The Place des Gens de Mer, Cap-aux-Meules Architecture Images, Quebec building

The Place des Gens de Mer on the Magdalen Islands

Magdalen Islands Landscape Design Development, Quebec, Canada design by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

Design: Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

Location: Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada

The Place des Gens de Mer, Quebec

The Place des Gens de Mer on Magdalen Islands

7 Nov 2016

The Place des Gens de Mer

This public place is located at the heart of Cap-aux-Meules, a village in the Magdalen Islands, on the ruins of a fish processing plant that was destroyed in a fire. The purpose of this project is to grant a second life to this strategic site and create a gathering place for passersby. The Place des gens de mer is an initiative of the Municipality of Magdalen Islands aiming to pay tribute to workers at sea.

The Place des Gens de Mer Quebec

The Place des Gens de Mer Canada

The Place’s various features were set up on the former plant’s foundations. The layout of the features is reminiscent of the plant’s processing chains and long sorting tables. Despite its strategic location, at the centre of the port zone, the Place’s immediate surroundings are not very welcoming.

Landscape Design by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

Landscape Design Development Quebec by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

The idea was for the Place to be closed in on itself. An openwork wooden stockade surrounds the site to ensure some intimacy and guide passersby along a discovery path. The undulation represents a stormy sea. The Place features a service wing, a belvedere, a public market zone, a stage, and an agora. Protruding and oscillating wooden counters and benches represent the docks.

The Place des Gens de Mer

Canada design by Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

The Place des gens de mer is part of a larger project: Le parcours insulaire. This public place is the first in a series of 12 panoramic sites chosen for their photogenic character and their importance to the heritage of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

The Place des Gens de Mer

The other sites along the Parcours insulaire consist of signs, interpretation aids, and interactive terminals telling the site’s history. At this Place, a poem by a local artist takes you on the journey, while the other sites have a storyteller telling the stories of the site. Eastern cedar and marine plywood are used for their resistance in saline environments.

Magdalen Islands Landscape Design

The Place des Gens de Mer Magdalen Islands

The Place des Gens de Mer

The Place des Gens de Mer on the Magdalen Islands – Building Information

Architects: Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes
General Contractor: Constructions des Îles
Year of construction: 2014
Location: Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec

The Place des Gens de Mer

The Place des Gens de Mer

Photography: Adrien Williams

Magdalen Islands buildings images / information received 071116 from Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes

Location: Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada, North America

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