Pavillon Pierre-Lassonde, Art museum in La Cité-Limoilou, Canada.
Pavilion Pierre-Lassonde is an art museum near the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City with glass walls spread across three levels. The building connects exhibition spaces through transparent walls, creating sight lines between different art rooms.
The expansion was conceived in the early 2000s under director John R. Porter, who noted that only 2% of the collection could be shown. Pierre Lassonde, named board president in 2005, made the project his priority and personally funded the 3.9 million dollar land purchase. The pavilion opened on 24 June 2016 at a cost of 103.4 million dollars.
The pavilion is named after Pierre Lassonde, a gold-exploration businessman and collector who lent Le Vieux Rentier to the museum's 2002 Suzor-Coté retrospective and later chaired its board from 2005. He personally funded the 3.9 million dollar purchase of the Dominican brothers' land, then raised his contribution to 10 million dollars.
The pavilion stands on the Grande Allée and serves as the new entrance to the museum complex, linked to the original 1933 building by an underground passage. Its 14,900 m² add seven new galleries, raising exhibition space by 90 percent. The Grande Allée sector, built mainly between 1850 and 1920, holds hotels and restaurants within walking distance.
The pavilion was designed by the New York office of OMA under Shohei Shigematsu, with the Quebec firm Provencher Roy carrying out the project. It opened on 24 June 2016 at a cost of $103.4 million, adding 14,900 m² and seven new galleries, and it became the museum complex's new entrance on Grande Allée.
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