Pilote Restaurant Bar, Montréal
Pilote, restaurant, urban microbrewery and microdistillery, Canada, Québec Interior, Canadian Commercial Architecture, Photos
Pilote Restaurant Bar in Montréal
30 May 2022
Architects: ACT architecture design inc.
Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Photos: Raphaël Thibodeau
Pilote Restaurant Bar, Québec
From the start, Guillaume Drapeau entrusted ACT architecture design with an ambitious task for the Pilote project: creating an original environment combing a micro-distillery, brewery, and restaurant into a single hospitable experience. With approximately 100 seats, replete with a full kitchen alongside the aforementioned micro-distilleries within a 2,000 s.f. space, Projet Pilote truly represents a first for Québec.
A sizeable challenge
Situated in the vibrant urban neighbourhood of Montréal?s Plateau-du-Mont-Royal, the site lacks the usual characteristics of post-industrial spaces which typically accommodate such a large establishment. Therefore, the challenge was to accommodate the (16) 1200L fermentation and service tanks for the micro-brewery, the (2) grain alcohol distillery tanks with adjoining reflux still held aloft by an impressive 21 ft. tall column, all while providing sufficient space to welcome customers.
In order to recoup space for the restaurant and bar portion of the project, the technical equipment is placed on a suspended platform attached to the steel structure. This positioning occupies the vast, underused overhead volume that typically mak...
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