The new architectural lighting of the Musée d’art contemporain de
Montréal is part of the overall
Lighting Plan of the Quartier des spectacles.
Lightemotion chose to establish a dialogue between
the bottom and top of the building by using dynamic lighting that suggests
either movement or stasis. the
base of the MACM will be studded with lights that flood the facades of the
museum while in contrast, the copper volume that caps the building is bathed in
red amber. Besides the play of light that will establish a dialogue between the
architectural volumes of the building, the designers have added a temporal
element on the wall that faces the inner court. An illuminated pendulum will
appear in the form of a moving point of light before coming to rest every 15 minutes
and spreading over the entire surface of the wall. The lighting design respects
the architecture of the building, carefully concealing the light sources that,
for the sake of saving energy, are largely LED,. This design is part of the
Lighting Plan of the Quartier des spectacles, which aims to showcase Montreal’s
principal cultural venues.