Ensemble au centre sportif - Expérience 1 / Together, Let's All Go to the Sport Center - Experience 1
2025
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Architecture for culture, research, sport or leisure
This ideas competition is an initiative of the Faculté de l'aménagement of the Université de Montréal, designed to stimulate ideation and mobilize the creativity of young designers on the important theme of universal design.
The competition is multidisciplinary and internationally open to all university students, particularly in the fields of design, architecture and landscape architecture.
This competition is not a project competition: it is an ideas competition.
Projects submitted should not propose simple technical adjustments to the building or its site, but rather transformative ideas that offer inclusive and equitable experiences for all users.
EXPERIENCE 1 - ARRIVING AT THE MAIN RECEPTION AREA
Question
What form would an inclusive experience for arriving at the main reception area of the sports center take?
Journey sequence
A - Entering the multi-sports complex building from one or more sites of the public space:
- from the street (Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit or others)
- from the underground public transit (Métro Édouard-Montpetit or future Réseau express métropolitain)
- from the adapted parking and drop-off area
- from the adjacent outdoor terraces (Les Jardins)
B - Moving inside and/or outside the building to reach the main reception desk on the 4th floor (main service point)
C - Using the reception desk
D - Crossing the access points reserved for members
(From competition program)
The competition is multidisciplinary and internationally open to all university students, particularly in the fields of design, architecture and landscape architecture.
This competition is not a project competition: it is an ideas competition.
Projects submitted should not propose simple technical adjustments to the building or its site, but rather transformative ideas that offer inclusive and equitable experiences for all users.
EXPERIENCE 1 - ARRIVING AT THE MAIN RECEPTION AREA
Question
What form would an inclusive experience for arriving at the main reception area of the sports center take?
Journey sequence
A - Entering the multi-sports complex building from one or more sites of the public space:
- from the street (Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit or others)
- from the underground public transit (Métro Édouard-Montpetit or future Réseau express métropolitain)
- from the adapted parking and drop-off area
- from the adjacent outdoor terraces (Les Jardins)
B - Moving inside and/or outside the building to reach the main reception desk on the 4th floor (main service point)
C - Using the reception desk
D - Crossing the access points reserved for members
(From competition program)