Old Montréal – Lighting Plan - Techniques and Design

The Lighting Plan

Sainte-Hélène Street
De la Commune Street
Map of Lighting plan
Awards for the Lighting plan
Opération lumière du Vieux-Montréal, septembre 1996 – (In French) Document in PDF format (120 MB): Open on screen OR save file

Techniques and Design

Lighting Scheme for City Hall
Design: Éclairage Public inc., Groupe Cardinal Hardy.
Engineering: Groupe-conseil Trédec inc.
Computer graphics: Image-in.

Note the contrast created
by lighting from two
different angles:

from above,
on the lower façades
with sloping roofs,

and from below,
on the imposing
upper façades.

Saint-Paul Street near Saint-Pierre Street

Structural elements of the Lighting Plan

the buildings and streets on the fringes of Old Montréal—a luminous band following the route of the old fortifications,
entry points, at the four corners,
main access points to downtown,
public squares and surrounding buildings,
some features outside Old Montréal.

Nocturnal Composition Design (large version)
From the document Opération lumière du Vieux-Montréal
Groupe Cardinal Hardy, in collaboration with LDL inc., September 1996