Griffintown Horse Palace | Montreal, Canada

Griffintown Horse Palace, now the site of a contemporary gallery space, looks to negotiate the original site by folding and creasing itself to let light into the tight back alleys, paddocks and barns in this historic area of Old Montreal. While the new gallery's facade frontage addresses the hard street edge held by existing brick residences, its envelope then falls away to a ribcage of reclaimed wood members to create an outdoor gathering and exhibition space adjacent the existing surrounding buildings.

Client: Fondation du Horse Palace de Griffintown | Project Type: Multi-Use Gallery Space | Size: 4,400 sft2 / 408 m2 *Competition Category Winner 2010* (Unbuilt)

Design Lead: Howard Duffy

Ya'el Santopinto, "Griffintown Interrupted: An Unsolicited Competition Brings Global Participants and Local Stakeholders to the Table Over a District in Limbo", Competitions Magazine, March 2011

"Griffintown Interrupted", Fonderie Darling, Montréal, January, 2011