Concordia students transform Montreal Olympic Stadium roof fabric into furniture and design objects
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Ben Dreith
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Summary
Students at Concordia University in Montreal, led by instructor Jeremy Petrus, have transformed Kevlar fabric from the infamous Montreal Olympic Stadium roof into furniture, wearables, and decor items. The O-cycle Project exhibition, held during Montreal Design Week, repurposes material from the stadium's retractable roof—a structure known for its engineering failures and cost overruns. The project explores themes of sustainability, material reuse, and design innovation by giving new life to a problematic architectural legacy.
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The project gives new life to material from a structure known for its engineering failures and cost overruns.
Students repurposed the iconic but troubled stadium's roof fabric into sustainable design objects for Montreal Design Week.
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