The Palais des congrès de Montréal hosts paysages studio, an MT Lab Innovative Business in Residence 

Espace Accalmie, une salle de détente immersive qui offre une projection d’ambiances

The Palais des congrès de Montréal is pursuing its collaboration with MT Lab under its Innovative Business in Residence program, offering paysages studio the opportunity to deploy and improve its services in real conditions, in the heart of downtown.

By occupying a demonstration area in the Palais’ public spacepaysages studio will benefit from a stimulating environment, exceptional visibility and privileged access to a varied business clientele to accelerate its development.  

This collaboration between the Palais des congrès de Montréal and MT Lab is part of a continuum of shared initiatives to support innovation and offer a showcase for Montréal entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of tourism and business events. In May 2023, the two organizations launched the Tourism Innovation Showcase, an immersive journey highlighting new experiential technologies offered by four young MT Lab-incubated businesses.  

Thanks to the Innovative Business in Residence program, launched in January 2025 with the hosting of a first Montréal start-up, the Palais des congrès and MT Lab are strengthening their commitment to promoting local entrepreneurial know-how.  

paysages studio, the new Innovative Business in Residence

Montréal’s studio paysages will be the second MT Lab-incubated business to enjoy strategic positioning at the Palais and its stimulating environment to develop its offer.  

As part of its residency at the Palais, the enterprise is deploying Espace Accalmie, an immersive relaxation room designed to restore attention through a 30-minute sound and contemplation interlude. The experience offers several environments inspired by Québec landscapes and combines high resolution projections and spatialized soundscapes. The content is based on recordings from along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, in the Charlevoix region, between 2024 and 2025. The musical creation was produced by sound artist Lina Choi, based in Montréal. 

This landscape creation studio draws inspiration from the ecology of attention—or how our information environments exhaust our limited ability to concentrate—and scientific research that demonstrates the role contemplative immersion can play in reducing stress and significantly improving concentration. The Montréal enterprise develops sensory experiences designed to foster calm, well-being and attentional recovery, unlike the immersive art generally associated with entertainment.  

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Quotes

Montréal is an innovative city brimming with businesses that reinvent how we create, work and live the event experience. For us at the Palais, partnering with this energy aligns seamlessly with our mission—by opening up our spaces to paysages studio and maintaining our collaboration with MT Lab, we’re concretely contributing to event transformation.

– Emmanuelle Legault, President and CEO of the Palais des congrès de Montréal

With paysages studio, MT Lab continues to pave the way by integrating emerging solutions that transform the welcome experience. Their immersive approach, based on research and quality of attention, perfectly illustrates Montréal’s and Québec’s creativity to international visitors and local residents.

– Martin Lessard, Managing Director of MT Lab

Thanks to the support of the Palais des congrès de Montréal and MT Lab, this innovation showcase allows paysages studio to share its experience Accalmie with a broader public. As an enterprise committed to generating real social impact, we encourage wellness through immersive calm, while honouring Québec’s landscapes and encouraging contemplative tourism.

– Charles Montambault, Co-founder and Creative Director of paysages studio