Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Site: Place des Festivals – 3,500 m2
Principal contractor: Quartier des spectacles Partnership
Winner: KANVA Architecture in collaboration with Udo Design, Côté Jardin, Patrick Watson, Boris Dempsey and Pierre Fournier
First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation
Number of competitors: 44
Number of finalists: 5
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: No
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: January 31, 2013
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): March 28, 2013
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): April 25, 2013
Jury deliberations: May 2, 2013
Subsequent stages:
Temporary installation: December 11, 2013 to February 2, 2014
Official inauguration: December 11, 2013
Funding source: Ville de Montréal
Competition budget: $44,500
Fees paid to the finalists: $5,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $19,500
Production budget: $275,000
Turnkey project comprising production and professional fees.
Competition costs represent 16.18% of the project’s production budget.
Activities:
- 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.
Videos:
Press releases:
- August 12, 2013: Luminothérapie Competition: Finalists announced
- October 15, 2013: Luminothérapie competition: and the winners for 2013-14 are…
- December 10, 2013: Luminothérapie in Quartier des spectacles: unveiling of the 2013-2014 works
Prizes:
- National Urban Design Awards, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Urban Fragments category, 2013-2014
- Grand Prix d’excellence Award, Ordre des architectes du Québec, 2015
- World Architecture News Award, Built Environment Media, Special Mention, 2015
- Grands Prix du Design Award, Agence PID, Lighting Award, 2015
- Lighting Award, Illuminating Engineering Society Montréal (IES), Outdoor Lighting category, 2014
Nominations (Finalists):
- World Architecture Festival (WAF), 2015
- Numix Award, Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM), Cultural Experience Production, 2013
