A LIVING SYSTEM AT ARCHITECTURAL SCALE

Berczy Square
Digital Atrium

At Berczy Square in downtown Toronto, Gentilhomme created original content for a 90-foot atrium screen. Conceived as an architectural element, the content responds to real-time data and reveals itself gradually, designed for a daily audience. It reshapes how people move, pause and connect within the space.

Projects

Area Of Work

Immersive Architecture

Services

Creative direction

Creative production

Media direction

Art direction

Technical design

OUR VISION

When content becomes architecture.

Our goal was to design content that earns attention over time, not content that demands it. Subtle enough to live with the architecture, rich enough to keep revealing itself. A living system that integrates into the space and unfolds gradually, encouraging people to slow down, look up… and come back.

OUR APPROACH

The installation is built around original content conceived specifically for this space, designed to evolve continuously in response to real-time data such as time of day, weather conditions, seasonal changes and the local sports schedule. The result is a dynamic environment that never repeats but constantly adapts.

The experience unfolds through four distinct capsules, each exploring time and transformation in its own way. From a tree that grows hour by hour to abstract systems that visualize time and movement, the content is designed to reward repeated exposure. Subtle shifts, unexpected moments and embedded “easter eggs” create a layered experience that becomes richer the more it is observed.

The screen is treated as an architectural element, a vertical axis that shapes how the space is experienced. It influences circulation, attention and behavior, transforming the lobby from a place of transit into a place of presence.

"Berczy Square is home to the only atrium-style lobby in Toronto’s Financial District that’s open to the public, and we knew we wanted to feature it in our renovations. The nine-storey screen, paired with Gentilhomme’s stunning original artwork, encourages visitors to look up and admire this defining architectural feature. The artwork continuously evolves, responding to real-time elements like the weather. There’s nothing else like it in Toronto."

Devan Sloan, Vice President, Asset Management and Leasing at GWL Realty Advisors

Credits

Executive Creative Director Thibaut Duverneix

Executive Producer Erich Fox

Art Directors Mathieu Léger, Katty Maurey

Multimedia Director Sebastien Joly

Producer Samuel Gauvreau Des Aulniers

Technical Director Abhinav Dabas

Programmers & Real-Time 3D Artists Étienne Garon-Vincent, François de l’Isle

3D Artists Miriam Diana Pelletier, Maxime Roux, Sebastien Joly

Partners

GWL Realty Advisors

DIALOG

DTS Inc.

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