Cactus modulaire, Bronze sculpture in Downtown Montreal, Canada

Cactus modulaire is a 1986 outdoor bronze sculpture by Robert Roussil, installed beside the La Laurentienne Building in Downtown Montreal. It weighs 6,500 kilograms and is cast from a bronze and beryllium alloy at the Lafeuille foundry in Nogent-sur-Oise, France.

Robert Roussil created Cactus modulaire in 1986. The 6,500-kilogram sculpture is a bronze and beryllium alloy cast at the Lafeuille foundry in Nogent-sur-Oise, France, before being shipped to Montreal for installation beside the La Laurentienne Building.

Robert Roussil's 1986 bronze stands beside the La Laurentienne Building, a landmark of Downtown Montreal's modern office core. The work is a bronze and beryllium alloy cast, and its 6,500-kilogram mass makes it a fixed reference point on the street. Passers-by encounter it at close range, at pavement level.

The sculpture stands outdoors beside the La Laurentienne Building in Downtown Montreal, on the block bounded by René-Lévesque Boulevard and Victoria Avenue near McGill College Avenue. It is a permanent installation viewable from the public sidewalk at any hour, and the surrounding downtown streets are walkable, with the McGill and Peel metro stations within a few blocks.

The sculpture weighs 6,500 kilograms and is cast from a bronze and beryllium alloy, not pure bronze. It was poured at the Lafeuille foundry in Nogent-sur-Oise, France, before crossing the Atlantic to Montreal.