Pabos is a "land of contact between forest dwellers and sea nomads, a land of connection between Europe and the New World." The Beaupré Michaud architects team's proposal sought to reinforce this connection by creating a break between the forest and the moor, "between past and present, between truth and falsehood, between historical explanation and symbolic recall, between certainty and doubt." In fact, the emphasis of the interpretive center has been on the historical; Pabos is a place that remembers, recognizes, and remembers. The architectural intervention supporting this party was the creation of an embankment, which the jury did not approve, against which a rectilinear wall was built to accommodate three buildings. This wall became the element of a journey punctuated by events that held symbolic or historical interpretations. The three contemporary buildings of glass, metal and concrete were in rupture with the past. They were governed by a "path that alternates between outside and inside, taking visitors into these distinct buildings. They [were to signify] the present and perhaps [also], the future of Pabos."
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This proposal, extremely thorough in terms of historical interpretation, seemed less elaborate in terms of architectural concept. The position adopted by the architects, that of creating a symbolic rampart, concerned some members of the jury, anxious not to artificially modify the geography of the site. The proposed route, however, caught the jury's attention.
(Taken from the brochure "Le centre d'interprétation Bourg de Pabos", coordinated and written by Odile Hénault)
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