Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
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After visiting the installations on September 11, 2024, residents began imagining new, personal uses for these iconic buildings—rekindling their attachment to this unique local heritage. Geneviève envisioned transforming her smokehouse into a chicken coop for her ten hens. Louise proposed repurposing one as a drying shed for Mijanou’s garlic harvests. Lyne suggested using a structure for storage—adding a practical dimension to this collective reimagining.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
Atelier Pierre Thibault
Though ephemeral by design, the project on Île Verte has left lasting and meaningful traces. Some of the installations remain standing, having been spontaneously adopted by the community, while others were dismantled—prompting reflection on their potential future. In a creative gesture to sustain public engagement, the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs recently raffled off two of the structures to residents, free of charge. For the mayor, this initiative offers an original way to extend the dialogue around built heritage.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
Atelier Pierre Thibault
The Atelier Pierre Thibault will return to the island this summer to continue this conversation, following the many concrete ideas proposed by residents—particularly those centered on food autonomy, a pressing issue in isolated environments. More broadly, the project has sparked renewed appreciation for a threatened vernacular heritage, while encouraging the intergenerational transmission of knowledge linked to the boucaneries.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
Atelier Pierre Thibault
For the Atelier Pierre Thibault team, this collective experience reinforced their cohesion, nurtured their initiative, and deepened their commitment to an architecture grounded in lived experience and local realities. Above all, the project affirmed architecture’s role as a tool for social and cultural mediation—capable of opening spaces for encounter, remembrance, and imagination for the future.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
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Architectural detail of the Île Verte Lighthouse. The Île Verte Lighthouse was the very first to be built along the St. Lawrence River. Constructed between 1806 and 1809, it housed several lighthouse keepers until 1972. It has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada since 1974, and since 2021, both the Lighthouse and the Lighthouse Station have been classified as heritage properties by Quebec’s Ministry of Culture and Communications. Today, it remains a prime destination for visitors from Quebec and beyond.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
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Architect Pierre Thibault at the Arsenale in Venice for the inauguration of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti.
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Collective Intelligence at the Heart of Adaptation at the Venice Architecture Biennale: Atelier Pierre Thibault and Residents of Île Verte Reinvent the Boucaneries
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Architect Pierre Thibault, accompanied by Atelier Pierre Thibault team members Étienne Bourgeois and Alexis Boivin, at the Corderie dell’Arsenale during the opening of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti.
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Announcing: The Finalists of the 2025 AZ Awards
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Finalists – A+ Student AwardEduard Matarredona Gómez (ETSALS – Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle – Universitat Ramón Llull – Barcelona): Land Reclamation – Return to El Prat’s OriginsMo Bayati and Zhiyuan Zhu (University of Toronto): Bahar NarenjMu Qu Jennifer Liu (Carleton University), Natalie Cole Bajet (University of Manitoba) and Nikki Elim Ng (University of Manitoba): tempo-
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Announcing: The Finalists of the 2025 AZ Awards
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Finalists – Architecture – Adaptive ReuseAtelier Global Limited: Dialogue with Nature — Commune STORE, Houyuan Village, ChinaSkylab Architecture: Skylab HQ, Portland, OR, U.S.Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: The Yard | Dalian Cultural Center, Dalian, China
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Announcing: The Finalists of the 2025 AZ Awards
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Finalists – Architecture – Commercial/Institutional Buildings Over 1,000 Square MetresSordo Madaleno: Academia Atlas, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico3XN with Urbio AB: Forskaren, Stockholm, SwedenOPEN Architecture: Sun Tower, Yantai, Chinahcma architecture + design with PFS Studio: təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, New Westminster, BC, CanadaNADAAA with HDR: University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture, Lincoln, NE, U.S.
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Finalists – Architecture – Commercial/Institutional Buildings Under 1,000 Square MetresStudio Cadena with Field Operations: Domino Square Building, New York City, U.S.Lateral Office and Verne Reimer Architecture: Inuusirvik Community Wellness Hub, Iqualuit, Nunavut, CanadaChen Suchart Studio: Los Milics Vineyard Tasting Room, Elgin, AZ, U.S.Audax: Saint Catherine’s Chapel, Florence, ItalySaunders Architecture with Alisberg Parker Architects and Reed Hildebrand: Tekαkαpimək Contact Station, Maine, U.S.
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Finalists – Residential Architecture, Multi-UnitLGA Architectural Partners: Ulster House, Toronto, CanadaLorcan O’Herlihy Architects: Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo, Los Angeles, U.S.Marlon Blackwell Architects with D.I.R.T. studio and Studio Outside: PS1200, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.
