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Architects: Atelier Paul Laurendeau
- Area: 12500 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Adrien Williams, Marc Gibert
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Manufacturers: AkzoNobel, Ascenseurs Lumar, Benjamin Moore, Canam, Coffrages Mégaforme, Groupe ADF, JR Clancy, KLH, Mondo, Revêtements de La Capitale, Show Canada, Soprema, Soudex
Text description provided by the architects. The project is the result of an open and anonymous architectural competition to design a new 10,000 seat outdoor summer amphitheater for the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The competition challenged architects to propose a landmark design of an international scope, comparable to the Sydney Opera House fronting the water. After the closing of the Tripap paper mill in 2000 located on a site between the historic downtown and the waterfront, the City of Trois-Rivières cleared the abandoned industrial site to make way for a new urban redevelopment project called Trois-Rivières-sur-le-Saint-Laurent. The site, at the junction of the Saint-Lawrence and Saint-Maurice Rivers, was to give the population regained access to the waterfront. The quality of the location, in connection with the Harborfront Park, the downtown streets, the Saint-Lawrence River and Saint-Quentin Island, called for a grand gesture.
