受魁北克培养出奥运会速滑冠军（如Gaétan Boucher和Robert Dubreuil）的激励，新的冰上运动中心将激发包括有志向成为运动员的人和现役运动员在内的加拿大人的运动热情。这个庞大的冰上运动综合体来自Lemay优雅而内敛的设计，它拥有一条400米长的椭圆形速滑道，以及两个奥林匹克规格的冰场，其中一个用于短道速滑，另一个用于花样滑冰和冰球等冰上运动，是北美最大的室内冰场，同时也是东海岸的第一个此类项目。

Inspired by the Olympic speed skating champions Québec has fostered like Gaétan Boucher and Robert Dubreuil, the new Centre de glaces is primed to inspire movement in Canadians, aspiring and established athletes alike. With a 400-metre oval speed skating track and two Olympic-sized ice rinks, one for short-track speed skating and the other for ice sports like figure skating and hockey, this bold ice sports complex of elegant and restrained designs from Lemay is the largest of its kind in North America and the first on the eastern seaboard.

▼项目鸟瞰，aerial view

▼建筑立面，facade

▼设计手稿，sketch

椭圆形结构由流畅且连续的形式组成，能够体现出滑冰者在运动中心内1.35万平方米的冰面上滑行的速度、活力、平衡和技巧。作为备受喜爱的户外社区冰场的补充，该项目采用适应性强的漂浮圆环造型，使外围体量提升至可以在视平线上形成360度窗带的高度。这样一来，室内和周围景观之间有了联系，它们之间仅通过一道玻璃，就将看与被看融合在一起。

The oval structure is composed of fluid and c了ontinuous forms that reflect the speed, dynamism, balance, and skill of a skater gliding on the center’s 13,500 m2 of ice. As a compliment to a well-loved outdoor community skating rink, the Centre de glaces features the adaptive gesture of a floating ring which lifts the entire volume of its perimeter envelope high enough to create a 360-degree band of windows at eye-level. In doing so, the interior and rolling landscape that encircles the building become interconnected, only separated by a wall of glass that merges being seen with seeing.

▼漂浮圆环造型，a floating ring