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| PROJECT: |
RCMP Detachment |
| LOCATION: |
Gaspé, Quebec |
| APPLICATION: |
Cladding |
| ARCHITECT: |
Alfredo Vega, RCMP, Montreal |
| CONTRACTOR: |
Marcel Charest et Fils, St. Pascal, Quebec |
| METAL SUPPLIER: |
Ideal Roofing, Ottawa |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The RCMP Detachment Building in Gaspé, Quebec, on the shore of
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is a contemporary interpretation of
a civic institutional building, featuring prominent expanses of
copper cladding.
The 16-oz. copper cladding covers three prominent, turret-like
sections of the building. They emphasize entrances and other features
of the building and function as identifying devices. The architects
have taken advantage of copper’s historical image to provide cues
to the function of the facility.
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As the cladding ages, it will take on the distinctive blue-green
patina of mature copper found on installations throughout Eastern
Canada. However, since the copper is installed vertically, the
patina formation will take slightly longer than for a sloped copper
roof in the same locality.
The copper pans were installed over a slip-sheet (which allows
the copper to move freely as it expands and contracts), membrane,
and plywood substrate. About 3,500 square feet (325 m2) of roofing copper sheet was needed for the project.
The copper cladding, while providing many years of maintenance-free
service, will identify the RCMP Detachment as a building of importance,
as it has done in many other locales for centuries.
Adapted from Canadian Copper, No. 146.
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