The offices for Abitibi-Consolidated, a Canadian pulp and paper company, use light and transparency to support the client’s interactive business model. Designed to encourage spontaneous meetings between team members, the project occupies two full floors of the historic Sun Life Building in downtown Montréal. A generous staircase—defining one side of a two-storey atrium—connects the lower and upper office levels. The main boardroom, a café, and a resource library cluster around this central space and have direct access to an outdoor terrace. Open workspaces line the building perimeter, creating team-oriented environments with wide, open urban views. Extensive interior glazing provides a high degree of visual and spatial transparency throughout.
A top priority for the design of the Abitibi-Consolidated office was to open the space both physically and conceptually. Accommodating 325 employees, the layout includes raised perimeter ceilings and strategically planned areas that maximize natural light, offering direct access to sunlight in most office spaces.
