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Camp Mercier
Camp Mercier
Laurentides, QC, Canada
Finalist, 2025 A+Awards, Sports & Recreation - Gyms and Recreation Centers
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Other Projects by Anne Carrier Architectes
Camp Mercier
Laurentides, QC, Canada
Finalist, 2025 A+Awards, Sports & Recreation - Gyms and Recreation Centers
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
Gateway to the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, Camp Mercier has long been a vibrant gathering place throughout the seasons and is recognized as one of the most important cross-country skiing centers in Québec. This role served as the foundation for revitalizing and redeveloping the site, which now hosts a new welcome pavilion, designed with a landscape-driven and eco-responsible approach.
The design aligns with the client’s original vision: a wooden structure that is functional, understated, easily accessible for users, economical, and durable, with outdoor living areas protected from prevailing winds. Combining modernity and tradition, the approach reflects a Québec architectural culture that harmonizes with nature, is attuned to seasonal transformations, and draws inspiration from attributes passed down by our ancestors.
Strategically placed large openings onto the landscape and living areas encourage synergy between indoor and outdoor activities. To maximize sunlight exposure and mitigate road noise, the building features two expansive, low-pitched, angular roofs on a single level. Paired with a wooden structure and dark spruce siding, these elements recall the spirit of historic forest camps. The landscape design, flowing seamlessly from the pavilion, incorporates vegetated berms that create a small summer amphitheater and relaxation areas, and transform into sliding hills, children’s play zones, and outdoor fire areas in winter.
The integration of the pavilion into the mountainous Laurentian landscape, along with the efficient organization of living and service spaces—arranged into three wings around a central core—optimizes circulation, operations, and visitor experience year-round. Through the simplicity and distinctiveness of its architectural language, the new multidisciplinary pavilion at Camp Mercier embodies a sustainable and site-specific vision for this legendary destination.
The design aligns with the client’s original vision: a wooden structure that is functional, understated, easily accessible for users, economical, and durable, with outdoor living areas protected from prevailing winds. Combining modernity and tradition, the approach reflects a Québec architectural culture that harmonizes with nature, is attuned to seasonal transformations, and draws inspiration from attributes passed down by our ancestors.
Strategically placed large openings onto the landscape and living areas encourage synergy between indoor and outdoor activities. To maximize sunlight exposure and mitigate road noise, the building features two expansive, low-pitched, angular roofs on a single level. Paired with a wooden structure and dark spruce siding, these elements recall the spirit of historic forest camps. The landscape design, flowing seamlessly from the pavilion, incorporates vegetated berms that create a small summer amphitheater and relaxation areas, and transform into sliding hills, children’s play zones, and outdoor fire areas in winter.
The integration of the pavilion into the mountainous Laurentian landscape, along with the efficient organization of living and service spaces—arranged into three wings around a central core—optimizes circulation, operations, and visitor experience year-round. Through the simplicity and distinctiveness of its architectural language, the new multidisciplinary pavilion at Camp Mercier embodies a sustainable and site-specific vision for this legendary destination.
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