{"id":175844,"date":"2021-06-16T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=175844"},"modified":"2022-02-16T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T09:37:07","slug":"marieville-library-competition-winning-project-by-anne-carrier-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/marieville-library-competition-winning-project-by-anne-carrier-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Marieville Library Competition Winning Project by Anne Carrier Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Library in Marieville Celebrates its Past While Building for the Future<\/h3>\r\n

T<\/span>he Quebec government,\u00a0which subsidizes the building of cultural institutions, large or small, recongnizes that cultural infrastructure plays a key role in developing dynamic prosperous communities, and the rule applies to communities of all sizes, not just to large cities. That answers the question, \"how did so many outstanding theaters, museums, and public libraries get to built-in\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec over the last two decades?\".\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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View of the library volume and the central entrance, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Based on this criteria, the government has required that architecture competitions be held in order to release funding.\u00a0Thus, even small towns not particularly known for their interest in contemporary architecture end up benefitting from a pool of highly creative architects. Such is the case with Marieville, Quebec (with a population of 10000 inhabitants), a rural community located an hour away from Montreal, which launched a library competition in July 2020. Out of 19 architectural schemes,\u00a0Anne Carrier Architecture<\/a>, a team known for its subtle, light-filled interventions, won the project design. The competition results were announced in February 2021, and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Overall view of the project showing nearby church and park, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

The Context<\/h4>\r\n

Like many small Canadian communities, Marieville has a rich history and several buildings of interest, among them an impressive stone church just south of the site. The future library will face the town\u2019s century-old park featuring beautiful mature trees, a monument, and a kiosk where open air concerts can take place. Remnants of a former church are buried in a carefully preserved archeological zone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Panel 1, Competition Stage 2 \/ Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

The site borders the town\u2019s main street, which runs parallel to a nearby river and still features historically significant residences. Over the last few years, Marieville has taken several initiatives to gradually transform this central area into a civic pole where the library and its community-oriented services will play a major role. As they searched for a solution, the architects paid a lot of attention to the history of the site and its new context.<\/p>\r\n

The inspiration<\/h4>\r\n

The project was slated to be built exactly where once stood Marieville\u2019s former library, which had to be demolished in 2012, covering the area of 1155\u33a1.\u00a0 The future building\u2019s elongated volume was determined by the narrowness of the site, and the presence of a protected archeological area. Nearby features, such as the park, several heritage buildings dotting the main street, a nearby spring, and the church\u2019s parvis were all taken into account as the concept evolved.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Panel 3, Competition Stage 2 \/ Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

A diagonal line was introduced on the ground floor of the library, as a reminder of the main street\u2019s path. This break in the volume not only facilitates visual connections between the library and the site\u2019s notable features but allows for a small triangular plaza, located off the library entrance.<\/p>\r\n

For book lovers and students coming from a nearby school, the church will act as a visual reference guiding their steps towards the main door. Inside, a sculptural staircase will adorn the three-level high lobby, as a reminder of the grain silos still predominant in this rural region.<\/p>\r\n

The concept<\/h4>\r\n

In their competition entry, the architects opted for transparency and openness, particularly on the west fa\u00e7ade facing the park. Services will be kept along the building\u2019s east fa\u00e7ade so that all common spaces will enjoy a direct connection with the park lush environment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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View of the library's top floors overlooking the park, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

The proposed library consists of two three-level volumes linked by an elevator, a sculptural staircase, and two upper walkways. From the central lobby, open to all three floors, one will be able to visualize the entire building and fully grasp the presence of the church, the park, and the town\u2019s main street, running parallel to the river.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Main hall perspective, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

As they come in, users will be directed left, towards the multipurpose room and the dance studio on the ground floor, or right to the library\u2019s reception desk and children\u2019s corner. Up one floor, citizens will have access to a community kitchen, workshop, and classroom on the north side, and to a periodicals area and a small caf\u00e9, part of the library. The building\u2019s entire top floor will be dedicated to library functions, adult and teen sections, reading areas, media lab, and administration.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Perspective view of the north volume, dedicated to community-related activities, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

For over ten years now, regulars have been confined to a dark church basement. For them, this project means renewing with the pleasure of browsing and reading in bright and airy spaces.\u00a0As the project was made public, Marieville\u2019s Mayor Caroline Gagnon declared: \u201cOf course we want this to be a library and a cultural facility. But above all, we hope it will be a place conducive to learning and discovery. We were totally seduced by the brightness of the project and by the perspectives submitted by the architects. We were also pleased with the way the building fits within Parc Crevier\u2019s natural environment.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Library's reception and children's corner at ground level, Photo credit: Anne Carrier architecture<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

About Anne Carrier architecture (AC\/a)<\/h4>\r\n

Founded in 1992, the firm Anne Carrier architecture<\/a> focuses on creativity, quality, and durability. The firm\u2019s work is the result of a careful analysis process and a search for solutions in harmony with nature and today\u2019s cultural and urban landscapes. Conceptually, aesthetically, and technically, AC\/a aims at creating spaces where \u201ctransparency and natural light\u201d reign.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The firm is known for the excellence of its work and services, as well as for its ability to solve complex situations in a simple, efficient, and sustainable way. Over the last decades, Anne Carrier architecture has received more than 35 awards and distinctions including a prestigious Governor General\u2019s Award for architecture in 2016. The L\u00e9vis-based firm is currently working on another library, L\u2019Octogone, in Montr\u00e9al, also the result of an architecture competition.\u00a0<\/p><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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