b'FEATUREonlystructure.ThiswastheinspirationforPROJECT TEAMthe idea of a hybrid steel/concrete structure. Designingandassemblingitsconnections required immense precision and meticulousOWNER: COGIRDEVELOPER: COGIR/DEV MCGILLCONTRACTOR: EBCARCHITECT: LEMAYattention to detail. FABRICATOR: QUIRION MTALCONSULTING ENGINEERS: ELEMA EXPERTS-CONSEILS + GROUPE ThesteelstructurehadtobeerectedSMI (FNX-INNOV) IN CONSORTIUMmore than 20 metres above ground between twomulti-storeyconcretetowerswithinthe complex, is comprised of residential units,visual access to the urban landscape. The 9 x anextraordinarilytightperimeterinthea small portion of the hotel and commercial110-metre blade of the complex overlooks the downtown core. The three-storey, 27-metre- space. Together with the adjacent volumes,street corner, creating a captivating element for long transfer frame, which bears the load ofit creates an urban room at street level thatthe square.nine storeys of concrete (including one of theframes the public space and creates a strongWhen considered as a whole, the building two exterior pools on its roof-terrace), had todialogue between the site, the public squareprovidesanintriguingimageoftwonarrow be erected using tower cranes only, withoutandBleuryStreet.Attheneighbourhoodbladessplittingapart.Thetruncatedshape anyscaffolding.Coordinatingthecranes,level, a second room is created, where theof the taller blade pays tribute to New Yorks transportationandliftingplanspresentedhotel and the residential tower intersect. AtFlatiron Building. The second blade touches the several challenges that had to be overcome tothe metropolitan level, a third room echoesground though appearing detached from the ensure the projects success. Montralsdistinctiveskylinewithitsmanymonolithic portion of the building. This effect Toestablishthefoundationforthissteelskyscrapers and Mount Royal. amplifies the visual experience for pedestrians transferstructure,alateralload-resistingThe three levels are superimposed, while aas they observe the building from Place Jean-system had to be designed for the seamlesspath through the building is cleared at groundPaul-Riopelle.Thebladesarearchitectural structure, which was supported by two separatelevel to assure the complexs openness andbeacons designed to connect the project on podiums. The transfer frame was designed as acreatefluiditybetweenpublicandprivatethreeplanes.Separatefromtheportionsit free-standing structure during construction tospaces.Designedasacontinuationoftheconceals,eachbladehasaspecifictectonic avoid the need for temporary supports. Thisadjacentpublicspace,theheartofthequalitythatcallsuponthearchitectural was just one of many innovative solutions thatcomplex is devised to be accessible, with alanguage of the three distinct levels of the the Humaniti project has inspired. ground floor full of windows to the outside.urban environment.ThebuildingseemstofloatalongBleuryThehiveconceptwasincorporatedto A MULTIPURPOSE SITE Streetasitopensontotheinnersquare,address the idea of a vertical community. The The arrow, the tallest and most slender part offorging physical connections and allowing forprefabricated balconies break with the scale of 1. La Joute is a sculptural installation by Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) composed of 30 bronze elements representing some of the animal and mythical figures that marked the artists childhood and captured his imagination. The artwork features a circle of fire that rises in a fabulous exchange of mist and light at night.28|WINTER 2020 ADVANTAGE STEEL'