Giant ring to be installed at PVM in Montreal
Posted April 26, 2022 2:31 pm.
Last Updated April 26, 2022 3:07 pm.
A giant art installation will be unveiled in the heart of downtown Montreal come June.
“The Ring” is a steel structure weighing 23,000 kilograms, measuring 30 metres in diameter, that will be suspended at the main entrance to Esplanade PVM at Place Ville Marie to link it to the rest of the city, said Ivanhoé Cambridge in a press release Tuesday. The project is evaluated at $5 million.
“The installation will symbolize the strong connection between Montreal, its citizens and its visitors. […] With its diffuse lighting, it will establish a strong connection extending from the illuminated cross on Mount Royal to PVM and the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel via McGill College Avenue, which will be completely revitalized in the coming years.”
(CREDIT: Claude Cormier + Associés)
“The Ring” was designed by Claude Cormier + Associés, a landscape architecture firm, and manufactured by Marmen in Trois-Rivières.
The art installation was made possible by financial support from Tourisme Montréal’s Fonds de maintien des actifs stratégiques en tourisme (FMAST) as well as the government of Quebec’s financial contribution to the “I love working downtown” initiative, of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal for the relaunch of downtown Montreal.
The arrival of The Ring is the last component of the major work carried out at PVM, with $200 million invested since 2017.
