St-Hyacinthe’s Public Market is an integral part of the village’s historic core. This 1877 brick building is in fact the 3rd market to be built on this site following the fire.
The new market, designed by architects Jean-Baptiste Resther and Victor Roy, is a very sober building, except for the exuberance of the central turret and its belvedere. It is built of brick masonry and covered with slate. A public square accompanies its functions. The Saint-Hyacinthe market bears witness to the life that has animated and continues to animate these premises.
The mandate for the Saint-Hyacinthe Public Market is a multi-phase refurbishment of an existing building. The creative process was closely guided by the building’s existing constraints and the heritage integrity of the public market. Our preparatory study drew on the historical and specialized knowledge of architects who know the old building, the methods and ways of the craftsmen who assembled it, but who also know how to weigh up the requirements of the building code. The interventions were planned keeping in mind that this building is a collective asset whose image must reflect the collective spirit that saw it born and grow; that the singularity of each of the businesses it houses must eclipse the coherence of the interventions.
