Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Location:
Participatory Installation:
- Place des Festivals (3,500 m2)
Video Projections:
- Next to the Saint-Laurent métro station
- Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ)
- Centre de design de l’UQÀM
- Cégep du Vieux-Montréal
- Place de la Paix (hôtel Zéro 1)
- Maisonneuve Theatre
- Président-Kennedy building of UQÀM
- UQÀM Bell Tower
- Place Émilie-Gamelin
Principal contractor: Quartier des spectacles Partnership
First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation
Number of competitors: 38
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: March 12, 2015
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): May 11, 2015
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): June 10, 2015
Jury deliberations: June 12, 2015
Subsequent stages:
Temporary installation: December 10, 2015 to January 31, 2016
Official inauguration: December 10, 2015
Funding source: Ville de Montréal
Competition budget: $59,500
Fees paid to the finalists: $8,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $19,500
Production budget: $300,000
- Turnkey project comprising production and professional fees.
Competition costs represent 19.83% 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:
National Urban Design Awards, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners and Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Urban Fragments category, 2015-2016
