Enhancement of La Promenade Fleury

The project, to be chosen at the end of this competition, consists in implementing a semi-permanent design concept to enhance La Promenade Fleury. The aim is not to transform the physical shape of the street, but rather to enhance Fleury Street East by improving the users’ experience and creating a friendly, unifying and distinctive setting for residents, shoppers and workers. 

The Société de développement commercial (SDC) Promenade Fleury hopes to put in place a design concept that will offer users a new experience, improve the atmosphere of the street, reinforce the identity of La Promenade Fleury and, more broadly, contribute to the quality of life of the neighbourhood.

 The budget to complete the project is $255,000, plus taxes.

This design competition is:

• Open
• Without registration fees
• Provincial in scope
• Held in two stages: the first involving anonymous proposals and the second involving service offerings prepared by a maximum of four finalists chosen by the jury

Any firm or team is eligible to enter the competition, provided that it meets the following conditions:

• Consist of a minimum of two concept developers, at least one being a designer; 
• Be able to complete and have already completed a turnkey project in the public domain or must join forces at the second stage of the competition with designers or other consultants that have this expertise
• Operate from an office located in Quebec at the time of entering the competition

Concept developers that are not designers may come, in particular, from the fields of events, multimedia, performing arts (set designer, director, lighting designer) and the visual and media arts.

 Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged. Engineers may join a team.

The jury, which is the same for both stages, comprises the following individuals:

• Rami Bebawi, architect, Kanva
• Gabrielle Bleau-Mathieu, borough resident, teacher in art history
• André Émond, landscape architect, META + FORME paysages, member of SDC Promenade Fleury
• Jérôme Glad, M.Arch, urban designer, Pépinière & Co.
• Josée Labelle, associate landscape architect, NIP Paysage
• Laurence Pasteels, creative director and chief expertise graphic design, GSM Project
• Isabelle Quinn, chair of the board of directors of SDC Promenade Fleury, owner of Sweet Isabelle
• Francine Vallée, member of the board of directors of the SDC Promenade Fleury, owner optician, Lunetterie C4GO

No compensation is planned in the first stage of the competition.

In the second stage of the competition, a maximum of four finalists will receive a lump sum of $5,000 each, plus taxes.

The budget to complete the project is $255,000, plus taxes, and includes:

• Professional design fees to refine the concept of the service offering submitted by the winner
• Professional fees to draw up plans and estimates for the manufacture and installation of the concept, as well as the maintenance and servicing estimate
• Professional fees of engineers and other required professionals, where applicable
• Production costs
• Costs of manufacturing the elements of the concept
• Costs for maintaining, servicing and replacing various elements in the event of breakage for a five-year period
• Costs of mounting and periodic dismantling and storage (if applicable)
• Manufacturing and installation contingencies
• Insurance

The complete file of any proposal or service offering submitted by a competitor or finalist must be received on the following dates and at the following address:

Stage 1
June 9, 2016 before noon EST

Stage 2
September 1, 2016 before noon EST

Address for submission
Bureau du design
Attention: Béatrice Carabin
Ville de Montréal
Design Competition to enhance La Promenade Fleury
303 rue Notre-Dame Est, 6th Floor
Montréal, QC  H2Y 3Y8

All communications must go through professional consultants Véronique Rioux and Emeric Boucher only. All questions or requests by a competitor or finalist for clarification about the competition must be forwarded by email directly and solely to the professional consultants at [email protected] within the established timeline for questions as specified in the competition rules.

Answers to the questions will be forwarded to all registered contestants.

Registration in the competition is compulsory and free. This enables competitors to obtain the program and technical appendices, as well as ensures a link to the professional advisors’ communication network.

To register, send the completed registration form by email to [email protected] before June 2, 2016.

Proposals from competitors who have not registered properly within the established timeline will not be considered.

This competition was held in compliance with the proposed Règlement type pour un concours d'architecture, pluridisciplinaire ou de design de la Ville de Montréal (Model rules for an architectural, multidisciplinary, or design competition sponsored by the Ville de Montréal), approved by the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Occupation du territoire (MAMOT).