Provencher Roy Explained

Provencher_Roy
Industry:Architecture
Hq Location Country:Canada
Hq Location City:Montreal
Founded:1983
Website:https://provencherroy.ca/

Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes Inc. or Provencher_Roy[1] is a Canadian architectural firm founded in Montreal in 1983,[2] by architects Claude Provencher (1949-2022) and Michel Roy.[3] [4]

History

Claude Provencher and Michel Roy met in 1974 while working at Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc, a Montréal-based architecture firm. They founded their own practice in 1983: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes.[5] Line Belhumeur and Alain Compéra were appointed as partners in the firm as work began on the Montréal World Trade Center in 1992: a revitalization project that would both breathe new life into the city’s historic centre and establish the firm’s reputation.[6] In 2005, Provencher_Roy acquired Beauchamp Bourbeau, a firm specializing in sustainable development. Claude Bourbeau, the firm’s principal, joined Provencher_Roy as an additional partner.[7] In the same year, Provencher_Roy also bought a 50% stake in the interior design company Moureaux Hauspy et Associés Designers.[8] The practice has continued its gradual growth since then, becoming a provider of multidisciplinary but complementary architectural services, including interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, industrial design and sustainable development.[9]

As of March 2022, the firm has appointed a total of thirty-three partners and become a predominately women-led design group.[10]  

Claude Provencher passed away in 2022.[11] [12] [13]

Design approach

Provencher_Roy works through a transdisciplinary strategy that links architecture, urban design and town planning, interior design and landscape design.[14] According to the firm, its site-specific approach involves the exploration and analysis of a project’s context: specifically, the physical, cultural, geographical, historical and economic constraints of a site.[15]

Since its acquisition of Beauchamp Bourbeau, Provencher_Roy has increasingly focused on designing according to radical reuse: leveraging advances in 3D modeling, cloud-point scanning and sustainable environmental technologies to repurpose existing structures. The ethos of structural adaptation has informed the redevelopment of a Canadian Pacific Railway industrial complex in Montréal into a mixed-use, environmentally sustainable district;[16] an under-used port in Québec into a public coastal park and cruise terminal fueled by shore power;[17] the concrete Tour de Montréal into a glazed office building for the Desjardins Group;[18] and the underground expansion and renovation of the Québec National Assembly to modernize its energy infrastructure and improve its accessibility while preserving its aesthetic and material heritage.[19]

Much like their recent transformation of downtown Montréal into a pedestrian-friendly “cohesive urban landscape”,[20] each project has used the brief of redevelopment as an opportunity to stitch spatially disparate neighborhoods together, attract pedestrian circulation and increase the amount of on-site vegetation. This is further evidenced by a whitepaper released following their participation in an initiative to redevelop the Bridge-Bonaventure and Pointe-du-Moulin sector of Montréal into a sustainable residential neighborhood.[21]

