Interior of Compulsion Games
  • Country Canada
  • City Montréal
  • Client Compulsion Games
  • Surface area 17,000 ft² on four floors
  • Year 2021

Prior to the architects' involvement, the former mint had been reduced to a bland, textureless white shell.

Provencher_Roy set out to fill the space with the most domestic and warm atmosphere possible, characterized by the addition of ornamental wallpaper, fake beams, brick facing, Persian rugs, and residential lighting.

The new offices are comprised of a secure work zone, a public space destined for visitors, many collaboration spaces, a large cafeteria, a gaming room, and a well-being space. In addition, there is a motion capturing space that can accommodate a small orchestra, recording studio, mixing studio, and 2 sound studios. The required technology therefore constitutes an integral part of the design. 

Featuring out of the ordinary interior design, the project also conveys complexity, through the choice of textures, colours, and materiality. For example, the cafeteria was imagined as a souk, adorned with an interior pergola and offering a comfortable lounge-type space atypical in the office world. 

No long strips of fluorescent lighting and no cold materials at Compulsion Games. Instead, fabric lamp shades and wooden treatment of the walls and ceiling create a soft ambiance for work and relaxation spaces. The integration of alcoves invites employees to isolate themselves for a few minutes, while taking in remarkable views of the Westmount Square residential and office complex. Plants are omnipresent, gently climbing metallic trellises hung on the walls. 

Particular attention was placed on spatial acoustics, including covering the high ceiling with soundproofing foam and installing carpets of many colours to reduce noise. Make no mistake, the new studio devised by Provencher_Roy for Compulsion Games offers the ideal conditions for the emergence of a universe continually yielding unique games that are endlessly complex and audacious. 

Interior Design

Provencher_Roy

Electromechanical

BPA

Lighting

LumiGroup

Furniture

Burovision / cime

Photography

Claude-Simon Langlois

Additional Collaborators

dk-di