The UQAM Centre de Design studies up on the design of six Quebec schools
The UQAM Centre de design is presenting Devoirs d?architecture: 6 Elementary School Competitions in Quebec. The exhibition includes the winning designs for six competitions held in Quebec between 2019 and 2020.
Quebec – Interior view Photo credit: Lab-École
Curated by Jean-Pierre Chupin, professor at the University of Montreal, the exhibition presents the processes as well as the results of six architectural designs of primary schools. Five of these competitions were run by Lab-École for sites in Saguenay, Maskinongé, Shefford, Gatineau and Rimouski.
The sixth, involving master?s students in architecture, was run by LEAP researchers (Laboratoire d?étude de l?architecture potentielle), under the direction of Anne Cormier, architect and professor at the University of Montreal, following a research-creation process aimed at exploring the interfaces between school and city. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The exhibition testifies to an immense capacity for analysis and invention in response to the challenges of designing elementary schools. No competition on the subject had been held for more than half a century. In 1964, the Parent report led to a competition for primary schools, but subsequently, the issue stagnated with a focus on management or on technological responses favouring the standardization of school construction.
“Successive governments have obviously not done their architectural homework,” s...
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