Selected work

Exhibitions

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Accueil. Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  2. Web site: Canada . Public Services and Procurement . 2021-06-29 . Centre Block Rehabilitation: Restoring a Canadian icon: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Independent Design Review Panel . 2022-10-27 . www.canada.ca.
  3. Web site: Quebec-based architect, Claude Provencher, passes away at 72. May 17, 2022. Construction Canada.
  4. Web site: Provencher_Roy. February 8, 2010. Architizer.
  5. Web site: Studio. Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  6. Web site: 2015-05-01 . RAIC Awards - Architectural Firm: Provencher_Roy . 2022-10-25 . Canadian Architect . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2010-11-30 . 2010 Awards of Excellence Winners . 2022-10-25 . Canadian Architect . en-US.
  8. Web site: Bourahla . Sonia . Smoked Meat - Alain Moureaux . 2022-10-25 . INT Design . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2022-05-17 . Claude Provencher: Dreamer and Ground-breaker . 2022-10-25 . Canadian Architect . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2022-03-09 . Provencher_Roy appoints 11 new partners . 2022-10-25 . Canadian Architect . en-US.
  11. Web site: Montreal architect Claude Provencher dies at 72. montrealgazette.
  12. Web site: Claude Provencher: Dreamer and Ground-breaker. May 17, 2022.
  13. Web site: Montreal architect Claude Provencher dies at 72. May 8, 2022. Montreal.
  14. Web site: Provencher_Roy Announces New Leadership Team - D5MAG. June 17, 2021.
  15. Web site: Approach. Provencher_Roy | Architecture - Design - Urbanisme - Paysage.
  16. Web site: A brand-new neighbourhood in the heart of Montreal . 2022-10-25 . Cité Angus . en-US.
  17. Web site: Port of Montreal Tower . 2022-10-25 . www.port-montreal.com.
  18. Web site: 2020-02-18 . Montreal's iconic Olympic Tower reborn as office complex . 2022-10-25 . The Architect’s Newspaper . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2020-03-06 . Provencher Roy spirals ramp underneath Quebec parliament building . 2022-10-25 . Dezeen . en.
  20. Web site: Provencher_Roy completes transformation of historic downtown Montreal district into pedestrian mall . 2022-10-25 . Archinect . en.
  21. Web site: Vision Bridge-Bonaventure . 2022-10-25 . www.visionbridgebonaventure.com.
  22. Web site: Airport renovation incorporates Canadian granite Stone World . 2022-10-27 . www.stoneworld.com . en.
  23. Web site: Inauguration of hotel and office complex at Montréal-Trudeau Airport . 2022-10-27 . www.newswire.ca . en.
  24. Web site: Montreal Impact Unveil Plans For Saputo Stadium Expansion . 2022-10-27 . www.sportsbusinessjournal.com . 10 March 2011 . en.
  25. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/claire-and-marc-bourgie-pavilion-of-quebec-and-canadian-art
  26. Web site: Provencher Roy Renovates Roger Taillibert's Montreal Olympic Tower . February 3, 2020 . Architectural Record . October 27, 2022 . www.architecturalrecord.com . en.
  27. Web site: Tour de Montréal. May 4, 2022. Architizer.
  28. Web site: Provencher Roy creates bright and airy offices in Montreal Olympic Stadium tower. March 14, 2020. Dezeen.
  29. Web site: Provencher Roy Renovates Roger Taillibert's Montreal Olympic Tower | 2020-02-03 | Architectural Record. www.architecturalrecord.com.
  30. Web site: June 23, 2016 . Pierre Lassonde Pavilion doubles the size of Quebec museum . October 27, 2022 . Dezeen . en.
  31. Web site: June 28, 2019 . New Samuel De Champlain Bridge built for performance, not style, says architect . CBC.ca.
  32. Web site: 2022-04-19 . Îlot Balmoral by Provencher_Roy . 2022-10-27 . Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Green design & innovation for a better world . en-FR.
  33. Web site: Îlot Balmoral. July 1, 2021. Architizer.
  34. Web site: 2020-03-06 . Provencher Roy spirals ramp underneath Quebec parliament building . 2022-10-27 . Dezeen . en.
  35. Web site: January 22, 2019 . Phillips Square and surrounding streets to get $50M makeover . CBC.ca/news/.
  36. Web site: Les formes d'ondes | Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal. Centre expo UdeM.
  37. Web site: VERNISSAGE - Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes - "L'architecture impliquée". October 19, 2012. Kollectif.
  38. Web site: Montréal jamais construit. Caroline. Montpetit. October 22, 2015. Le Devoir.
  39. Web site: Dessins à dessein.
  40. Web site: 1:26 In Study Model Wonderland from Halifax to Vancouver - ON TOUR.
  41. Web site: Architectural Firm Award — Past Recipients . 2022-06-01 . Royal Architectural Institute of Canada . en.
  42. Web site: Provencher_Roy Wins RAIC's 2015 Architectural Firm Award. February 19, 2015. ArchDaily.
  43. Web site: National Urban Design Awards — Past Recipients . 2022-10-25 . Royal Architectural Institute of Canada . en.
  44. Web site: Tower of Montreal . 2022-10-25 . www.buildingtransformations.org.
  45. Web site: Governor General's Medals in Architecture — This Year's Recipients . 2022-10-25 . Royal Architectural Institute of Canada . en.

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