New Holocaust Museum sketch
A rendering for the Holocaust Museum’s new location on the Main shows a pleasing building that shouldn’t be too huge for the street. It will be built on the parking lot just south of the Balfour building, but it looks like a couple of smaller buildings may also have to go to make room for it.
DeWolf 19:01 on 2022-09-13 Permalink
You can see some of the other finalists in the design competition here:
https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/musee-de-l-holocauste-de-montreal-3-etages/2496/49?u=kilgoretrout
Personally, I think they chose the right one. It’s sober but inviting, and it blends into the existing streetscape while still being distinctive.
Hopefully that particular stretch of St-Laurent will benefit from the daytime traffic generated by the museum, because at the moment it’s a kind of vampire block, alive at night but dead during the day.
Kate 11:34 on 2022-09-14 Permalink
Yes, I agree. They picked the most suitable of those designs.
I wonder what they plan to do about parking (if any) and what the back side will do for St‑Dominique. Museums usually need to have a big loading door for exhibits, although this kind of museum may not need anything too big in that sense.
DeWolf 11:46 on 2022-09-14 Permalink
That’s a good point. I don’t think there will be any parking in the building but surely there will need to be a big loading dock.