Insectarium
Montreal, 2022Built Work by Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects
The Insectarium is an experience. It is not about decor but about real experiences: tactility, smell and the bioclimatic effects of the building materials used on the one hand, the different rooms with their specific characters on the other. The Insectarium is an encounter. Through a precise sequence of different rooms, humans are introduced to insects. The Insectarium is a journey. Its layout develops from a series of stations. In the series of this sequence of experiential spaces, the visit becomes imprinted in the visitor's memory: the Insectarium as a mnemonic body.
Collaboration for the competition winning proposal at Kuehn Malvezzi in 2014.
awards: Canadian Architect Award 2018, OAQ Grand Award of Excellence in Architecture 2023
museology: Kuehn Malvezzi
landscape architects: Atelier Le Balto
electromechanical engineers: Dupras Ledoux
structural engineers: NCK
client: Espace pour la Vie
photos: James Brittain
text: Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay
Insectarium
Montreal, 2022Built Work by Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects
The Insectarium is an experience. It is not about decor but about real experiences: tactility, smell and the bioclimatic effects of the building materials used on the one hand, the different rooms with their specific characters on the other. The Insectarium is an encounter. Through a precise sequence of different rooms, humans are introduced to insects. The Insectarium is a journey. Its layout develops from a series of stations. In the series of this sequence of experiential spaces, the visit becomes imprinted in the visitor's memory: the Insectarium as a mnemonic body.
Collaboration for the competition winning proposal at Kuehn Malvezzi in 2014.
awards: Canadian Architect Award 2018, OAQ Grand Award of Excellence in Architecture 2023
museology: Kuehn Malvezzi
landscape architects: Atelier Le Balto
electromechanical engineers: Dupras Ledoux
structural engineers: NCK
client: Espace pour la Vie
photos: James Brittain
text: Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay
