Impostor / Les Malcommodes
The project aimed to question the relationship that Quebeckers have with their built heritage. We were trying to create a distinctive element, in contrast to the highly touristic environment it?s questioning. The pink monolithic passage generates the illusion of a crossing; It offers visitors a colorful and immersive experience that plunges them into another universe that passes through a historical piece of architecture.
© Simon Parent
Architects: Les Malcommodes
Location: Québec City, Quebec, Canada
Lead Architects: Marie-Jeanne Allaire-Côté, Alexandre Morin, Simon Parent
Area: 19.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Simon Parent
Other Participants: EXMURO arts public, Quirion Construction Inc., LARO EXPERT-CONSEIL INC.
© Simon Parent
From the architect. The project aimed to question the relationship that Quebeckers have with their built heritage. We were trying to create a distinctive element, in contrast to the highly touristic environment it?s questioning. The pink monolithic passage generates the illusion of a crossing; It offers visitors a colorful and immersive experience that plunges them into another universe that passes through a historical piece of architecture.
Implantation Plan
The perforation lets hundreds of light beams penetrate as they follow the sun's cycles. At the end of the passage, an inclined mirror returns the back of the frames that ar...
© Simon Parent
Architects: Les Malcommodes
Location: Québec City, Quebec, Canada
Lead Architects: Marie-Jeanne Allaire-Côté, Alexandre Morin, Simon Parent
Area: 19.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Simon Parent
Other Participants: EXMURO arts public, Quirion Construction Inc., LARO EXPERT-CONSEIL INC.
© Simon Parent
From the architect. The project aimed to question the relationship that Quebeckers have with their built heritage. We were trying to create a distinctive element, in contrast to the highly touristic environment it?s questioning. The pink monolithic passage generates the illusion of a crossing; It offers visitors a colorful and immersive experience that plunges them into another universe that passes through a historical piece of architecture.
Implantation Plan
The perforation lets hundreds of light beams penetrate as they follow the sun's cycles. At the end of the passage, an inclined mirror returns the back of the frames that ar...
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