Claude Cormier - Architectes paysagistes
Landscape architects
SQUARE DORCHESTER
PLACE DU CANADA
Montréal (Québec), Canada

SQUARE DORCHESTER
PLACE DU CANADA

Montréal (Québec), Canada

Project
 Client
City of Montréal		 Year
2008-2010		 Status
Built

Dorchester Square was Canada’s wealthiest neighborhood at the end of the nineteenth century; its monuments and surrounding edifices are emblematic of the history and fabric of Montréal. Built between 1876 and 1880 upon a desacralized cemetery where 50,000 human remains are still buried, the square is significant in terms of archeology, architecture, and landscape history.

Commemoration of site history is foregrounded in the project. A subtle ground pattern of cross prints in staggered rows recalls the cemetery below. The proposal aims to restore the original Victorian public square, enhance links to urban generators of social activity, and remove incompatible uses to this classic oasis of grandeur in one of the city’s most venerable districts.

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Partnership
Consortium Cardinal Hardy / Claude Cormier + Associés inc. (Consortium CHA et CC+A)
















Credits

1. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, June 2010
2. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, June 2010 
3. Photo, GRANICOR, June 2010
4. Photo, GRANICOR, June 2010
5. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, June  2010
6. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, June 2010 
7. Photo, GRANICOR, June 2010
8. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, July 2010
9. Photo, Denis Tremblay, Ville de Montréal, July 2010
10. Photo, http:/urbanneighbourhood.com/?p=5467
11. Photo, Denis Tremblay, Ville de Montréal, November, 2009
12. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, March 2009
13. Plan, Consortium CHA et CC+A, 2010
14. Square Dominion, 1907, Détail de l'atlas Pinsonneault, Archives nationales du Canada, Ottawa, NMC-16305
15. Square Dominion 1959, Archives nationales du Québec à Québec, p 547,P1508, 1959
16. Aerial photo
17. Perspective, Consortium CHA et CC+A, October 2009
18. Perspective, Consortium CHA et CC+A, October 2009
19. NA
20. Perspective, Consortium CHA et CC+A, October 2009
21. NA
22. Perspective, Consortium CHA et CC+A, October 2009
23. Cimetery, Consortium CHA et CC+A, 2010
24. Cross pattern, Consortium CHA et CC+A, 2010
25. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, may 2010
26. Photo, Consortium CHA et CC+A, may 2010