Diane-Dufresne Art Centre, Repentigny Building Development, Quebec Architecture, Images
Diane-Dufresne Art Centre in Repentigny
Exhibition Space, Canada – design by ACDF Architecture
24 Aug 2016
Diane-Dufresne Art Centre
Design: ACDF Architecture
Location: Repentigny, Canada
Diane-Dufresne Art Centre

With the Centre d?Art Diane Dufresne, ACDF Architecture has created a new arts centre for the suburban municipality of Repentigny, providing a dynamic core where residents can take in stirring arts and culture without getting on the highway to nearby Montreal. The centre?s architecture, including its siting, massing, circulation and materiality, are instrumental in reinventing the desired community image. It plays with notions of rootedness while gesturing to a vibrant future, instilling a sense of belonging and optimism. Familiar yet distinct, it invites visitors in and encourages long, lingering stays.
 
With this project, the Municipality of Repentigny and ACDF conceived of the centre as a part of a larger master plan. It is the kick-off element to transform a once-sparse, underutilized park into a cultural corridor with thematic gardens, a civic plaza and a theatre. Part of the broader redevelopment scheme is toprovide connections between previously disjointed, bungalow-lined streets. The design team positioned the building at the nexus of new walking paths, linking a main boulevard with surrounding residential lanes, helping to draw people to the site.

The buil...