The visitor crosses the threshold and is challenged by intriguing, mysterious monoliths. Below, a forecourt: a door, he enters: a quiet hall, a beautiful light, simple materials. He goes down, the light flows on a high wall a little inclined. He already knows that the heart of the museum is there and that it is there that he will discover the values, the culture and the history of the Huron-Wendat. The Huron-Wendat, mobile, have left only a light trace. The means used are the means of today's architecture, without folklore. The strange monoliths that jostle each other are only there, in the end, to catch the light...
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This project left no one in the jury indifferent. The singular and very expressive image of the proposal, combined with the relevance of its response to the program, the site and the same budget, were strong arguments in its favor. The symbolic strength of the project aroused a lot of interest. On the other hand, serious doubts were expressed about the adhesion of the members of the community to the image that it projects. The vocabulary of the work, its durability, its long-term appropriation by the community, and the security of the exterior site, which is difficult to monitor, were debated at length. The suggested facing material, prefabricated concrete, did not meet with unanimous approval. Despite these reservations, the great richness of the route and spatial experience of the places created, the operational efficiency of the programmatic distribution, the very easily controlled conservation conditions, and the surprising simplicity of the project's realization were highly appreciated by the jury.
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