Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Locations:
- Place des Festivals – 3,500 m2
- Place Émilie-Gamelin
- 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
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.
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
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.
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:
- June 14, 2011: Create winter at Quartier des spectacles | competition – enhancing public spaces with participatory installations
- July 19, 2011: The finalists in the create winter at Quartier des spectacles competition are revealed!
- October 3, 2011: Three creative teams will give winter a new face at Quartier des spectacles
