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Provencher Roy

Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes Inc. or Provencher_Roy[1] is a Canadian architectural firm founded in Montreal in 1983,[2] by architects Claude Provencher (1949-2022) and Michel Roy.[3][4]

Provencher_Roy
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1983
Founders
Headquarters
Montreal
,
Canada
Websitehttps://provencherroy.ca/

History edit

Claude Provencher and Michel Roy met in 1974 while working at Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc, a Montréal-based architecture firm. They founded their own practice in 1983: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes.[5] Line Belhumeur and Alain Compéra were appointed as partners in the firm as work began on the Montréal World Trade Center in 1992: a revitalization project that would both breathe new life into the city’s historic centre and establish the firm’s reputation.[6] In 2005, Provencher_Roy acquired Beauchamp Bourbeau, a firm specializing in sustainable development. Claude Bourbeau, the firm’s principal, joined Provencher_Roy as an additional partner.[7] In the same year, Provencher_Roy also bought a 50% stake in the interior design company Moureaux Hauspy et Associés Designers.[8] The practice has continued its gradual growth since then, becoming a provider of multidisciplinary but complementary architectural services, including interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, industrial design and sustainable development.[9]

As of March 2022, the firm has appointed a total of thirty-three partners and become a predominately women-led design group.[10] 

Claude Provencher passed away in 2022.[11][12][13]


Design approach edit

Provencher_Roy works through a transdisciplinary strategy that links architecture, urban design and town planning, interior design and landscape design.[14] According to the firm, its site-specific approach involves the exploration and analysis of a project’s context: specifically, the physical, cultural, geographical, historical and economic constraints of a site.[15]

Since its acquisition of Beauchamp Bourbeau, Provencher_Roy has increasingly focused on designing according to radical reuse: leveraging advances in 3D modeling, cloud-point scanning and sustainable environmental technologies to repurpose existing structures.[15] The ethos of structural adaptation has informed the redevelopment of a Canadian Pacific Railway industrial complex in Montréal into a mixed-use, environmentally sustainable district;[16] an under-used port in Québec into a public coastal park and cruise terminal fueled by shore power;[17] the concrete Tour de Montréal into a glazed office building for the Desjardins Group;[18] and the underground expansion and renovation of the Québec National Assembly to modernize its energy infrastructure and improve its accessibility while preserving its aesthetic and material heritage.[19]

Much like their recent transformation of downtown Montréal into a pedestrian-friendly “cohesive urban landscape”,[20] each project has used the brief of redevelopment as an opportunity to stitch spatially disparate neighborhoods together, attract pedestrian circulation and increase the amount of on-site vegetation. This is further evidenced by a whitepaper released following their participation in an initiative to redevelop the Bridge-Bonaventure and Pointe-du-Moulin sector of Montréal into a sustainable residential neighborhood.[21]

Selected work edit

Exhibitions edit

  • “1 : X – Exploration Multidisciplinaire” (1:X - Multidisciplinary Exploration) Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Montréal, January 21 to February 27, 2016[36]
  • "L’architecture impliquée" (The implied Architecture) Laval University School of Architecture – April 19 to October 5, 2012[37]
  • “Montréal jamais construit!” (Never built Montréal!) Grande galerie de la MAQ, Montréal, from October 23, 2015 to February 14, 2016[38]
  • “Dessins à dessein” (Designed drawings) Grande galerie de la MAQ, Palais des Congrès, Montréal, from April 18 to August 11, 2013[39]
  • 1:26 In Study Model Wonderland from Halifax to Vancouver – ON TOUR Charles H. Scott Gallery in Vancouver, DX Toronto, June 9 to August 18, 2010[40]

