A hub for creativity, technology, and research, open to the community
In the heart of Griffintown, where Montreal's urban fabric consists of narrow streets and close-knit buildings, the F pavilion of ÉTS emerges as a new strategic milestone. Far from disrupting the balance of the place, it transforms the constraints of its environment, the narrowness of William Street, and the proximity of the built heritage on Young Street into real project levers.
Continuing the architectural narrative begun by the Student House and Pavilion D, the building unfolds with crystalline volumes. Its materiality and emblematic screen-printing constitute a contemporary abstraction of the site's history, linking industrial memory with the promise of the present: innovation.
Dedicated to design and artificial intelligence, Pavilion F embodies the meeting of creativity, technology, and fundamental research. It brings together under one roof a bachelor's program in UX design (the first in Quebec) and the International Laboratory on Learning Systems (ILLS), which unites internationally renowned partners (CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, McGill, ÉTS, Mila).
Design Strategies: Open, Connect, Make Visible
The integration of the pavilion into the urban fabric prioritizes "breathing." By setting back from the heritage building located at 300-312 Young Street, the project creates a fluid public space leading to the main entrance. Inside, an atrium open over its entire height connects the gardens of William and Young streets. This connecting core composes a path that links the interior and exterior spaces, showcasing the three components of the work Analog Models by artist Alain Paiement. By inviting art into the architectural promenade, the atrium allows students and users to encounter, experience, and share it. This passage is complemented by widely glazed peripheral walkways, transparent workspaces, elevated terraces, and a café with its terrace on the Young garden.
Abundantly fenestrated, deeply anchored in its environment, composed of open, interconnected spaces, Pavilion F is much more than a mere research center: it consolidates the social and cultural fabric of the neighborhood through the intensity of its uses and participates in the urban vitality it supports. In fact, it is part of a broader vision of development, contributing to creating a strong and unifying urban campus, closely linked to the transformation of Griffintown.
Program
Classrooms, workshops and project premises, open learning areas and collaborative work rooms, computer and research laboratories, specialized spaces [e.g.: prototyping workshop], user research laboratory [eye-tracking, physiological measurements], immersive technology laboratory [virtual, augmented and mixed reality], green roof. [13,000 m² – 6 floors – LEED Gold]