Montreal’s new portal to another dimension 90-foot-high “Ring” installation is now permanently set up at the entrance to downtown’s Place Ville Marie.
The highly criticized art piece is part of the PVM’s $200-million investment in 2017 to improve the area’s “energy efficiency” and revitalize the Esplanade.
The 50,000-pound stainless steel ring reportedly cost $5 million and is intended to serve as a gateway to the city centre, says property management firm Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. The ring is designed by Claude Cormier + Associés, a landscape architecture firm whose projects have “helped redefine the city’s urban spaces,” says a company press release. “The imposing structure will beautify the face of Montreal while giving new vibrancy, vitality, and appeal to the heart of the city.”
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While speaking with Daily Hive, Éric Senécal, the Public Affairs Advisor for Ivanhoé Cambridge says the art piece presents a two-year-long collaboration between the City of Montreal and local multidisciplinary teams.
Senécal says the Ring was manufactured by a Trois-Rivières-based firm, using “international expertise in high-precision machining, manufacturing, and mechanical assembly.”
RING in a new era Montreal, it’s here, it’s huge, it’s talked about, and can be found forever at the end of McGill College.
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