Project Contributors
Identifying needs
First and foremost, the design and construction of a world-class, top-quality acoustic concert hall needs impeccable expertise. The Government of Québec has had the opportunity to benefit from the advice of acoustics specialist Russell Johnson, founder of Artec Inc., to establish the highest quality standards for the new hall.
Implementing the project
Recognized worldwide for its top-notch acoustics expertise, the Artec consulting firm is working jointly with Groupe immobilier Ovation to create the optimal acoustic conditions of the future concert hall. Serving as main acoustics and stage designer, the consulting firm is developing the operating system of the hall.
Acoustics Consultant
Since the firm was founded in 1970, Artec has left its signature of quality on several theatres, concert halls and renovated historical buildings, including the Culture and Convention Centre in Lucerne (Switzerland), the Dijon Auditorium (France), the Birmingham Symphony Hall (Great Britain), the National Philharmonic Hall of Budapest (Hungary), the Dallas Symphony Hall (United States), the renovated Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto (Ontario) and Salle Pleyel in Paris (France), the Winspear Centre in Edmonton (Alberta) and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver.
In Québec, the Françoys-Bernier concert hall of the Domaine Forget is also the work of Artec.
Selected Consortium: Groupe immobilier Ovation
Groupe immobilier Ovation is formed by several businesses, including SNC-Lavalin at the head of the consortium, Ædifica and Diamond and Schmitt Architects.
SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in the provision of operations and maintenance services. SNC-Lavalin has offices across Canada and in more than 35 other countries around the world, and is currently working on projects in some 100 countries. Its head office is located in Montréal. Because of its number of employees, the group ranks among the ten largest firms of its kind in the world. SNC-Lavalin provides civil engineering expertise needed to design and manage various projects.
A company based out of Montréal, Ædifica offers expertise in architecture, design, sustainable development, interior design and engineering. Ædifica is a team of more than a 100 professionals. Active on the North American market for close to 30 years, the company benefits from vast experience in large-scale project management and delivery, top-notch expertise in institutional architecture and extensive knowledge of real estate development. A reference in the field of sustainable development, Ædifica continually improves its methods and fine tunes its tools in line with the commitment it has made to serve even better a clientele increasingly aware of the financial and eco-efficient benefits of ecological guidance. The Locoshop Angus (recipient of the RAIC Award of Excellence for Innovation in Architecture) and the restoration of the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (Governor General’s Medal in Architecture awarded to the Ædifica and Lapointe Magne consortium) are among its many achievements.
Based out of Toronto, Diamond and Schmitt Architects manages projects around the globe. Through unfailing attention to its clients’ needs and care in the innovative, sustainable architectural solutions it provides, the company has secured an international reputation for the excellence of its designs. Aside from 150 national and international distinctions, Diamond and Schmitt Architects received six Governor General’s Awards for Architecture. The Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry building in Jerusalem (2004), the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto (2007) and the Sydney Harman Hall, seat of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C. (2008) have been ranked by Business Week / Architectural Record as three of the ten best projects in the Good Design is Good Business international category. In 2008, Diamond and Schmitt won the international competition for the design of the Boettcher Concert Hall as part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, seat of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Diamond and Schmitt is at the vanguard of ethical environmental design and committed to reducing the energy.
