O-cycle

April 29 to May 4

745 Place Sable-Gris, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1R8

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In collaboration with the Olympic Stadium of Montreal, O-cycle highlights a series of projects from the Concordia University design program, grounded in a critical reflection on contemporary eco-design practices. This initiative offers an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of reclaimed materials, no longer seen as waste, but as drivers of innovation and speculation.

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At the heart of this approach is the revalorization of the stadium’s technical membrane, whose material and symbolic properties open up a fertile field for experimentation. Students are invited to reveal its latent qualities through design proposals that question notions of form, function, and experience, while employing rigorous and inventive eco-design strategies.

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This project operates within a framework where design acts as a mediator between matter and meaning. As future practitioners, students assume an expanded responsibility: to infuse existing resources with value, relevance, and cultural significance through both critical and forward-looking gestures.

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Opening night on April 30, 17:00