Milton Park as Found
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WINNER OF A 2020 CANADIAN ARCHITECT STUDENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“This project shows a very good understanding of the urban context and existing materiality. It didn’t try to achieve a very spectacular architecture—but that is the essence of Milton Park. While sometimes students want to do a big gesture, this student was confident enough to produce a calm approach.” – Stephan Chevalier, juror
An addition to a Montreal ballet school weaves quietly into its neighbourhood fabric, taking cues from the area’s eclectic mix of typologies.
Montreal’s Milton Park neighbourhood, east of McGill University’s main campus, has a coherent but messy built fabric that is part of its charm. Shaped by divergent social, morphological and demographic changes, its buildings range from Victorian townhouses to modernist high-rises.