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Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex

Architecture Competition

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Stade de soccer au complexe environnemental Saint-Michel
Source: 
Olivier Blouin
General information

Address: 9235 Avenue Papineau (in the Complexe environnemental Saint-Michel)
Type of project: New construction
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).
Building footprint (area): 12,600 m2 (gross) 9,200 m2 (net)
Principal contractor: Ville de Montréal (Direction des stratégies et transactions immobilières)
Winner: Saucier + Perrotte / Hughes Condon Marler Architectes

Competition format

First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation

Number of competitors: 33
Number of finalists: 4

Scope: Provincial (Québec)
Targeted professionals: Architects members of the OAQ (for 10 years), LEED Canada accredited professionals (architecture).
 
Type of presentation: Before a jury and public audience
Public presentation: 154 people

Professional advisor: Louise Amiot
Steering committee: Yes
Technical committee: Yes

Competition documents:

  • Program prepared by the Direction des stratégies et transactions immobilières of the Ville de Montréal.
  • Competition rules prepared by the professional advisor.
Timetable

Competition duration: 5 months
Launch of call for candidates: June 6, 2011
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): July 20, 2011
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): October 25, 2011
Jury deliberations: November 7-8, 2011

Subsequent stages: 
Ground-breaking ceremony: August 20, 2013
Opening to public: May 30, 2015
Official inauguration: June 5, 2017

Financial information

Funding source: Building Montréal UNESCO City of Design project*

*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: $461,000
Fees paid to the finalists (amount subtracted from contract awarded to winner): $62,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $275,000
Production budget: $52,600,000

Professional fees of the winner represent 3.34% of the project’s production budget.
Competition costs represent 0.88% of the project’s production budget.

Communication activities and tools

Activities:

Videos (in French):

Press releases (in French):

Awards and prizes (as of September 2016)

Prizes:

Nominations (Finalists):

  • Montréal Environment and Sustainable Development Recognition Gala, "Public body" category, 2016
  • Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, IIT College of Architecture Chicago, 2016
  • WAN Sports in Architecture Award, 2016
  • Innovation and Sustainable Development Trophies, Contech, Innovative Practices - Institutional, Commercial and Industrial Building, 2014
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex Soccer Complex