ERICSSON

Winner of the Grand Prix du Design in the commercial landscape architecture category in 2017.  Selected for the dialogue between architecture and nature, the exterior design of the Ericsson corporate campus in St- Laurent had to reconcile vast natural spaces with functional programmatic site requirements. The transitioning pixel-like surfaces of hard and green surfaces that mix and intertwine allow a retention pond and a planted slope to be married to a parking lot, a terrace and an esplanade on a permeable paved surface.  To preserve the outdoor landscape 1,100 underground parking spaces were distributed within a four-storeys structure spread throughout the complex. This balanced concept allowed for the retention of 40% of the campus grounds as natural space, including the development of a natural lake, a mature tree-lined running track as well as an outdoor courtyard space for the on-site daycare.