Cultural mediation projects involving architecture and design at 17 libraries in nine boroughs were selected. The total extra financial assistance granted is $98,000. This support from the Bureau du design via the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal will enable implementation of edutainment activities between July 2016 and March 2017 in collaboration with 20 emerging architects and designers.
“Panel discussions: An art to discover”
Activity type(s): highlighting of publications/collections + ateliers + lecture + modular furniture design + exhibition
Designers: Hippolyte Thermac (woodworking and space design), Gabrielle Cousineau and Catherine Lewis (textile design)
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Library
Timeline: November 2016 to February 2017
Target audience: children
Côte-des-Neiges Intercultural Library
Timeline: July (12) and August 2016
Target audience: teens
Côte-des-Neiges Library
Timeline: November 2016 to February 2017
Target audience: adults
“Quartier Saint-Pierre: A new layout for improved quality of life through the eyes of its young people”
Saint-Pierre Library
Activity type(s): workshops for collaborative design + manufacturing of an architectural model of the Saint-Pierre neighbourhood
Designers: Machine Design Appliqué (industrial design, space design, event design)
Timeline: September 2016 to February 2017
Target audience: children
“A book on your head, your head in books”
Hochelaga Library
Activity type(s): architectural tour + model design workshops + architecture storytelling
Designers: Judith Portier (event design)
Timeline: October 2016
Target audience: children, adults, families
“The landscape connection between the school and the library”
Bibliothèque de la Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
Activity type(s): workshops for collaborative design of an exterior layout linking École secondaire Henri-Bourassa and the library + exhibition + production of a booklet presenting the entire project process
Designers: Marie-Michèle Perron / Fusion Jeunesse (landscape architecture and environment design)
Timeline: October 2016 to March 2017
Target audience: teens and all ages
“The Montréal-Nord mobile microlibrary”
Yves-Ryan Library
Activity type(s): highlighting and acquisition of publications + design of a mobile library + mediation workshops
Designers: LAAT (architecture) and Microclimat (architecture)
Timeline: July (24) and August 2016
Target audience: all ages
“The Pierrefonds-Roxboro mobile collection”
Pierrefonds Library
Activity type(s): highlighting and acquisition of publications + design of a mobile library + mediation workshops
Designers: LAAT (architecture) and Microclimat (architecture)
Timeline: July 2016
Target audience: all ages
“From one library to the other: Digital crossing via Place Gérald-Godin”
Plateau-Mont-Royal Library
Activity type(s): architectural tour + workshops for collaborative design + production of an audioguide + creation of a mobile application
Designer: Yannick Guéguen (sound design, landscape architecture, experience design and interactive design)
Timeline: September and October 2016 – holding of activities / February 2017 – public distribution
Target audience: all ages
“Collaborative design of furniture and interactive environments for teens in libraries”
Rivière-des-Prairies Library
Activity type(s): workshops for collaborative design of interactive environments + exhibition
Designer: Sébastien Dallaire, generique design (industrial design)
Timeline: December 2016 to March 2017
Target audience: teens
Pointe-aux-Trembles Library
Activity type(s): workshops for collaborative design of a mobile activity space + exhibition
Designer: Hunault + collaboration (industrial design and social design)
Timeline: November 2016 to March 2017
Target audience: children
“My neighbour the architect, a stranger—no more!”
Saint-Charles Library
Repurposing industrial heritage as arts & culture venues, for and with citizens
Activity type(s): conceptualization workshop organized by the Maison de l’architecture du Québec (MAQ)
Designers: Jean-Baptiste Bouillant, Poddubiuk Architectes (environment design), Pierre-Luc Filion or Samuel Guimond (urban design and architecture)
Timeline: November 2016
Target audience: all ages
Saint-Henri Library
How does contemporary architecture in residential neighbourhoods integrate with the original urban fabric?
Activity type(s): talk
Designers: La SHED architecture and ADHOC architectes
Timeline: November 2016
Target audience: adults
Georges-Vanier Library
Ephemeral architecture and urban design: Emerging designers experiment in situ!
Activity type(s): photo exhibition and talk
Designers: Philémon Gravel, Bellastock Qc (architecture) + emerging urban designer selected during LAB éphémère 2016 (to come)
Timeline: November 2016
Target audience: all ages
Marie-Uguay Library
Dreaming and building the architecture of tomorrow
Activity type(s): architectural model construction workshops + exhibition
Designers: Architecture Openform and Atelier Barda (architecture)
Timeline: November 2016
Target audience: families
“Your library at the beach!”
Verdun Library and Nuns' Island Library
Activity type(s): collaborative design workshops + highlighting of collections + exhibition + film screening + furniture design + layout
Designer: Judith Portier (event design)
Timeline: September 2016 to March 2017 – holding of activities
(non-project: installation and launch of the beachfront library, June–July 2017)
Target audience: children, teens, adults and seniors