{"id":1106,"date":"2015-10-03T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heritage.dpthost.com\/?post_type=site&#038;p=1106"},"modified":"2020-11-21T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T21:04:49","slug":"quartier-ephemere-and-darling-foundry","status":"publish","type":"site","link":"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/site\/quartier-ephemere-and-darling-foundry\/","title":{"rendered":"InspirAction #6: Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re and Darling Foundry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<header>\n\t\t<div data-header-site class=\"header-site\" style=\"--type-color: #496349;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fonderie_darling.png\" alt=\"header site background image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid site-info\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-md-1 col-md-10 back\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"back-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/carte-interactive\/\">Back to map<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-site-content class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3 col-xl-4 offset-xl-4 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"upper type-3\">InspirAction<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">InspirAction #6: Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re and Darling Foundry<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle\">745 Ottawa Street, Montr\u00e9al<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-box-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3 sub-box type-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"views-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"views\">1634<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Views on this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-medias-menu\" data-share-snippet>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/1106&#038;t=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" data-facebook-share><span class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?source=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/1106&#038;text=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet\" data-twitter-share><span class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Share this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Fonction \u00e0 venir\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"button dark-version\">S'abonner aux mises \u00e0 jour<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"half-half-slider\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 order-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Art as Transition<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Published on  : October 03 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Last modified on  : November 21 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"long-description\">\n\t\t\t<p>Channelling the power of artistic action to reveal the potential of an abandoned site and catalyze the forces required for its rehabilitation by and for the community.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"mb-4 mb-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-ctn\">\n\t\t\t<div data-small-slider class=\"small-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-slider-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fonderie_darling.png\" alt=\"slider image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"image-title \">fonderie_darling<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-prev material-icons \">keyboard_arrow_left<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-next material-icons \">keyboard_arrow_right<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZC7_ANVm-c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"full-width-text quote\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-6 offset-md-3 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<q class=\"quote\">&#8220;The building belonged to the City and it was in ruins. The soil was contaminated and the windows, shattered. But my view was we couldn\u2019t dream of a better site for artistic endeavours. I asked the City to lend us the building so that we could restore it. They thought we were crazy, but they let us go ahead and do it.&#8221;<\/q>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<small class=\"author\">Caroline Andrieux<\/small>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"three-col-text-cards type-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cards-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big\">3500<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">Floor space, in square meters, now dedicated to visual arts in the former Darling Foundry <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big\">10<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">Number of vacant buildings taken over by arts groups in the Paris region thanks to Usine \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big\">20<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">Area, in hectares, of the vacant Paris hospital now occupied by the Usine \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re organization<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">History and issues of the site<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the late 19th century, the heyday of the metalworking industry in Montreal, the area known as the Faubourg des R\u00e9collets was a thriving industrial quarter with a growing number of warehouses and foundries. With industrial operations bringing their share of unsanitary conditions, residents began slowly abandoning the neighbourhood. By the end of the 20th century, it was the industries that left one by one, leaving many buildings vacant. Several were demolished to make way for expansive parking lots.<\/p>\n<p>Standing in ghostly witness to the industrial history of Montreal and its sprawling working-class neighbourhoods, the Faubourg des R\u00e9collets near the turn of the millennium was still a neighbourhood in dereliction, its buildings slowly dying and awaiting the swing of the wrecking ball. The Darling Foundry was among them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Context and intervention<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was to address the challenge of this surfeit of vacant buildings that French artist Caroline Andrieux arrived in Montreal at the invitation of Quebec\u2019s minister of culture in the mid-1990s. She co-founded the organization Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re (literally, \u201cephemeral\u201d or \u201cpop-up\u201d neighbourhood), moving into a former warehouse near the Old Port of Montreal lent by the City in exchange for occupancy, development into an event venue, and upkeep.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership set itself the task of spurring artistic activity in the neglected, post-industrial Faubourg des R\u00e9collets. In 1997, they organized an event called <em>Panique au Faubourg<\/em>, which highlighted all of the vacant buildings in a circuit of site-specific installations by artists. It soon became apparent that artists\u2019 enormous needs for both studio space and presentation venues were a perfect fit with the needs of the vacated district: they were the key to its rebirth.<\/p>\n<p>After demonstrating the potential of the Darling Foundry as one such venue with a work by Claude L\u00e9vesque, Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re learned that the building was slated for demolition. The organization therefore asked the owner, the City of Montreal, to grant a one-year reprieve in which to develop a project for the site. They occupied the interior of the foundry with construction-site trailer beginning in 2000, and within the promised one-year span had reached the critical mass of partners and resources needed to renovate the space. It was then established as the new headquarters of Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re in 2006 and has since become effervescent hub for creative practice and artists\u2019 residencies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Impact<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The creation of the Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re, the repurposing of the Darling Foundry and the many artistic endeavours hosted there have appealed to the public\u2019s imagination, strongly influencing the perception of the Faubourg des R\u00e9collets and shaping its evolution. The now fully repurposed Darling Foundry offers 3,500 m2 of space dedicated to the visual arts, a unique complex in Montreal and an exceptional vehicle for cultural promotion in Montreal, Quebec, the rest of Canada and around the world. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Lessons<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Art was here used to unlock the potential of abandoned post-industrial buildings slated for demolition, through temporary occupancy or a more permanent transition to new uses. Before she arrived in Montreal, Caroline Andrieux had co-founded Usine \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re in France, a group that helped rehabilitate a dozen or vacant properties of various sizes including a 20-hectare (50-acre) hospital on the Butte Montmartre in Paris\u2014a case that is particularly inspiring for the many hospitals and other institutional complexes that currently sit abandoned in Montreal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"text-items-list\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"informations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMunicipality or borough\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Ville-Marie<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwner(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Ville de Montr\u00e9al and Quartier \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConception\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">J.R. Gardiner, architect (first building in 1880 and second in 1888);\r\nT. 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