NOVEMBER 2022 the Biodôme.” “Thechallengethatthedesigners had to face in reorganizing the existing main components was very difficult,” wrote Maxime Frappier, jury member and owner of Montreal-based ACDF Architecture. “Their solution brings a sense of playfulness to circulating around this building. They have chosen a good strategy to create a strong promenade.” “This project inserts strategically sculpted walls that capture views of the sky like a James Turrell structure, editing what is already present,” wrote Pat Hanson, founding principal and creative director of Torontobased firm gh3*, who was also on the jury. “The intervention is a kind of syncopation as you move through the four exhibits – your sensory experience is completely different when you’re passing through the paired walls. Understood in relationship to the ceiling structure of the existing building, the plan with its extruded walls is quite profound.” Finally, Johanna Hurme, cofounder and managing partner of the Winnipeg-based studio 5468796 Architecture, wrote that “there’s a consistency and clarity to the overall approach that adds legibility to the existing piece.” She called it “a good example of how to intervene with such a specific building.” “We have many big, iconic buildings across Canada that would benefit from new intervention and reuse strategies with this kind of sensibility,” she wrote. Rami, for his part, is personally proud of the project due to
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