and my specialty is very conceptual and
design-focused,” says St-Onge. “By being
partners, we are creating architecture that
marries our two specialities into a single
project. We are able to serve in a much
more efficient way our client that way.”
ADHOC is currently working on a six-
building project that will include 60 con-
dominiums. “As a small firm, we are able
to maintain intimate relationships with our
clients,” says St-Onge. “But because we
both come from backgrounds of doing
high-profile, large-scale projects, we bring
the rigidity and professionalism needed for
big projects and put into a small project.”
What sets ADHOC apart from other design
firms is that ADHOC designs with “intrin-
sic elements of the sites and enhancing
them with an innovative, contextual and
poetic architecture” in mind. A collabora-
tion between the firm and a real-estate de-
veloper client, the project that will show-
case the potential of patrimonial sensibility
in urban living.
LIVING YARDS
The inspiration behind the “Permeability
Park” project is a concept called “Woon-
erf”, says St-Onge. Based on a Dutch
philosophy, Woonerf literally means “liv-
ing yard”, and the concept challenges the
dominance of vehicles in public spaces,
and priorities pedestrians and bicyclists
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