Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Site: Place des Festivals – 3,500 m2
Principal contractor: Quartier des spectacles Partnership
Winner: ATOMIC3 + Appareil Architecture - Félix Dagenais, Louis-Xavier Gagnon-Lebrun and Kim Pariseau
First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation
Number of competitors: 31
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: 2 months
Launch of call for candidates: April 11, 2012
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): May 25, 2012
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): June18, 2012
Jury deliberations: June 19, 2012
Subsequent stages:
Temporary installation: December 6, 2012 to February 3, 2013
Official inauguration: December 6, 2012
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.
Activity:
- 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:
- Promotional video
- Les coulisses de Luminothérapie 2012-2013
- Luminothérapie 2012-2013
- Tourisme Montréal
Press releases:
- April 11, 2012: Light Therapy in Quartier des spectacles – Competition: activities and installations for public spaces
- September 27, 2012 : 2012 Light Therapy winners announced
- December 5, 2012: Luminothérapie in Quartier des spectacles: An invigorating multisensory experience!
