Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), Complexe culturel et administratif / Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Cultural and Administrative Complex
2002
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Architecture for culture, research, sport or leisure
- Complexes
- Performing art building
The competition for the Complexe culturel et administratif launched in the summer of 2002 by the Québec Government, of which the organization was entrusted to the Société immobilière du Québec (SIQ), was by its opening to an international scale: a maiden experiment.
Three objectives were to encounter on the Balmoral Block - the designated competition site, situated within the heart of downtown Montréal. The programme stipulated the design of; a concert hall for the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, known as the "Maison de l'OSM", a second space that would correspond to the creative and instructional needs of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique de Montréal, and finally, a building that would permanently accommodate governmental offices within the metropolitan region.
In order to respond to these three sizeable programmatic requirements, the competition was organized in two stages. At the closing of the initial stage, one-hundred and twelve national and international proposals were received, among which the jury, while maintaining the anonymity of the competitors, selected five finalists. Following the second stage, the jury announced the winning team of De Architekten Cie + AEdifica TPL Architecture (Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Montréal, Canada); a project they believed demonstrated a single building fulfilling both the architectural and urban expectations of this competition.
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Three objectives were to encounter on the Balmoral Block - the designated competition site, situated within the heart of downtown Montréal. The programme stipulated the design of; a concert hall for the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, known as the "Maison de l'OSM", a second space that would correspond to the creative and instructional needs of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique de Montréal, and finally, a building that would permanently accommodate governmental offices within the metropolitan region.
In order to respond to these three sizeable programmatic requirements, the competition was organized in two stages. At the closing of the initial stage, one-hundred and twelve national and international proposals were received, among which the jury, while maintaining the anonymity of the competitors, selected five finalists. Following the second stage, the jury announced the winning team of De Architekten Cie + AEdifica TPL Architecture (Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Montréal, Canada); a project they believed demonstrated a single building fulfilling both the architectural and urban expectations of this competition.
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