The Grey Nun’s Motherhouse is an artifact of Quebec’s religiously steeped historical and cultural foundations. Its importance in the city of Montreal has declined conversely with the city’s development towards modernity, globalization,  liberalism, and secularism.

Concordia University has purchased the Convent to expand its campus by creating the “Quartier Concordia”, an amassing of city blocks located at Montreal’s most populous mixed commercial street. This new campus block will be dedicated to student residences, departments, and lounges. Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) will be the primary occupant of the new campus block and will integrate the Convent’s catacombs, which continues to house the remains of the Grey Nuns.

This project proposes a master plan in which the modes of creativity, their products, and common perceptions of “art”, are freed, funneled, redefined, directed, and then presented into the public domain. It also presents a method of maintaining the relevancy of the Convent’s historical and spiritual significance amongst the education, production, and valuation of art.