Nuns' Island gas station
Introduction The filling station, in 2007.The filling station, closed, in April 2010.The '''Nuns' Island gas station''' was a modernist-style filling station in Montreal built in 1969 from a project of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Closed for several years, it was later converted to a community centre.It was the first gas station on the island, commissioned by Imperial Oil.
Community centre "La Station" lighting at nightThe borough of Verdun transformed the building into a community arts centre, '''La Station'''. Eric Gauthier was the lead architect on the project, which saw the two glass pavilions rebuilt to their original 3,000- and  sizes.La Station is a community centre for teens and people over 50 years of age. The two main buildings are called  the ''salle blanche'' (English: white room) and ''salle noire'' (English: black room), after their floor colours. The original glass-enclosed attendant's booth serves as a display case of Mies' and the building's history, with the former fuel dispensers marked by ventilation shafts. The centre uses geothermal energy.
See also *Westmount Square
References
External links * *   Montreal Architects Rescue Mies Van Der Rohe Gas Station from Obscurity, The Architizer Blog*  Conversion of Mies van der Rohe gas station on Nuns Island, e-architect.co.uk, Feb 21, 2012, updated March 6, 2014