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The Port of Montréal Tower offers exceptional views of Montréal, the Saint Lawrence, and Mount Royal. Like a lighthouse, the Tower acts as a beacon attracting tourists, guiding them, and bringing them to unprecedented heights above the waterway. A cantilevered volume housing an observatory in the sky constitutes the culminating point of the experience. A new perspective for discovering the city is unveiled. The Tower therefore becomes a new urban landmark for visitors and passersby alike. Whether they discover it for the first time by boat on the water or along a pedestrian pathway in Old Montréal, the Tower not only signals the presence of a cruise terminal but also of a vast public place.
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It is the Tower’s duty to pay homage to the site, as keeper of the traces of a rich industrial past. This duty is manifest in the rigorous concrete and steel structure, and compact pragmatic volumetry of the Tower. Stemming from a perfect square, the nucleus echoes the geometry of the neighbouring historic Old Port tower constructed at the end of the 1950s for the transfer of grain from ships to silos, located at the tip of the Quai des Convoyeurs. The Tower is cohesive with the other port structures, while cultivating its uniqueness. A symbol of the city, it overlooks the Promenade d’Iberville. Implanted on the rooftop-garden of the rehabilitated cruise terminal, it asserts itself as a main character of present-day Montréal. The Tower is the new guardian of memories of the site.
The Port of Montréal Tower won the Excellence Award in Architecture of Ordre des Architectes du Québec in 2024.
The design minimizes the building’s footprint, freeing up space at the end of the pier for a new park entitled Commencement Square. The projecting volume mainly functions as a large multipurpose space with a 300-person capacity, including all the necessary equipment (sanitary, food services, scenography, and acoustics). The highly flexible spaces can accommodate a diversity of activities, including exhibitions, gala evenings, and theatrical performances.
In addition to overseeing Montréal history, the Tower becomes a new destination, an attractive place inviting visitors to stroll. On the 13th floor, the cantilevered observatory offers 360-degree views of the city and Saint Lawrence. With a multipurpose vocation, this space in the sky is accessible to the public and rented out for events. A wooden helicoidal staircase visible from the exterior extends from the observatory towards the sky, inviting visitors to climb higher. As a sculptural object shining through the façade, its form is reminiscent of the typical Montréal spiral stairways, found in front of buildings in many of the city’s neighbourhoods. Its golden colour evokes wheat, the most common local grain characterizing the Old Port’s exportation boom. At the top, the experience is prolonged by a glass cage seemingly plunging visitors 55 metres above the Grand Quai. A vertiginous experience guaranteed!
"The Port of Montréal Tower stands as a beacon in the city, soon to become indispensable for Montréalers and tourists alike. Its incredible architecture, the attentiveness to detail, and the in-depth comprehension of our needs and services have come together in the form of an observatory offering the best views of the city and river, in addition to a magnificent event rental space. We are proud of the realization of the Tower and its legacy for future generations." Philippe Bertout, Director
Dedicated to sustainable development and urban renewal since 1983, we create living environments that respect people and the built environment through architecture that is inclusive, meaningful and sustainable, so that the human experience always comes first. Our approach draws its inspiration from the physical, cultural, geographical, identity, historical and economic constraints, as well as the tangible and intangible heritage, that inhabit each of our intervention sites. We analyse this heritage by studying how it has evolved over time and by identifying its implicit and explicit potential. This enables us to transform each site into a space that serves collective well-being. Our approach contributes to a broader understanding of the issues relating to the development of the site, its urban context, the architectural design of the new building and its functional and physical coexistence with its environment.
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