Aménagement des abords de la station de métro Champ-de-Mars (étudiant) / Redesigning of the Area Around Champ-de-Mars Metro Station (Student)
2009
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Public building
- Urban spaces
- Development area
This ideas competition is one of the five "shukôs," or creative challenges, issued by the Mayor of Montréal, Gérald Tremblay, as part of the commitments made by the Ville de Montréal and its partners in the Action Plan 2007-2017 - Montréal, Cultural Métropolis. One of the goals of this plan is to promote excellence in design and architecture by widening the use of competitions, which in turn will help position Montréal as a UNESCO City of Design.
The competition is aligned with the detailed planning approach for the Ville-Marie expressway, outlined in the Ville de Montréal's Urban Plan. It is being launched concurrently with a feasibility study on covering the expressway. That study, being conducted jointly by the Ministère des Transports du Québec and the Ville de Montréal, will assess, among other possible options, the technical and financial feasibility of relocating the expressway exit ramps located near the Champ-de-Mars métro station.
The purpose of the competition is to elicit exploration and illustrations of a variety of development concepts made possible by the potential relocation of the expressway exit ramps.
Given the complexity of the technical validation process taking place concurrently, this is strictly an ideas competition, the results of which are intended to inourish a reflexion process by the public bodies, groups, citizens and professionals concerned with the future of the district. Therefore, it is not a project competition leading to the construction of any of the proposals received.
(From competition's documentation)
The competition is aligned with the detailed planning approach for the Ville-Marie expressway, outlined in the Ville de Montréal's Urban Plan. It is being launched concurrently with a feasibility study on covering the expressway. That study, being conducted jointly by the Ministère des Transports du Québec and the Ville de Montréal, will assess, among other possible options, the technical and financial feasibility of relocating the expressway exit ramps located near the Champ-de-Mars métro station.
The purpose of the competition is to elicit exploration and illustrations of a variety of development concepts made possible by the potential relocation of the expressway exit ramps.
Given the complexity of the technical validation process taking place concurrently, this is strictly an ideas competition, the results of which are intended to inourish a reflexion process by the public bodies, groups, citizens and professionals concerned with the future of the district. Therefore, it is not a project competition leading to the construction of any of the proposals received.
(From competition's documentation)