MCGILL UNIVERSITY - POWER PLANT
The acrylic coating on the adjacent portion of the Ironworks has been replaced with limestone siding in this project .
The project focuses on the underlying presence of the mountain by dramatizing the topography of the site . Although it is a technical infrastructure , we insisted on treating the building as a pavilion that could help enhance the quality and specificity of the McGill University campus .
PROGRAM
The generators are installed in a glass pavilion sitting on a granite baseboard at Dr . Penfield Street level while there is storage space for campus street furniture on the lower level . The interstitial space between these two volumes serves as a plenum for air , steam , and electricity connected to the Ferrier power station . An open staircase opens a new passage along the east-west axis to connect the top and bottom of the campus .
Awards and recognitions Prix d ’ excellence de l ’ OAQ - 2020
Storage and maintenance spaces for campus furniture and outdoor amenities are laid out at the foot of the slope and the limestone-clad main wall becomes parallel to the rest of the campus . A mature Elm is preserved at the foot of the staircase , which extends the existing sidewalks to University Street to enrich the network of pedestrian traffic that is being consolidated throughout McGill .
Technical Sheet Project Name : McGill University-Central Électrique Location : 840 Avenue du Docteur-Penfield , Montreal , QC Commissioning date : April 2019 Client : McGill University ( royal Institution for the advancement of science ) Architecture Firm : Eric Gauthier , Marc Paradis , Les architectes FABG Project manager : Johanne Guertain , GPH Assistant Project Manager : Nadia Nachtigall , McGill University Structural engineer : Ayad Bensbaa , CIMA + Civil engineer : Guillaume Harpin , CIMA + Mechanical engineer-electricity : Guillaume Bouccara , Alain Bilodeau , BPA Landscape Architecture : Ziad Haddad , WAA General contractor : Benoit Fiset , David Morissette , Mathieu Mainville , QMD Photos : Steve Montpetit
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