For a summer, Le Banc de neige recreates the magical snowbanks left over from Quebec?s winter storms. At once a platform and a public bench, the ephemeral installation modifies the user?s relation to the public space by allowing a multitude of appropriations. As it drapes around the tree trunks and street lamps of the Place de Bordeaux with a luminous white, it magnifies these elements of the everyday while providing seating platforms for the pétanque court. These multiple bases are generated by a series of topographical contours alluding to architectural representation. Passers-by are invited to settle in and take break by contemplating the urban landscape of St-Paul Street, while the most adventurous will climb the snowbank to hide in the dense foliage of trees, sheltered from the street.
© Maxime Brouillet

Architects: Atelier Pierre Thibault

Location: Québec City, QC, Canada

Architects In Charge: Pierre Thibault, Bertrand Rougier, Francis Gaignard, Sandrine Gaulin

Area: 3500.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Maxime Brouillet

© Maxime Brouillet

From the architect. For a summer, Le Banc de neige recreates the magical snowbanks left over from Quebec?s winter storms. At once a platform and a public bench, the ephemeral installation modifies the user?s relation to the public spac...