We tried to imagine how the building traditions could have developed in a free and independent Huron society, by evoking the intimate relationship that the Hurons have with their environment. The museum reinterprets the original morphology of the longhouses. The wall openings were generated by tectonic variations in order to preserve the integrity of the architectural gesture, which gives the building the purity and formal strength of the original longhouses.
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This project emerged as the most innovative, efficient and integrated bioclimatic strategy. The reference to the longhouse was appealing to some, but too literal for others. However, the position of the entrance, in the center of the side of the longhouse rather than at its end, contradicts the meaning of the symbolic representation. The elongated form of the project generates a significant loss of circulation and wall surface and affects the flexibility of use of the spaces, whose proportions appear to be restrictive from a museological point of view. In terms of urban design, the relationship to the street was not convincing, particularly the parking lot which occupies the entire length of the site in front. On the other hand, the controlled and well-developed tectonics of the project seduced the jury. The light, repetitive and skilfully formalized structure, as well as the woven wood panel walls were appreciated. The project has great qualities in terms of expression, composition and, above all, the proposed bio-climatic strategies, but is lacking in terms of cultural, functional and urban criteria.
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