be able to enjoy the design space, and the
residents will feel like they live in the pub-
lic park. “We want to bring the park into
the building,” says St-Onge. “We feel we
are bringing great value to the down town
Montreal area—it is a very organic master
plan.”
CITY OF DREAMS
Montreal is a UNESCO City of Design—
the only Canadian city with this designa-
tion— and a lot of initiatives are launched
to develop design in a creative way. “Mon-
treal is the perfect environment,” says St-
Onge. “The residential market is more fa-
vorable in Montreal than any other country
of Canada.
ADHOC buildings are all designed with
sustainability in mind, something St-Onge
thinks should be an expectation. “Sus-
tainability very important for us,” says St-
Onge. “We struggle to even acknowledge
that we are green company, because we
believe this should be the standard. To do
environmentally-sound design is just an
obviously choice for us.”
With LEED-certified buildings already on
its roster, ADHOC designs frequently in-
“We designed this project in response to the primary concerns of future urban
living: densification, diversification and ecology.”
Jean-François St-Onge, Co-Founder
François Martineau, Co-Founder
Jean-François St-Onge, Co-Founder
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