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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montréal, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2010 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorDaoust Lestage, Inc.en_US
dc.date2010en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-16T18:33:49Z
dc.date.available2014-12-16T18:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier251121en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2961en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/166754
dc.descriptionOutdoor seating area facing the Place des Festivals, Rue Jeanne-Mance; The Vitrines Habitées are two glass and aluminum structures set on an enlarged 10-meter sidewalk along the Musée d’art contemporain next to the Place des Festivals, with its interactive fountain. A streetside terrace area faces the fountain and allows outside dining when weather permits. All services and technical spaces are located below grade level. Each restaurant has a seating capacity of 60 with an additional 60 places available on the terrace. The Vitrines Habitées are designed as a response and a solution to the introverted, blank facade of the Musée d’art contemporain. The aluminum extrusions are punctuated by bands of glass wrapping the walls and roof. The strategy of opacity and transparency projects the users into the outdoors and allows pedestrians views into and through the restaurants. The west façades, responding to the presence of the public space, have large sliding walls that open up the visual interaction. By night, the Vitrines become a part of the spectacle on the Place. Source: Canadian Architect [online edition]; http://www.canadianarchitect.com/ (accessed 5/9/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; aluminum; glazed tileen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleVitrines habitéesen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-DLES-VH-A02en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeoutdoor caféen_US
vra.worktyperestauranten_US
dc.contributor.displayDaoust Lestage, Inc. (Canadian architectural firm, active ca. 1990)en_US


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