"A new pavilion opens on Mount Royal, the highest point in Montreal and home to the landmark basilica Saint Joseph's Oratory. Designed by architecture practice Lemay, the intervention climbs four stories along the upper slopes of the mountain park. It's embedded into a wooded landscape and reframes the experience of arrival at one of Quebec's most visited cultural and religious sites."
"In the spirit of Montreal's nickname as the 'city of a hundred bell towers,' the team at Lemay designs a new bell tower as part of its Saint Joseph's Oratory pavilion. Audible throughout Mount Royal, the 62-bell carillon's resonant tones mark the time and guide visitors as they move through the complex. The tower's verticality is balanced by the pavilion's low, elongated stance. Glass surfaces soften the transition between interior and exterior, while wood introduces warmth at points of pause."
"The pavilion engages directly with the geology of Mount Royal through its construction. Gabion walls filled with stone excavated on site line portions of the lower levels, giving the building a tactile density that resonates with the existing masonry of Saint Joseph's Oratory. Daylight filters through these assemblies, producing a subdued interior glow that shifts with weather and season. Above, stepped roof terraces follow the natural grade of the terrain."
Lemay's pavilion climbs four stories along Mount Royal's upper slopes and embeds into a wooded landscape, reframing arrival at Saint Joseph's Oratory. The pavilion forms part of a long-term master plan and continues the site's sequence of chapels and gardens with a contemporary design language. Textured gabion walls filled with stone excavated on site connect the building to the mountain's geology and echo the oratory's masonry. A new 62-bell carillon tower projects sound across Mount Royal. Low, elongated volumes, glazed surfaces, and warmed wood elements guide movement, while stepped planted roof terraces follow the natural grade and modulate daylight and atmosphere.
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