Buckminster Fuller’s expo 67 american pavilion has been re-purposed to what is now know as the Biosphere, a science museum with a sustainable education mandate. The location is Ile Ste. Helène in the St. Lawrence River. In many respects it is still Fuller’s geodesic dome that draws people to this site. It is a landmark in the city. Nearby is Habitat by Moshe Safdie, also completed for expo. In 1967, the future was here.
The adaption within the dome in 1994, to create a new museum, is the work of Blouin Faucher Aubertin Brodeur Gauthier, with Desnoyers Mercure et Associés. Like Fuller’s dome, the science museum presents a futuristic aesthetic, updated as a collage of tectonics in steel, glass and grey.
The first five photos here were taken last Saturday afternoon. The last image, which features a sculpture by Alexander Calder on the right, was taken Sunday morning from the Vieux Port.