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Photos and renderings courtesy of MAXIME BROUILLET and M-RAD ARCHITECTURE

Dark and light zones define Montreal's Lightspeed office

A rendering of the copper-clad mobile
COVID-19 testing units by M-Rad

35 and 100 patrons in open-fronted "boxes"
divided by plastic or sealed MDF panels and
draped with vinyl blackout curtains at the back.
"Our colleagues are excited to be exercising their
design skills again and to embrace the new reality
for our art form," Kachman says.

Second Nature

ACDF maximizes space in the Lightspeed office
in Montreal by incorporating wide corridors

Sustainable design lessons assume even greater
importance, adds partner John Kirk. "Design
that is conducive to cross ventilation and with an
abundance of natural light [has now become] a
first rule of public health," he says. "Our buildings
for the Lyford Cay International School in the
Bahamas, for example, are one-room wide
and flanked by 12-foot-wide verandas, which
provide much-needed shade, but also function as
extensions of the interior classroom."

tester and patient interact. Copper is the material
of choice for cladding because of its antimicrobial
properties and its gleaming appearance. This
summer, M-Rad sold its first unit-priced
around $45,000-to the city of Houston. "To do
something on spec and see it get out there in the
world is very exciting," says Rosenberg. "For it to
be a socially beneficial project makes it that much
more rewarding."

Take the Stage
Pandemic Solutions
Adapting its experience producing mobile guest
units for private and hospitality clients, Los
Angeles-based M-Rad Architecture is tackling
the COVID-19 problem with a mobile testing
unit. "Instead of asking folks to come from
all over to a handful of static testing sites, we
bring the units to them," says founder Matthew
Rosenberg. Consisting of a chassis on wheels,
each structure features several portals where

"Going to the theater is predicated on not
maintaining social distance," says set designer
Misha Kachman of Philadelphia's Wilma
Theater. By looking to the Shakespearian-era
Globe Theatre, classic tiered opera houses, and
even less high-toned venues like peep shows,
Kachman-along with set designers Sara Brown
and Matt Saunders-conceived a two-tiered
metal structure that's placed on Wilma's existing
stage. The theater-within-a-theater seats between

To combat one of the most critical health crises
of our time, Montreal-based multidisciplinary
firm Lemay has been reflecting on the city
of tomorrow and how it can contribute to the
overall safety and wellbeing of people across the
world. "The pandemic is pushing us forward in
time, throwing into question our way of living,
working, and consuming," says Audrey Girard,
design director and practice leader for Lemay's
urban design and planning division. The firm
is proposing more green space and redeveloped
public parks to allow inhabitants to move around
unencumbered. In that same vein, Lemay is
imaginging a city with fewer cars: traffic lanes
will be narrowed for wider sidewalks, bike
paths, and pedestrian crosswalks. Consider the
firm's River-Mountain Corridor or Place des
Montréalaises concept. With the objective to
connect parks and green spaces, they maximize
underutilized areas while animating urban
zones. "As the lines between living, working, and
shopping spaces are fading," says Girard, "our
public parks, plazas, and networks will become
extensions of our offices, homes, and recreational
destinations." hd
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