Calls

Create Winter at Quartier des Spectacles – Place Émilie-Gamelin

Design Competition - Installations for Public Spaces

eclats-de-verre_c_martine-doyon_pqds-1.jpg

Créer l'hiver au Quartier des spectacles – Place Émilie-Gamelin
Source: 
Martine Doyon
General information

Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Locations:

  1. Place des Festivals – 3,500 m2
  2. Place Émilie-Gamelin
  3. Saint-Laurent metro station area

Principal contractor: Quartier des spectacles Partnership
Winner: Atomic3 - Félix Dagenais, Louis-Xavier Gagnon-Lebrun, Éric Gautron, produced by Michel Granger

Competition format

First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation

Number of competitors: 27
Number of finalists: 9 (3 finalists per site)

Scope: National (Canada)
Targeted professionals: All professionals working in one of the following areas: in design (architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, interior design, environmental design, industrial design, graphic design) OR event design OR multimedia OR literature OR performing arts (set designer, director, choreographer, music, light and video designer) OR visual and media arts.

Type of presentation: Before a jury
Public presentation: None

Professional advisor: Véronique Rioux
Steering committee: No
Technical committee: Yes

Competition documents:

  • Program prepared by the Quartier des spectacles Partnership and the Bureau du design de la Ville de Montréal in collaboration with the professional advisor.
  • Competition rules prepared by the professional advisor.
Timetable

Competition duration: 3 months
Launch of call for candidates: June 14, 2011
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): July 4, 2011
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): September 6, 2011
Jury deliberations: September 19-20, 2011

Subsequent stages:
Temporary installation: December 15, 2011 to February 26, 2012
Official inauguration: December 15, 2011

Financial information

Funding source: Ville de Montréal

Competition budget: $80,000
Fees paid to the finalists: $5,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $35,000

Production budget: $480,000

Turnkey project comprising production and professional fees.
Competition costs represent 16.67% of the project’s production budget.

Communication activities and tools

Activity:

  • Exhibition of the finalist proposals and unveiling of the winning project. The president of the jury explains the selection of the project. The winner explains his project.

Press releases:

Créer l'hiver au Quartier des spectacles – Place Émilie-Gamelin
Create Winter at Quartier des Spectacles – Place Émilie-Gamelin