L’OEUF Architects and Lapointe Magne & Associés to design future Caroline Dawson Public Library
The City of Montreal’s Bureau du design recently announced that the consortium of L’OEUF Architects and Lapointe Magne & Associés has won the two-stage multidisciplinary architecture competition for the future Caroline Dawson Public Library and its adjoining Parc Le Prévost.
This public project will serve as a community anchor for Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, contributing to the neighbourhood’s long-term development with an emphasis on sustainability, creativity, and innovation.
The future 4,600 m² library is conceived as a simple rectilinear volume, subtly folded for a stronger relationship with the surrounding urban fabric and the future park. It features an articulated corten façade that modulates sunlight.
Built entirely with a mass-timber structure and organized around a light-filled atrium, the project aims to be a demonstration of carbon-conscious design.
The design places community needs at the forefront, creating adaptable, welcoming, and comfortable spaces intended for a wide range of users and activities.
The jury highlighted the proposal for its response to all evaluation criteria. Among the qualities emphasized was the project’s sensitive integration into its urban environment, with gentle articulations that integrate with the current and future site.
The material strategy, which features corten and wood, is distinctive and durable, and supports the performance requirements and challenges that come with the Passivhaus standard.
The design team’s ability to treat these constraints as opportunities to refine form and function was noted as a defining strength, which demonstrates “extraordinary technical rigor wedded to clear creative intent.”
The project will achieve LEED Gold certification, and the library will become the first Passivhaus-certified project in Montreal as well as the first Passivhaus library in Canada. The total budget for the library and park is $42.5 million.
Technical Sheet:
Official name of project: Bibliothèque Caroline Dawson and Parc Le Prévost
Location and site: Montreal, borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.
Budget: $42.5 million
Client name: City of Montreal
Architect(s): Lapointe Magne & associés + L’OEUF Architectes
Structural: L2C
Mechanical: Dupras Ledoux
Electrical: Dupras Ledoux
Landscape: NIPPAYSAGE
Other specialist consultants: Eurêka Environnement
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