The Olympics were held in Montreal in the summer of 1976: the architect of the main arena of the Games, Roger Tayybert, originally conceived for it a sliding roof with a spectacular sloping "mast", but this part of the project remained on paper. Only the base of the tower was erected, since the pools were located there. In 1978, the city decided to implement both the roof and the tower. Construction related to various difficulties was completed only in 1987.
The roof at the arena appeared, the observation deck at the top of the tower with the funicular leading there immediately became a popular tourist attraction, and the tower itself, with a height of 165 m and a maximum angle of 45 degrees relative to the ground, became the tallest inclined structure in the world. However, its floors between the base, with the swimming pools and an exhibition hall, and the top, with a panoramic platform, remained empty, although it was planned to place sports organizations there.
Only in 2015, the reconstruction under the Provencher_Roy project, long desired by the management of the Olympic Park, started, which was supposed to solve this problem. The large financial group Desjardins wanted to occupy seven of the twelve floors. Based in Montreal, she is looking forward to spending 15 years in the tower with some 14,000 m2 of additional space.
The architects replaced the facades of the prefabricated concrete slatted-panel building with a glass curtain wall to provide sunshine and city views to the interior.
see here). Desjardins' tiers line the façades with recreational and collaboration spaces to ensure that the maximum of employees can enjoy the new perspective.
The interior is decorated in restrained colors: the main role is played by the concrete structure of the tower. For Desjardins, there are 1,200 workstations for 1,400 employees in open plan spaces, 23 closed offices, 11 meeting rooms, 7 multifunctional conference rooms, one auditorium, 26 coaching areas and a 400-seat dining room including a multifunctional area for 150 people.
