MEM – 蒙特利尔记忆中心 / GSM Project

设计工作室 GSM Project 很高兴与大家分享有关蒙特利尔记忆中心 (MEM) 的最新消息：
Design studio GSM Project is pleased to share the latest news about the Montréal Memory Centre (MEM):

10 月 9 日，MEM 获得了魁北克博物馆协会颁发的卓越奖和美国口述历史协会颁发的梅森多媒体奖。
on October 9, MEM received the Award of Excellence from the Société des musées du Québec (SMQ) and the Mason Multi-Media Award from the Oral History Association (OHA) in the United States.

口述历史道具 / Props for oral history 

这些奖项旨在表彰蒙特利尔博物馆项目在整体上的卓越表现——包括管理、展览、公共空间、项目活动和文化推广等方面——以及其在口述历史的传播和保护方面做出的杰出贡献。奖项也突显了与GSM Project合作开发的博物馆设计品质，该设计旨在为参观者提供一个无障碍、人性化的空间，展现蒙特利尔这座独特城市所拥有的多元体验和身份认同。
These awards recognize the excellence of the MEM museum project overall — in terms of governance, exhibitions, public spaces, programming activities and cultural outreach — as well as its exceptional contribution to the dissemination and conservation of oral history. The awards also highlight the quality of the design, developed in collaboration with GSM Project, aimed at offering visitors an accessible, human-scale space reflecting the diverse experiences and identities that make Montréal such a unique city.

MEM与GSM之间的合作 / Collaboration between the MEM and GSM

蒙特利尔市政府委托GSM公司为其设计公共空间和常设展览，打造蒙特利尔博物馆（MEM）。蒙特利尔博物馆的前身是成立于1983年的蒙特利尔历史中心。如今，博物馆坐落于圣凯瑟琳街和圣劳伦大道交汇处，这两条主干道都拥有丰富的文化历史。蒙特利尔博物馆就位于蒙特利尔这个具有象征意义的十字路口，几个世纪以来，多元文化在此交汇融合。
The City of Montréal sought GSM’s expertise in designing the public spaces and permanent exhibition of the MEM, the new incarnation of the Centre d’histoire de Montréal, founded in 1983. The museum is today located at the corner of Sainte-Catherine Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard, two major arteries with a rich cultural history. The MEM stands at this symbolic crossroads of Montréal where multiple realities have converged for centuries.

为了开展这项雄心勃勃的博物馆改造项目，MEM 和 GSM 团队遵循了围绕公民之声、无障碍设施、包容性、环境责任和对原住民社区的认可等战略目标。其目标是将这些核心价值观融入到参观体验和展览内容中。
In undertaking this ambitious project to transform the museum, the MEM and GSM teams followed strategic objectives around citizens’ voices, accessibility, inclusivity, environmental responsibility and the recognition of Indigenous communities. The goal was to translate these core values into the visitor experience and content of the exhibitions.

从 2019 年到 2023 年，GSM 主导了 MEM 公共空间的游客体验设计，包括接待区和楼梯、礼品店咖啡馆、走廊和常设展览“蒙特利尔”。
From 2019 to 2023, GSM led the design of the visitor experience in the MEM’s public spaces, including the reception area and staircase, the gift shop-café, the corridors and the permanent exhibition, Montréal.

MEM的公共空间 / The MEM’s public spaces

在参观者进入展览馆之前，他们可以在蒙特利尔博物馆的公共空间漫步，在蒙特利尔风格的环境中探索市民的视角，那里有标志性的元素，例如著名的标志、公园长椅、便利店内部和当地建筑风格的户外阳台。
Before visitors enter the exhibition galleries, they can stroll around the MEM’s public spaces and discover citizens’ perspectives in a Montréal-style setting featuring iconic elements such as famous signs, a park bench, a depanneur interior and an outdoor balcony in the local architectural style.

建筑的落地窗让自然光线洒满整个空间，将城市景观引入博物馆，提升了参观者的舒适感。为了减少参观障碍，促进参观者与工作人员之间的交流，MEM博物馆选择不设售票处。
The building’s floor-to-ceiling windows flood the space with natural light, bringing the city into the museum and enhancing visitors’ sense of well being. To reduce barriers to access and foster human contact with their team, the MEM chose not to have a ticket counter.

