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Architects: Atelier Big City, FSA Architecture Inc, L’OEUF Architects
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Steve Monpetit, Ulysse Lemerise B, Benoit Faure, Alain Laforest
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Manufacturers: Bradley Corporation USA, Solarlux, Altex, Appiani, Armstrong Ceilings, Belden, FRANSYL, MULTILEVER, NEOS GLOBAL TARDIF, NanaWall, Nordic Structures, OMNITEC
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Acoustical: Sonar consultants, Michel Leduc
Text description provided by the architects. The CCNDG is the last project on the Benny Farm, a redeveloped WW2 veterans housing complex in the NDG borough. CCNDG is the last piece placed in a decades-long story of social activism, memory and collaborative design process that consistently rejected expediency for an expanding and inclusive idea of community. The project was the winning scheme for an architectural competition held in 2010. The community required a 21st century ‘third space’ library, one that was more socially and digitally accessible and engaged.
