Stade de Soccer de Montréal. Saucier+Perrotte Architectes
PROJECT Stade de soccer de Montréal, Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Park, Montreal, Quebec

ARCHITECTS Saucier+Perrotte Architectes with HCMA Architecture + Design

TEXT Elsa Lam

PHOTOS Olivier Blouin
If you look at the elbow-shaped island of Montreal from above, you?ll see several large swaths of green: nature reserves along the edges, Mount Royal Park at the centre of the island, the botanical gardens next to the Olympic Stadium, several golf courses.
Then there?s a pale green rectangle towards the inner crook of the elbow, not far from downtown. It?s a not-quite-yet park?a former quarry, later turned garbage dump, that is slowly being covered over with green. Once the rehabilitation is complete in 2023, the 153-hectare Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Park will be the city?s second largest, after Mount Royal. The lowest part of the quarry will be transformed into a lake, surrounded by wooded areas, pathways, an outdoor theatre and sports fields. Below the surface, biogas emitted by the buried garbage will continue to be collected and used as fuel. A zinc-clad roof with a wooden underside hovers over an indoor soccer field northeast of downtown Montreal. The structure stretches out beyond the field to frame a public plaza and outdoor field.
Meanwhile, at the border of the park, an impressive component of the overall plan has already been completed. The Saint-Michel soccer complex, by Saucier+Perrotte Archi...