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Mutatis - Fasken Montréal

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JURY VOTES
Large Office
5.36
6.24
5.24
4.87
5.43
Michela Falcone
Michela Falcone Architect / Educator at Experimental Architecture / BNU University
6
6.5
5
5
5.63
Amber Feijen
Amber Feijen Spatial and Concept Designer at 5AM
5
6
5
5
5.25
Qi Wei
Qi Wei Member, Urban Renewal Professional Committee, Vanke Shanghai Area at Vanke Group
6
7
6
5
6
Mao Hua
Mao Hua Founder at EK Design
5
6
5
5
5.25
Massimiliano Tosetto
Massimiliano Tosetto Managing Director at Lodes
5
6.6
5
5
5.4
Bernhard Kurz
Bernhard Kurz Founder at IFUB*
4
5
4
2
3.75
Astin le Clercq
Astin le Clercq Cofounder and Design Director at Modem
4
6
4
5
4.75
Melissa Amarelo
Melissa Amarelo Cofounder and Creative Director at Toi Toi Toi Creative Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Britt Berden
Britt Berden Senior Creative Strategist at FranklinTill
5
7
6
5
5.75
Karen El Asmar
Karen El Asmar Architect & Interaction Designer at Tech
6
6
5
5
5.5
Claudia Mazzucato
Claudia Mazzucato Associate Designer and Architect at THDP
5.67
6.45
5.88
5
5.75
Simal Yesiltepe
Simal Yesiltepe Founder and Creative Director at Simal Yes Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Bob Chen
Bob Chen Founder at Bob Chen Design Office
5.86
6.03
5.95
6.12
5.99
Sophie van Winden
Sophie van Winden Director at Owl Design
6
6
5
5
5.5
Lisa Torreggiani
Lisa Torreggiani Partner at Monkeydu
6.8
7
6.8
5
6.4
Client
Fasken
Floor area
120.000 ㎡
Completion
2020
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Sustainability – The outcome of an architectural competition, the Fasken project aims to rethink and renovate 6 stories of this large law firm in Montreal’s Stock Exchange Tower, a space they’ve occupied since the building’s inauguration in 1964. Designed by architect Luigi Moretti and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, the tower was the tallest concrete structure in the world at the time of its completion. The interventions proposed by our team will allow Fasken’s presence to resonate at the scale of the tower and in the city that they’ve occupied for decades. 

Creativity – Our team was hired to rethink the experience of the employees and clients to adapt to current needs as well as to integrate a collection of more than 500 works of art into the space. The project’s design was developed around the creation of a vertical link between the five storeys of the Fasken offices. This link takes the form of a monumental staircase that unfolds like a sheet of paper to provide fluid circulation between the floors which are now open and luminous. The backbone of the project, the staircase constitutes a city-wide landmark at the heart of Montreal, and when illuminated at night is visible from a distance. 

Functionality – An in-depth analysis of traffic flows made it possible to define the layers of private and public areas around the staircase, select materials, and develop their signage. Programs are collaborative and social towards the centre and become places of concentration towards the outskirts, where quiet is achieved through spatial separation from everyday activities. Previously obstructed windows now allow light to pour into this open space and benefit all end users, employees and clients, with a spectacular view of the city and its surrounding. 

Innovation – The integrated design and signage elements were custom-designed as an extension of the FASKEN brand image—their shape, colour, and location studied to blend into the architectural program while facilitating the orientation of users. A big part of the intervention was the development of the graphic language of the pictograms distributed throughout the 120,000 ft² of the project (including a timeline and corporate logos in copper), the layout of the reception area, and the enhancement of the law firm’s library.