The project for the new Lévis Cultural Centre, in addition to representing an opportunity to reaffirm the image of the complex, offers the possibility of creating spaces for creation, performance and meeting that go beyond the simple amalgamation of these different functions. Thanks to the crossroads between the existing sports and recreational programming and the addition of an established and very active music and dance school in Lévis, it is possible to generate fertile interactions where the various disciplines in presence create a true synergy whose result goes beyond the sum of their parts.
Our conceptual approach is based on the challenges posed by the project:
- to generate public spaces inside and outside the building that promote interactions between the various programs of the complex to make it a true contemporary cultural center in its use and in its making.
- to create with the extension a unified public ensemble, open to the city despite the opacity of the existing building and its pavilion-like location in the center of the municipal pole.
- develop architectural, structural, programmatic, technical and regulatory strategies to meet the project's budgetary challenge.
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- The serious regulatory analysis performed by the designers, along with rational and compact planning, makes this proposal realistic and contributes to its feasibility.
- The proposal responds effectively to the various functional requirements of the PFT (surface areas, functional links, etc.).
- However, the jury has some reservations about the quality of the identity aspect and the strength of the architectural proposal, whose attractive element is based mainly on the sculptural staircase at the entrance.
- The multiplication of the proposed materials juxtaposed with those of the existing building weakens the integration strategy of the whole.
- The low level of interior lighting, the limited views to the exterior, particularly in relation to the circulations, as well as the few opportunities for animation created between the functions limit the richness of the spatial experience for users.
- The differences in the levels of the lobby and foyer in relation to the exterior forecourt are an irritant that reduces the ease of access and usability of the reception area of the building.
- Little information was provided on the acoustic intervention strategies adopted.
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