Architects Jean-Marie Roy and André Roy have developed a project for the Bourg de Pabos Interpretation Center based on archaeological principles; that is to say, a grid on the ground reminiscent of the excavations and determining a building on stilts. Their "conceptual party articulated from the various fragments resulting from archaeological, historical and ethnological research makes it possible to form this whole necessary to the comprehension of the history of the life, the abandonment, the rebuilding, the oblivion and the assumption of responsibility of a site of a great historical value." A set of architectural fragments, raised from the ground, generating solids and voids in order to direct views on the different themes addressed in the exhibitions. In fact, they are observation stations of the place, the remains and the landscape that, "according to the jury, tended to enclose the center on itself" by limiting the tactile and direct access to the natural environment awarded. However, the architects believed that the public would have been able to fabricate, model, and reconstruct the fragments observed during the visit to the interpretive center.
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This project, presented in a very explicit manner, was however to be judged too rigid in terms of concept and not easily compatible with the natural environment of the Grand Pabos Bay. The organization of the buildings around a central core, as well as the visual links established between the mainland and the island, were otherwise of interest to the jury members.
(Taken from the brochure "Le centre d'interprétation Bourg de Pabos", coordinated and written by Odile Hénault)
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