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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Monique Corriveau-Library in 1100 route de l’Église, Québec by Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architectsMarch 15th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects The Monique-Corriveau Library, housed in the Saint-Denys-du-Plateau church, is an exception, and in a rather unusual way. It is a tribute to the career—exceptional for her time—of the Quebec writer whose name it honours. This mother of 10 children, to each of whom she dedicated a book, was the author of numerous children’s books and winner of several literary awards.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig
 Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig The Monique-Corriveau Library, housed in the Saint-Denys-du-Plateau church, is an exception, and in a rather unusual way. It is a tribute to the career—exceptional for her time—of the Quebec writer whose name it honours. This mother of 10 children, to each of whom she dedicated a book, was the author of numerous children’s books and winner of several literary awards.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig The St. Denys-du-Plateau Church, a remarkable creation of the late architect Jean-Marie Roy erected in 1964, was part of this renewal (second Vatican Consul), at once architectural and religious. Converting and expanding such an eloquent example of modern Quebec architectural heritage is a very delicate operation which must be approached with respect and humility.[…] Saint-Denys-du-Plateau Church deserves this special consideration due to its unusual, dynamic volume, which evokes a huge tent inflated by the wind and anchored to the ground with tensioners.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig The nave houses the library’s public functions, with shelves and work and reading areas, while the addition contains the administration and community hall. This separation of functions means that the community hall can be kept open outside library opening hours, while the spectacular and monumental volume of the nave is preserved, since the architectural concept is to transform the space into a model of spatial appropriation as a reinterpretation of the interior.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig To accentuate the fluidity of this volume, the solid soffit above the window has been replaced by glass panel which allows each beam to visually slip seamlessly to its exterior steel base , – a revelation of visual continuity.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig The volume replacing the presbytery and community hall occupies the same footprint and was executed in clear, silk-screened and coloured glass panels. It is separated from the library by a void, marking the transition from old to new.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig At the front, extending the structure of the choir-screen and the canopy, a code-required emergency staircase is housed in a coloured glass enclosure signalling the new place, dominating a new parvis, reconfigured with street furniture, trees and other greenery. Building on transparency and reflection, the architects have made a strong statement with colour at the ends of the building, an allusion to the vibrant, bold colours of the 1960s, which contrast the whiteness and brilliance newly captured in the remarkable form of the original church.  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig  Image Courtesy © Nikolas Koenig  Image Courtesy © Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects  Image Courtesy © Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects  Image Courtesy © Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects  Image Courtesy © Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects  Image Courtesy © Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects
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