Calls

Plage de l'Est

Landscape Architecture Competition
General information

Location: District of Pointe-aux-Prairies, between 94th Avenue and 96th Avenue, Rue Bureau and the St. Lawrence River.
Type of project: Beach creation
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.
Building footprint (area): 17,800 m2 (gross)
Principal contractor: Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Winner: Ruccolo + Faubert Architectes & Ni conception architecture de paysage

Competition format

First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation

Number of competitors: 36
Number of finalists: 4

Scope: Provincial (Québec)
Targeted professionals: Architect member of the OAQ and landscape architect member of the AAPQ

Type of presentation: Before a jury and public audience
Public presentation: 138 people

Professional advisor: Philippe Drolet
Steering committee: No
Technical committee: Yes

Competition documents:

  • Program prepared by the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles in collaboration with the professional advisor.
  • Competition rules prepared by the professional advisor.
Timetable

Competition duration: 3 months
Launch of call for candidates: September 17, 2013
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): October 17, 2013
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): November 19, 2013
Jury deliberations: November 25-26, 2013

Subsequent stages:
Ground-breaking ceremony: -
Opening to public: -
Official inauguration: -

Financial information

Funding sources:

  • Building Montréal UNESCO City of Design project*
  • Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

*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: $99,948
Fees paid to the finalists (amount subtracted from contract awarded to winner): $20,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $19,948
Production budget: $1,000,000
 
Professional fees of the winner represent 17.50% of the project’s production budget.
Competition costs represent 9.99% of the project’s production budget.

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