常设展览：蒙特利尔 / The permanent exhibition: Montréal

GSM为蒙特利尔打造了一条参观路线，在既标志性又熟悉的空间中重现了这座城市的日常生活场景。展览展出了200多件展品和约30份口述历史录音，总时长达185分钟，堪比一部电影！我们的工作室巧妙地运用音频设备、语音解说、舒适的座椅以及将视听元素融入场景设计，以独特的方式分享这些鲜活的记忆，并优化参观体验。我们的挑战在于如何促成参观者与展览中出现的蒙特利尔人之间的互动。正如这座城市本身一样，展览的内容和设计展现出一种活力、人文气息和多元性，引导参观者思考展览伊始提出的问题：蒙特利尔是什么？蒙特利尔是谁？ 
For Montréal, GSM imagined a visitor journey that recreates scenes from daily life in the city in spaces that are by turns iconic and familiar. The exhibition presents over 200 artifacts and some 30 oral history recordings, totalling 185 minutes of personal testimonies — the equivalent of a feature-length film! Our studio found ingenious ways to share this living memory and optimize visitors’ experience through audio devices, audio description, comfortable seating, and the integration of AV elements into the scenography. Our challenge was to facilitate encounters with the Montrealers featured in the exhibition. Much like the city itself, the content and design give a sense of exuberance, humanity and diversity, inviting visitors to answer the question posed at the start: What is, who is Montréal? 

共同创造空间和故事 / Co-creation of spaces and stories

长期以来，蒙特利尔的历史叙述忽略了许多声音，包括原住民、女性、移民、少数族裔社区以及弱势群体和边缘群体的声音。蒙特利尔博物馆（MEM）开辟了一条新道路，让多元社区发出自己的声音，邀请他们讲述自己的故事，打破围绕身份认同的刻板印象和先入为主的观念。
For too long, accounts of Montréal’s history have ignored many voices, including those of Indigenous Peoples, women, immigrants, ethnic communities, and disadvantaged and marginalized groups. The MEM has forged a new path by giving voice to diverse communities, inviting them to tell their stories and shake up stereotypes and preconceived ideas around identities.

很快，我们便意识到，共同创作将成为这个庞大博物馆项目发展的核心主题。正是秉持着这种精神，GSM参与了MEM设立的多个咨询委员会，特别是无障碍和公民参与委员会。这些咨询使我们的工作室能够就如何将真实生活融入参观体验和内容做出明智的选择——例如，MEM不仅在设计上力求实现无障碍通行，其展览还展示了行动不便人士的亲身经历。MEM希望通过这些故事，让每个人都感受到宾至如归。
It soon became clear that co-creation would be a central theme in the development of this vast museum project. It was in this spirit that GSM took part in various advisory committees set up by the MEM, in particular the committee on accessibility and citizenship. These consultations allowed our studio to make informed choices about how to incorporate lived realities into the visitor experience and content for example, not only is the MEM is designed to facilitate universal access; its exhibitions feature the personal accounts of individuals with reduced mobility. Through its mosaic of stories, the MEM seeks to make everyone feel welcome.

关于 MEM – 蒙特利尔记忆中心  

蒙特利尔记忆中心（MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises）由蒙特利尔市政府于1983年创立，原名为蒙特利尔历史中心（Centre d’histoire de Montréal）。2023年，该中心重塑使命和形象，迁至圣凯瑟琳街（Sainte-Catherine Street）和圣劳伦大道（Saint-Laurent Boulevard）交汇处的新址。蒙特利尔记忆中心由蒙特利尔市民设计、运营并与蒙特利尔市民共同打造，致力于记录、收集和保存过去与现在的记忆，为参观者提供一个交流历史和探讨公民身份的场所。中心的展览和公共空间涵盖广泛的主题，包括原住民的存在、殖民化、移民、语言、人生旅程、住房、市政事务、城市规划、重大事件和交通出行等。
Founded in 1983 by the City of Montréal as the Centre d’histoire de Montréal, the MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises reinvented its mission and image in 2023, opening its doors at a new location at the corner of Sainte-Catherine Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard. Designed for, by and with Montrealers, the MEM seeks to record, collect and preserve memories past and present, offering visitors a place to meet and talk about history and citizenship. The content featured in the exhibitions and public spaces covers a wide array of themes, including Indigenous presence, colonization, immigration, languages, life journeys, housing, municipal affairs, urban planning, major events and mobility.