Café Constance, Wilder Building Montréal, Canada, Québec Interior Design Photos, New Canadian Architecture
Café Constance in Montréal
14 July 2022
Architects: Atelier Zébulon Perron
Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Photos: Alex Lesage
Café Constance, Québec
Atelier Zébulon Perron, a firm renowned for its distinct hospitality interiors, is proud to introduce Café Constance, a fanciful 1400 sq. ft. social gathering space located in downtown Montreal?s Wilder building, home of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Completed in February 2022, the café pays tribute to Constance Pathy, a Member of the Order of Canada, a generous patron of the arts, and former leader of Les Grands Ballets.

Located in the lobby area of the building, the space was primarily conceived as a meet and mingle locale for patrons attending the ballet?s productions, as well as a trendy, more traditional café environment for employees of the building and the artists themselves. Maintaining apropos ambiances through the space?s transitions from coffee shop by day, to more cocktail-oriented functions in the evening influenced Atelier Zébulon Perron?s design philosophy, but the main focus was on creating something truly warm and whimsical in the heart of a contemporary institutional building.
?We adopted a theatrical approach in order to build a sort of spectacle that is really quite literal,? explains Zébulon Perron, founder and lead designer of the award-winning firm. ?The idea was to create som...