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Museum Hotel Location:   Quebec, Canada Architect:  Lemaymichaud Architecture Design Photographer:  Pierre Bélanger,ChristianDesJardins Completion date:2  008 Gross Floor Area:2  ,000 m 2

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This project is an unique alliance between four-star accommodations and a museum experience that takes visitors on an exceptional voyage through the traditions and contemporary culture of the First Nations and Inuit. Located in an enchanting setting on the Akiawenrahk River, the hotel/museum complex evokes the architecture of the Longhouse, traditional dwelling of the Iroquois people, who include the Huron-Wendat Nation. Combining contemporary comfort and cultural experience, the establishment warmly welcomes guests to its 55 four-star rooms and suites, worthy of the legendary hospitality of the Huron-Wendat. The evocative location adds a special cachet to business meetings and receptions, along with the authentic avours of gourmet cuisine inspired by the First Nations, a 125-seat restaurant with a private dining room and ve meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 140 people. The museum shares some common spaces and services with the hotel. Its cone shape is reminiscent of an Algonquin smokehouse and the hospitality of a hearth shared by all nations. The design also symbolically evokes a lowered stockade, a place where peace and harmony reign and where protective defences are no longer necessary. The two buildings therefore symbolise the two great cultural families of the E ast, the Iroquois and Algonquin. The museum presents a living history and artefacts imbued with a tangible memory. The interactive format displays a collection of rare objects central to the HuronWendat culture, exploring themes of territories, memories and knowledge. More than just a tour, the museum offers visitors a veritable cultural voyage. In addition to the buildings themselves, the surrounding area includes a reclaimed stream, along which thematic gardens reveal the beauty of indigenous flora and the power of medicinal plants. There is also a gift shop featuring exclusive works of art, historical or otherwise, and an interpretation centre of traditional knowledge where artisans demonstrate their respective crafts.

Project Team: Katrine Beaudry/Side Romeo/Pierre Lagueux/Alain Lemay Mechanical / Electrical: Genecor Inc., Quebec Civil And Structure: Sarenhes Consulting Group Ltd. Civil Engineering: Expert Advice Genio

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