Montréal, Quebec, Canada

The main objective of the competition is to engage various actors involved in the planning of the gateway in a constructive dialogue using an ideation exercise to explore the possibilities of the corridor territory. The approach has so far allowed to bring together representatives from 15 public and private agencies (Appendix 1) to identify common concerns used to define the competition vision (section 2). Through an emphasis on increasing the quality of landscapes, it is hoped that the proposals resulting from the International Ideas Competition will serve as an input for the elaboration of a common action plan (public policies, design charters, development briefs, etc.). To this day, an innovative project of this magnitude has rarely been implemented in Quebec.

Specifically, by using landscape as a structuring concept, the International Ideas Competition aims at redefining the existing relations between the autoroute, the other interconnected infrastructures and the adjacent neighbourhoods. In short, reinventing the landscapes of the international gateway corridor begins with elaborating a development strategy aimed at enhancing its emblematic and expressive character.

(From competition brief)

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