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It’s not every day a new university campus is built, and on Friday, the Université de Montréal officially opens its new science campus — the result of 10 years of planning and three years of construction.

Situated in the old Outremont Train Yard, steps away from the l’Acadie métro station, and in the shadow of Mount Royal, the Outremont campus has two buildings that can accommodate 2,000 students and 200 teachers. One building is devoted to classrooms, amphitheatres and meeting spots, while the other is an eight-storey building with laboratories and collaborative spaces, including a large café, a food court and an atrium.

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The construction also creates a new residential neighbourhood to house up to 3,000 residents — as the university sold some of its land to the city.

The Montreal Gazette interviewed the project’s lead urban planner, Pierre St-Cyr, about the challenges of creating a new campus in the heart of a dense urbanenvironment.