Vue aérienne du Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, horizontal view

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

  • Country Canada
  • City Québec City
  • Customer Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
  • Surface area 12,000 m²
  • Year 2016
  • Certification LEED NC Silver

The new Pierre Lassonde Pavilion imparts an architectural cohesiveness to the Musée and increases by 90% the exhibition space.

Linked to the existing museum complex by a 130.6 meters long passageway, the building aims to weave together the city, the park and the museum. 

In order to create a bond between the Battlefields Park and Québec city, to preserve the historic Saint-Dominique church, to create a persuasive presence on Grande Allée and to integrate harmoniously the new pavilion, the new galleries were stacked, creating a cascade ascending from the park towards the city.

A 20-meter cantilever announces the main entrance of the Lassonde Pavilion. Built using a hybrid steel truss system, it accommodates galleries completely uninterrupted by support columns.

A monumental spiral staircase 79 steps as well as an exterior staircase of 40 steps orchestrate breathtaking views of the park, the city and the museum.

Architecture

OMA / Provencher_Roy

Landscape Architecture

Fahey et associés

Electromechanical

BPA / EXP

Structure

AtkinsRéalis / BPR

Acoustics

Legault & Davidson

Lighting

Buro Happold

Contractor

EBC

Photography

Bruce Damonte / Stéphane Brügger

Distinctions

  • Prix édifices publics et institutionnels Mérites d’architecture de la Ville de Québec 2016
  • Prix spécial du jury Mérites d’architecture de la Ville de Québec 2016
  • Prix INOVA – Service public Institut de développement urbain du Québec 2016
  • Lauréat – Établissement culturel Grands Prix du Design 2016
  • Coup de coeur du jury – Construction en acier, Québec Institut canadien de la construction en acier 2016
  • Award of Merit Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence 2015