Education

The firm's extensive knowledge of the higher education sector has been recognized by the recent awarding of two major mandates: the real estate analysis for the expansion and redevelopment of the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme and the functional and technical program and schematic design of an animal centre at the Université de Montréal Saint-Hyacinthe campus.

Real estate analysis for the expansion and redevelopment of the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme

Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, in consortium with Archi-, won the call for tenders to conduct a real estate analysis of the expansion and redevelopment of the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme. Given the significant population growth taking place in the northern suburbs, the institution is now facing a shortage of space and requires a major expansion of around 15,000 m².

The real estate analysis will advise on how the redevelopment can achieve key results: improve circulation on the site; integrate the project into the natural and built environment in a sensitive and harmonious way; create an environment conducive to learning and wellbeing; maintain the pedagogical and functional coherence of the spaces devoted to teaching and administration, and to teachers and students; and optimize the location of certain services on the site or in the existing building.

Functional and technical program and schematic design of an animal centre at the Université de Montréal Saint-Hyacinthe campus

At the end of October, together with NFOE, we will submit the functional and technical programme for the construction of an animal centre at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMV). The centre will combine laboratories and accommodation for small animals used for teaching purposes. A schematic design plan will also be submitted to confirm the feasibility of the project and the operational connection to other parts of the Saint-Hyacinthe Campus.

With a footprint of approximately 8,500 m², the project will address problems caused by a lack of space and the operational deficiencies related to teaching laboratory courses with live animals. The new facility will include multipurpose spaces to meet the needs of both the FMV and the Animal Health Techniques programme at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. Equipped with cutting-edge communications technology, this modern Animal Science and Clinical Skills Centre will also be a meeting place for teachers and graduate students.

Healthcare

Expansion and modernization of the Saint-Jérôme Regional Hospital

Our firm, in consortium with Provencher Roy and Yelle Maillé, has been hired by SQI to design the expansion and modernization of the Saint-Jérôme Regional Hospital. As the region’s largest medical and technological platform, the hospital requires a major upgrade of its facilities to align with the population growth in the area served by the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux des Laurentides.

This upgrade will comprise a three-storey extension south of the hospital, to house a new main entrance near the parking lots, and surgical services, which include a new fifteen-room operating theatre, a recovery area, day surgery, a medical device reprocessing unit (MDRU), pathology laboratories, and a pharmacy. General support service spaces will be upgraded, and horizontal connections will create links between the extension to the existing building, ensuring efficient circulation for clinical, logistical, and public needs. Vacant spaces, including those in the operating theatre and the MDRU, will be redeveloped to accommodate functions related to adjacent sectors.

Our team previously carried out the real estate analysis for this project, in consortium with Provencher Roy and BBBL.

Modernization of the Institut national de psychiatrie légale Philippe-Pinel

Since late 2022, our team has been designing the expansion of the Institut national de psychiatrie légale Philippe-Pinel, in a consortium with COEX, STGM, and LLA Architecture. This is the first phase in a major project to modernize the institute, which aims to increase its intake capacity, enhance the quality of its facilities, and repair the degradation of its existing infrastructure. The project aims for LEED v4 certification.

Our design mandate includes a new pavilion containing additional secure care units linked to the existing complex; a second new pavilion to house functions specific to academic activities; the redevelopment and expansion of two existing pavilions of secure care units; and the reorganization of admission services. Two new exterior courtyards—for the exclusive use of patients in the new pavilion of secure care units—are designed to maximize the role of the natural elements in recovery, and particular attention is paid to integrating security and surveillance infrastructure subtly and harmoniously.

The design concept is due to be submitted in October.