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Press Kit | no. 759-04

Fournitures Sélect

Montreal, Canada

Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement

Commercial Architecture, Commercial Interior Design, Office, Shop + Retail

Montreal, Canada, 2012-11-26 - Situated in an industrial sector near Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport and intersecting highways, this commercial building stands out for its efficient architecture, simple forms, and colourful envelope. Fournitures Sélect specializes in the sale, rental, and maintenance of equipment used in post-damage restoration; it also provides training on this equipment. The building includes a showroom, customer service counters, a classroom, offices, a repair workshop, and a warehouse.

The exterior cladding panels of the project form an immense blue-tinted mosaic, bestowing the status of mega-object on the building and making the company noticeable in the midst of a grey-toned environment.

The showroom is visible from the road thanks to a double-height glass wall. With the exception of the reception counter, which is in the company colours (echoing the exterior envelope), most of the interior spaces are low-key: white walls and ceilings, polished-concrete floor, a strategy that highlights the business’s colourful industrial equipment. The layout of the interior was designed so that customers could quickly “read” the spaces, at the same time separating public areas from those for employees. Circulation is thus clear and efficient.

Data sheet
Project: Fournitures Select
Location: 1965, 55e avenue, Dorval
Architects/designers: Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement
Partner in charge: Alexandre Blouin
Design team: Isabelle Beauchamp (Project Architect), Jonathan Trottier
Mechanical Engineer: L.L.E.C. Inc.
Electrical Engineer: ScotMa-Tech Inc.
Civil Engineer: TEKNIKA-HBA
Contractor: A.O.S. Construction Inc.
Lighting Design: Novus
Area: 13 400 pi2
Cost: 1,8 M$
Completion date: 2010

Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement
Established in 2004, the firm excels in the design of sustainable buildings developed around the principles of Durability, Performance and Aesthetics. The workshop relies on a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineer, sustainable design specialist and LEED Project Manager. All projects are undertaken using the integrated design method. The result is the best integrated solution coming out of integrated design sessions involving the professionals from every field of practice.

We are a Canadian Leader in LEED certified buildings and LEED project management and we have worked with some of the biggest corporations in Canada such as First Capital Asset Management, Sobeys, Cascades, Rona, Smart Centres, etc.

The quality of the firm’s work has been recognized numerous times by diverse nominations and prizes from the Québec Order of Architects, ASHRAE, Design-Build Institute and Grands Prix de Design.

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www.btae.ca/

Media contact

Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement
Alexandre Blouin, Associated architect
ablouin@btae.ca
(514) 395-2260 #26

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