presse 17-06-02
Les Affaires 16-05-98
Les Affaires 02-12-00
Voir 30-11-00
Voir 08-02-01
Voir 08-02-01
Revues spécialisées :
ARQ #105, novembre 1998
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