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Finalists – Residential Architecture, HousesPatkau Architects: Arbour House, Vancouver, CanadaFernanda Canales: House 720 Degrees, Reserva Peñitas, MexicoMacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: El Aleph Guesthouse, Port L’Hebert, NS, CanadaLeckie Studio Architecture + Design: Lantern House, Vancouver, CanadaAkb Architects: Sagamore North Cottage, Muskoka, ON, Canada
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Finalists – Architecture – Experiential InstallationsL.E.FT Architects with Iheb Guermzi and Beya Othmani: Djerba Prototype 366, Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, KSAline+studio: Sky Ring, Shaoxing, ChinaGood Urban Design (Nicole Nomsa Moyo): Pearl Jam, Miami Design District, U.S.c+d studio: Garden for the Eyes, Shanghai, China
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Finalists – Concepts – Conceptual Projects, Ideas and PrototypesCABN with B+H: Augusta Township CABN Community Development, Ontario, CanadaDWT Tiny House Team (Washington State University): DWT Tiny House, Seattle, U.S.SvN Architects + Planners: Durham Meadoway Visioning Study, Ontario, CanadaLeckie Studio Architecture + Design: Tofino Fish Pier, BC, Canada
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Finalists – Design – Architectural ProductsZGF Architects with Levolux: Amazon HQ2: Butterfly Kinetic Shading SystemKast: Orme
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Finalists – Design – Interior ProductsMüller Van Tol for HBF Textiles: Moments of WanderSuzanne Tick for Luum Textiles: Garment Waste Platform CollectionTurf Design: Arcade
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Finalists – Design – Furniture, Single PieceArper: Catifa CartaLudovica+Roberto Palomba for Expormim: ObiErwan Bouroullec for Vitra: MyntJumbo for Heller: Fortune Chair
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Finalists – Design – Furniture Systems & CollectionsAntonio Citterio for Duravit: Aurena CollectionLauren Goodman: Fresh CatchLandscape Forms: Monterey
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Finalists – Design – Light FixturesLandscape Forms: OutlineAnony: Pola Collectione-ggs for Miniforms: RificolonaFederico Stefanovich for Ago Projects: Folia Collection
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Finalists – Experiential Graphic DesignMotive Inc with COL.architects, VANS Architects and Studio Tanbo: Kobe Port Tower, JapanMotive Inc with Takenaka Corporation: Tanuki Noboru Building, Sapporo, Japan
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Finalists – Interiors – InstitutionalStudio Empathy and Praxes: Assembled Void – Korean Cultural Center New York Library, U.S.Vermilion Zhou Design Group: Bamboo Pavilion, Shanghai, ChinaKTGY: The Edes, Morgan Hill, U.S.Cloud Ocean Design: Librairie Avant-Garde, Anhui, ChinaNeri&Hu Design and Research Office: The Arena – Qiantan Cultural Center, Shanghai, China
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Finalists – Interiors – ResidentialSuperkül + Pencil Design: House on the Park, Toronto, CanadaStudio MK27: Village House, São Paulo, BrazilMedinaManzano Architects: Unplanned Domestic Prototype – PROT/USRBL/SE08, San Sebastián, SpainOmar Gandhi Architects: Brar Residence, Toronto, Canada
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Finalists – Interiors – Health & WellnessStudio Author: POUTx, Toronto, CanadaAtelier Échelle with Table Architecture: Clinique Monkland, Montreal, CanadaReflect Architecture: Lumea, Toronto, Canada
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Finalists – Interiors – Retail & HospitalityFuturestudio: Civil WorksNivek Remas: ANIML Restaurant, Toronto, CanadaONOAA STUDIO: SIGMA Space, Shanghai, ChinaKatata Yoshihito Design: Tojiro Knife Gallery, Tokyo, JapanSugarhouse: Cult Gaia Miami Flagship, U.S.
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Finalists – Interiors – WorkspaceObata Noblin Office: Crane Cove, San Francisco, U.S.Shine-V Interior Design: Structured Narrative, Nanjing, ChinaFMA: GO HQ, Morelia, MexicoXiamen Fenggu Fashion: Deepmoss Office, Xiamen City, China
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Finalists – Landscape ArchitectureField Operations with Magnusson Klemencic Associates and EHDD: Presidio Tunnel Tops, San Francisco, U.S.Stoss Landscape Urbanism: Triangle Park, Cambridge, MA, U.S.Turenscape: Huaiyang Fuxi Cultural Park, Zhoukou, China CCxA with gh3*: Love Park, Toronto, Canada
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Finalists – Urban Interventions & InfrastructurePenzel Valier: Tramdepot Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandThe Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative with Stanley Office of Architecture: Hall Street Pier, Nelson, BC, Canadaline+studio: Woven Passage to Cloudy Peaks, Shaoxing, China
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Finalists – Urban Design – Built DevelopmentsSTAR strategies + architecture with Bureau of Architecture, Research and Design: START Ivry, Paris, FranceHariri Pontarini Architects with BDP, Adamson Associates Architects, architects alliance, Wallman Architects, CCxA and Urban Strategies: The Well, Toronto, Canada
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Finalists – Urban Design – Masterplan ProposalsStoss with Charles Waldheim Architecture and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: Arnos Vale Resilient City Masterplan, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHawkins\Brown, Studio Egret West and SLA: Earls Court Masterplan, London, UK
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