Photo credit: Moment Factory
An iconic architectural feature of the Montreal skyline by day, the Jacques Cartier Bridge now shines by night with an innovative lighting signature that celebrates the unique engineering of its historic structure.
Thanks to intelligent programming connected in real-time to big data and social media networks, this bridge is by most measures the most connected bridge in the world. It comes alive every night and changes constantly, in synch with Montreal?s seasons, weather, traffic and social media activity.
A flagship project for the city?s 375th and Canada?s 150th anniversaries, the illumination of this steel colossus was a major challenge. This project unites the bridge with the city and its citizens by combining civil engineering and large-scale project management with the creativity of Moment Factory and six local design firms: Ambiances Design Productions, ATOMIC3, Éclairage Public / Ombrages, Lucion Média, Réalisations and UDO Design.
As the sun sets, the bridge awakens, bringing light, movement and data to the structure. Over the course of the night, the bridge uses these features to tell the evolving story of Montreal and its ongoing rhythms. The following morning, as the day breaks, the bridge?s pulse fades into the sunlight, waiting for its next turn to shine.
The energy of Montreal is represented through a subtle play of light on the bridge?s exterior ?skin?. For 52 minutes each hour, the bridge pulses with the city?s socia...