Architecture closely linked to Quality of Life

ABCP | Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux | Bilodeau Baril Leeming Architectes unveiled The New École Secondaire du Bosquet in Quebec, Canada. Society needs innovative architecture that tells a story and inspires excellence. This statement, a leitmotif of the architect's work, has, since 2020, been explicitly emphasized by the Quebec government in a vision and architectural signature aimed at framing the creation of a new generation of schools. And so, in the wake of this transformative social momentum, École secondaire du Bosquet welcomed its first students in autumn 2024.

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Locker area for students
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Located in Drummondville's Saint-Nicéphore district, on the edge of a wooded area that played a key role in the architectural design, the new school provides an inspiring setting to positively support students on their educational path.

A Footpath, a Trail

On entering the site, the visitor is in a forest: Biophilic Square [the signature space for this school connected to nature] and the benches constitute a public gathering space. They open up perspectives and assert the omnipresence of nature at the heart of the project. At the second level, this architectural ramble continues, to include an auditorium and a central walk-about area in front of the vast light-filled library. Each area is interconnected with nature, with the grandeur and majesty of the forest.

Photo credit: Séphane Brügger

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ABCP | Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux | Bilodeau Baril Leeming Architectes

The many windows in all the façades and the built-in sunscreen in the bronze-coloured aluminum panels matching the woodland hues subtly evoke the dappled warm light that filters through the treetops. As for the richly planted outdoor spaces seem to reflect the adjacent woodland. From the public square in front of the school to the inner courtyard, passing through a wide stepped opening between the sports complex and the main building, everything is intertwined with, enveloped in nature. Within this environment, school and forest are as one.

MSDL Architectes

Since 1994, Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes has placed people at the heart of the projects it designs, creating innovative architecture with a focus on sustainable development and the longevity of the built environment. Over the years, the team has worked to create exceptional living environments in the institutional, residential, commercial, cultural, and corporate sectors. On numerous occasions, the firm has received some of the most prestigious architectural awards, highlighting the know-how and talent of its team.

ABCP architecture

Founded in 1987, ABCP architecture is renowned provincially, nationally and internationally for its original, structuring projects. The firm has completed over 150 school architecture projects of all sizes: primary and secondary schools, CEGEPs and university pavilions, many of which have won awards for their quality, innovative approach or ecological design.

Bilodeau Baril Leeming Architectes

Bilodeau Baril Leeming Architectes, named after the founders of our three branches, Jean-François Bilodeau (Trois-Rivières, 1998), Denis Baril (Drummondville, 1983) and James R. Leeming (Lévis, 2007), was established in 1983. Architects and associates Jean-François Bilodeau, James R. Leeming, Nicolas Bilodeau, Mario St-Laurent, Jean-Sébastien Gravel, Émilie Caron and their team are bound by the complementarity and similarity of their experience to offer, through their buildings, environments and living spaces adapted to the human race and the challenges of everyday life.