Cloudscape Canopy

Ariel Weiss
Toronto Metropolitan University

Amount
Student Team: $8,000
Faculty Sponsor: $2,000

Faculty Advisor
Vincent Hu

Located in the heart of Montreal, Place Des Nations was once a large-scale outdoor amphitheater built for the World Expo in 1967 but has since fallen into near abandonment. The Cloudscape Canopy intends to restore public excitement into the existing historic amphitheater by transforming it into a vibrant performance and community space. Taking advantage of the lightness of steel, the proposal features a large-scale steel space truss supported by four sculptural steel columns, giving it the appearance of floating.