In response to the competition launched by the city of Châteauguay, the T.A.G. studio in association with Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte et Associés proposed a two-faceted relationship with the landscape. Located parallel to, but set back from, the street, the library is signed by a facade on the street with an opaque character created by a fieldstone wall "...like a raised stone...", which links the building with the heritage quality of the city of Châteauguay. The facade on the park side was instead developed in transparency thanks to which one can appreciate the vertical storage of the collection like a real show: "The vertical plane of books thus exposed becomes the background of the natural amphitheatre of the park". The site has been treated as a series of green corridors between the buildings on which the parking lots are inserted. The "cabinet of books", as the competitors describe the library, thus becomes the focal point of the site. The jury appreciated the compactness of the project in relation to the site and the quality of the exterior and interior spaces created as a result. The improvements to be made in the second phase of the competition were only functional.
(From competitor's text)
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The jury appreciated and underlined the following elements
- The richness and urban integration of the project, particularly with regard to the historical component and the treatment of the main façade in relation to the institutional buildings of Châteauguay.
- The simplicity of the volumetric response, and the formal integration of the first floor by its presence in the park.
- The relevance of the conceptual approach, link between the past and the present.
- The great clarity and richness of the spatial organization.
- The quality of the programmatic responses and the great flexibility implied by the planning."
(From jury report)
. Tip that consists in making the connection with the Cultural Center
. Richness of the spaces
. Perhaps too much in the background
. Diversity of atmospheres and spaces
. Best linked to the landscape
. Beautiful oriental garden that serves as an entrance
. Children's corner badly placed, too close to the café
. Point to develop: didn't resolve parking space well, didn't create connection.
(From Jury Meeting Minutes, Stage 1)
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