lululemon Montréal | Architectural Fabrication

Architectural mesh spanning the ground-floor windows of lululemon’s Montréal flagship.

Scale: 1,400 square feet
Material: Recycled PETG
System: Interlocking printed panels
Installation: Suspended + flush-mounted

Sainte-Catherine / Montréal

One pattern.
Multiple architectural conditions.

For lululemon’s Sainte-Catherine flagship, Decibel developed 1,400 square feet of printed mesh across storefront windows and ceiling conditions. The visual language needed to remain consistent even as the way each section met the building changed.

The open geometry gives the installation depth without closing off the glazing. Light, views, and the store beyond remain present through the pattern.

Street view of lululemon’s Montréal storefront with architectural mesh across the windows. — From the street, the mesh adds a second layer to the storefront while keeping the interior visible through the glazing.

Panel design

A continuous field,
built from interlocking parts.

Pattern, panel edges, and connections were designed as one system. The mesh breaks down into interlocking sections sized around the realities of robotic printing, packing, and assembly.

Each printed panel registers with the next, carrying the looping geometry across its seams. What arrives on site as manageable components reads, once assembled, as a much larger architectural surface.

Close-up of the layered, looping geometry of a white architectural mesh panel. — Looped geometry and visible layers give the mesh depth while keeping the surface visually light.

The lululemon mark is resolved within the same printed geometry as the surrounding field.

Installers positioning architectural mesh panels inside the Montréal storefront window. — During installation, individual sections begin to disappear into the larger architectural field.

Installation

Two mounting conditions.
One continuous surface.

In the windows, sections are suspended from aircraft cable; elsewhere, they mount flush to the ceiling. Each condition required its own detail while preserving the same pattern and visual rhythm.

Because transport, connections, and installation were considered during development, the panels could be aligned on site without treating each location as a separate design problem.

Architectural mesh suspended across a tall window inside lululemon’s Montréal flagship. — Suspended sections span the height of the storefront glazing while preserving transparency and depth.

Installer silhouetted against the looping mesh pattern in a storefront window. — Final alignment turns a set of printed components into one continuous visual surface.

In place

Light, depth,
and repetition.

Completed, the mesh becomes a recurring architectural layer through the flagship. By day, the open pattern catches daylight and reflection; after dark, it reads more strongly against the illuminated interior.

The project’s scale comes from repetition, but its character comes from the depth and irregularity of the printed loops—a digital system that remains visibly material.