Design des éléments de mobilier urbain amovibles à l'usage des festivals / Movable Street Furniture Elements for Festivals
2009
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Garden structures
- Civil engineering
- Street furniture
The materials currently used by festivals, such as concrete blocks of various sizes, can cause permanent damage to the outdoor venues where cultural events take place, particularly in the Quartier des Spectacles, which is currently the focus of significant investment.
Organized by the City of Montreal (Design Montreal office and Office of Festivals and Cultural Events), in collaboration with the Montreal International District and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, the design competition for the development of removable street furniture for use at festivals is a direct follow-up to the commitments made by the "City" and the partners of the 2007-2017 Action Plan -- Montreal, Cultural Metropolis, which aims to promote excellence in design and architecture by making design competitions standard practice and to affirm Montreal as a UNESCO City of Design. It is also the first competition completed among the "Shuko," challenges launched by Mayor Gérald Tremblay to Montreal designers in September 2008.
This design competition aims to select a concept for the development and production of removable street furniture for use at festivals. The submitted concepts must address at least the following three elements: anchoring, support, and crowd control. To ensure visual integration, these elements must enable the safe use of public spaces in collaboration with cultural event organizers to preserve and prevent damage to Montreal's festival sites, particularly those in the Quartier des Spectacles. At the conclusion of this competition, the City plans to acquire, in the first year, some 950 anchoring, support, and crowd control systems to be made available to festival organizers.
Through this competition, the City of Montreal seeks to invite candidates to reflect on the complex challenges surrounding these removable street furniture elements and the systems that enable their use. Among other things, these issues involve the protection and preservation of the site, as well as the installation, handling, location, theft, vandalism, transportation, storage, maintenance, and management of the equipment.
The competition consists of two stages. The first stage, which is unpaid, is a pre-selection round: designers are invited to submit an application, which will be reviewed and evaluated by a jury to select the five (5) design firms that will participate in the second stage of the competition. In the second stage, the five (5) competitors will be asked to develop an original concept. At the end of this paid stage, the jury will review the competitors' proposals to select a winner, whose concept will be developed and manufactured by a company selected through a public tender. This company must engage the winner's services for the technical development of the furniture components.
(From specifications document and jury's report)
(Unofficial automated translation)
Organized by the City of Montreal (Design Montreal office and Office of Festivals and Cultural Events), in collaboration with the Montreal International District and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, the design competition for the development of removable street furniture for use at festivals is a direct follow-up to the commitments made by the "City" and the partners of the 2007-2017 Action Plan -- Montreal, Cultural Metropolis, which aims to promote excellence in design and architecture by making design competitions standard practice and to affirm Montreal as a UNESCO City of Design. It is also the first competition completed among the "Shuko," challenges launched by Mayor Gérald Tremblay to Montreal designers in September 2008.
This design competition aims to select a concept for the development and production of removable street furniture for use at festivals. The submitted concepts must address at least the following three elements: anchoring, support, and crowd control. To ensure visual integration, these elements must enable the safe use of public spaces in collaboration with cultural event organizers to preserve and prevent damage to Montreal's festival sites, particularly those in the Quartier des Spectacles. At the conclusion of this competition, the City plans to acquire, in the first year, some 950 anchoring, support, and crowd control systems to be made available to festival organizers.
Through this competition, the City of Montreal seeks to invite candidates to reflect on the complex challenges surrounding these removable street furniture elements and the systems that enable their use. Among other things, these issues involve the protection and preservation of the site, as well as the installation, handling, location, theft, vandalism, transportation, storage, maintenance, and management of the equipment.
The competition consists of two stages. The first stage, which is unpaid, is a pre-selection round: designers are invited to submit an application, which will be reviewed and evaluated by a jury to select the five (5) design firms that will participate in the second stage of the competition. In the second stage, the five (5) competitors will be asked to develop an original concept. At the end of this paid stage, the jury will review the competitors' proposals to select a winner, whose concept will be developed and manufactured by a company selected through a public tender. This company must engage the winner's services for the technical development of the furniture components.
(From specifications document and jury's report)
(Unofficial automated translation)
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