Location: Borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.Triangle formed by Rue de la Savane to the north, Avenue Mountain Sights to the west, Canadian Pacific Railway to the south and Avenue Victoria to the east.
Type of project: Redevelopment of an urban area
Program: Call for municipal projects of the Montréal UNESCO City of Design initiative to encourage the implementation of an urban project (with a dimension in design) by competition process (2010-2011 edition).
Area: 38 hectares (approx.)
Principal contractor: Borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Winner: Catalyse Urbaine architecture et paysage
First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation
Number of competitors:10
Number of finalists: 4
Scope: National (Canada)
Targeted professionals: Formation of multidisciplinary teams encouraged between development specialists (without engineer)
Type of presentation: Before a jury and public audience
Public presentation: 174 people
Professional advisors: Jacques White and Isabelle LeClair
Steering committee: No
Technical committee: Yes
Competition documents:
- The competition program is the result of collaboration between the borough and the professional advisors.
- The professional advisors prepared the competition rules.
Competition duration: 5 months
Launch of call for candidates: May 4, 2011
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): June 6, 2011
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): August 9, 2011
Jury deliberations: September 8-9, 2011
Subsequent stages:
Ground-breaking ceremony: None
Opening to public: June 2016
Funding source(s):
- Building Montréal UNESCO City of Design project*
- Borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
*An initiative of the Bureau du design de la Ville de Montréal and the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environment at the Université de Montréal funded equally by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine, the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire, the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal and the Ville de Montréal.
Competition budget: $187,200
Fees paid to the 4 finalists (amount subtracted from contract awarded to winner): $30,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $67,200
Production budget: $13,600,000
Professional fees of the winners (architects and engineers) represent 8% of the project’s production budget.
Competition costs represent 1.38% of the project’s production budget.
