View of the entrance. Photo by Adrien Williams.
Humà Design + Architecture and Architecture49 have unveiled Rockland Center?s new food court, ?La Cuisine?. The result of a close collaboration between the two offices, the design aims to redefine the culinary experience in the upscale mall, located just outside the northwestern border of Montreal’s city limits.
Banquettes present an upscale setting within the “La Cuisine” food court. Photo by Adrien Williams.
The Rockland Center was originally conceived by architect Victor Prus, one of the giants of Quebec architecture in the 1960s and 1970s. The Center, which opened in 1959 and garnered a 1960 Massey Medal, was originally designed as an outdoor mall with broad walkways, and was converted to an indoor mall in the early 1980s. Respecting this heritage, Architecture49 + Humà’s design uses modernist design language centered on a large skylight to support the idea of quiet luxury.
View of the solarium. Photo by Adrien Williams.
“The primary interior design intention for Rockland Center?s new food court was to commemorate Victor Prus’s vision, by remembering its long indoor and outdoor greenery walkways,” says Humà president Stéphanie Cardinal.  “The importance of the concept was to allow customers to again enjoy a full and exclusive experience, beyond the traditional shopping mall context.”
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