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Accueil". Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  2. ^ Canada, Public Services and Procurement (2021-06-29). "Centre Block Rehabilitation: Restoring a Canadian icon: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Independent Design Review Panel". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  3. ^ "Quebec-based architect, Claude Provencher, passes away at 72". Construction Canada. May 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Provencher_Roy". Architizer. February 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "Studio". Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  6. ^ "RAIC Awards - Architectural Firm: Provencher_Roy". Canadian Architect. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  7. ^ "2010 Awards of Excellence Winners". Canadian Architect. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  8. ^ Bourahla, Sonia. "Smoked Meat - Alain Moureaux". INT Design. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  9. ^ "Claude Provencher: Dreamer and Ground-breaker". Canadian Architect. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  10. ^ "Provencher_Roy appoints 11 new partners". Canadian Architect. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  11. ^ "Montreal architect Claude Provencher dies at 72". montrealgazette.
  12. ^ "Claude Provencher: Dreamer and Ground-breaker". May 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Montreal architect Claude Provencher dies at 72". Montreal. May 8, 2022.
  14. ^ "Provencher_Roy Announces New Leadership Team - D5MAG". June 17, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Approach". Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  16. ^ "A brand-new neighbourhood in the heart of Montreal". Cité Angus. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  17. ^ "Port of Montreal Tower". www.port-montreal.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  18. ^ "Montreal's iconic Olympic Tower reborn as office complex". The Architect’s Newspaper. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  19. ^ "Provencher Roy spirals ramp underneath Quebec parliament building". Dezeen. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  20. ^ "Provencher_Roy completes transformation of historic downtown Montreal district into pedestrian mall". Archinect. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  21. ^ "Vision Bridge-Bonaventure". www.visionbridgebonaventure.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  22. ^ "Airport renovation incorporates Canadian granite | Stone World". www.stoneworld.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  23. ^ "Inauguration of hotel and office complex at Montréal-Trudeau Airport". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  24. ^ "Montreal Impact Unveil Plans For Saputo Stadium Expansion". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  25. ^ https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/claire-and-marc-bourgie-pavilion-of-quebec-and-canadian-art [bare URL]
  26. ^ "Provencher Roy Renovates Roger Taillibert's Montreal Olympic Tower". www.architecturalrecord.com. Architectural Record. February 3, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  27. ^ "Tour de Montréal". Architizer. May 4, 2022.
  28. ^ "Provencher Roy creates bright and airy offices in Montreal Olympic Stadium tower". Dezeen. March 14, 2020.
  29. ^ "Provencher Roy Renovates Roger Taillibert's Montreal Olympic Tower | 2020-02-03 | Architectural Record". www.architecturalrecord.com.
  30. ^ "Pierre Lassonde Pavilion doubles the size of Quebec museum". Dezeen. June 23, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  31. ^ "New Samuel De Champlain Bridge built for performance, not style, says architect". CBC.ca. June 28, 2019.
  32. ^ "Îlot Balmoral by Provencher_Roy". Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building | Green design & innovation for a better world. 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  33. ^ "Îlot Balmoral". Architizer. July 1, 2021.
  34. ^ "Provencher Roy spirals ramp underneath Quebec parliament building". Dezeen. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  35. ^ "Phillips Square and surrounding streets to get $50M makeover". CBC.ca/news/. January 22, 2019.
  36. ^ "Les formes d'ondes | Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal". Centre expo UdeM.
  37. ^ "VERNISSAGE - Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes - "L'architecture impliquée"". Kollectif. October 19, 2012.
  38. ^ Montpetit, Caroline (October 22, 2015). "Montréal jamais construit". Le Devoir.
  39. ^ "Dessins à dessein".
  40. ^ "1:26 In Study Model Wonderland from Halifax to Vancouver - ON TOUR".
  41. ^ "Architectural Firm Award — Past Recipients". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  42. ^ "Provencher_Roy Wins RAIC's 2015 Architectural Firm Award". ArchDaily. February 19, 2015.
  43. ^ "National Urban Design Awards — Past Recipients". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  44. ^ "Tower of Montreal". www.buildingtransformations.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  45. ^ "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — This Year's Recipients". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-25.

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