Dendrites / Studio Michel de Broin
Commissioned by the City of Montréal Situated at the core of the recently developed International Civil Aviation Organization Plaza (ICAO), Dendrites is the newest monumental public work by the artist Michel de Broin.
© Jules Deauchamp-Desbiens
Architects: Studio Michel de Broin
Location: International Civil Aviation Organization Plaza, City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead Architects: Artist, Michel de Broin
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Jules Deauchamp-Desbiens, Michel de Broin, Aida Lorain
Fabrication: Lafontaine Iron Werks Inc. and Toque Innovations
Engineer: Quantum Engineering Inc
Architect: Gabriel Rousseau
© Michel de Broin
Text description provided by the architects. Commissioned by the City of Montréal Situated at the core of the recently developed International Civil Aviation Organization Plaza (ICAO), Dendrites is the newest monumental public work by the artist Michel de Broin.
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The word dendrite refers to the branched projections of a neuron, which propagate cerebral stimulation; the term is derived from the Greek Dendron, also the word for tree. Extending across both sides of Notre-Dame Street in the downtown core, the work is comprised of two sculptural stairways directly modeled on the neuron structure. Simultaneously evocative of massive tree trunks with their network of branches spreading out t...
© Jules Deauchamp-Desbiens
Architects: Studio Michel de Broin
Location: International Civil Aviation Organization Plaza, City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead Architects: Artist, Michel de Broin
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Jules Deauchamp-Desbiens, Michel de Broin, Aida Lorain
Fabrication: Lafontaine Iron Werks Inc. and Toque Innovations
Engineer: Quantum Engineering Inc
Architect: Gabriel Rousseau
© Michel de Broin
Text description provided by the architects. Commissioned by the City of Montréal Situated at the core of the recently developed International Civil Aviation Organization Plaza (ICAO), Dendrites is the newest monumental public work by the artist Michel de Broin.
Render 01
Render 05
The word dendrite refers to the branched projections of a neuron, which propagate cerebral stimulation; the term is derived from the Greek Dendron, also the word for tree. Extending across both sides of Notre-Dame Street in the downtown core, the work is comprised of two sculptural stairways directly modeled on the neuron structure. Simultaneously evocative of massive tree trunks with their network of branches spreading out t...
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