Atelier TAG in consortium with Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes wins Salle de spectacle de Saint-J茅r么me competition
Atelier TAG in consortium with Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes has won the Salle de spectacle de Saint-J茅r么me competition.聽 Manon Asselin (B.Arch. 1992, M.Arch. 2001) is co-founder, with her partner Katsuhiro Yamazaki (B.Arch. 1996), of . They were Gerald Sheff Visiting Professors in Architecture at the School during the Fall 2012 term. Construction of the project will begin in the spring of 2015, with an opening date forecast of September 2016.聽 The facility will have 875 seats and will be built near Place de la Gare on land given by the Ville de Saint-J茅r么me.
Manon Asselin commented on the project聽: "Le projet de la salle de spectacle de Saint J茅r么me est d鈥檃bord pour nous une opportunit茅 de cr茅er, 脿 travers l鈥檃rchitecture, 聽une exp茅rience significative et magique pour la communaut茅, celle d鈥檃ller au th茅芒tre.聽En cr茅ant un projet iconique, nous esp茅rons聽que cet 茅quipement culturel d鈥檈nvergure deviendra un moteur 茅conomique important pour la r茅gion,聽porteur du rayonnement grandissant en art de la sc猫ne de son diffuseur et de la fili猫re bois de son territoire 脿 travers l鈥檜tilisation po茅tique d鈥檜n mat茅riau identitaire important au Qu茅bec."
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