ANNE CARRIER ARCHITECTURE
MARIEVILLE CELEBRATES ITS PAST WHILE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
COMBINING HISTORY , TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS
How did so many outstanding theaters , museums , and public libraries manage to get built-in Québec over the last two decades ? The reason is simple . The Quebec government , which subsidizes the building of cultural institutions , large or small , requires that architecture competitions be held in order to release funding . The rule applies to communities of all sizes , not just to larger cities .
Thus , even small towns not particularly known for their interest in contemporary architecture end up benefitting from a pool of highly creative architects . Such is the case with Marieville , Quebec ( with a population of 10000 inhabitants ), a rural community located an hour away from Montreal , which launched a library competition in July 2020 . The winning scheme was designed by Anne Carrier Architecture , a team known for its subtle , lightfilled interventions .
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