Sudbury 2050 - Urban Design Ideas Competition / Concours d'idées de conception urbaine
2020
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada- Planning
- Urban spaces
- Historical site
NB. This competition was organized by two professional advisors :
Blaine Nicholls and Dr. Terrance Galvin
NB. Jury Facilitator: Toon Dreessen, OAA
What is the Sudbury 2050 - Urban Design Ideas Competition?
A progressive competition that is being led by the McEwen School of Architecture (MSoA) in collaboration with the community. It is a competition, that offers the opportunity for entrants to think creatively about a city's complete urban core.
The goal of this Urban Design Ideas Competition is to explore a wide range of options and opportunities for the evolution of the city's urban core and to ultimately set out urban design principles, that will guide its future development.
This competition challenges entrants to create a new vision for the urban core of the City of Greater Sudbury. A 2050 vision that is far-reaching and one that will serve the city well in a rapidly changing global environment.
Entrants are asked to present their ideas for high-level design solutions for the urban core, reflecting the major building projects being proposed. Possible programs include a new library/art gallery/conference centre/performance centre, new housing typologies for a range of incomes, reimagining the space occupied by the railway lines, and a new arena/event centre - all in the urban core. Entrants are expected to address the placement and urban design issues related to one or more of these programs as part of their integrated "2020 Vision."
At the same time, entrants are challenged to propose the broader context in which the urban core resides - the proximity to Lake Ramsey and its adjacent parks, the connections to greenways and watercourses, as well as the relationship to surrounding neighbourhoods.
A key issue with any urban planning process is developing an approach that engages the public in the design process and encourages them to take ownership of the vision. As part of the submission, entrants are asked to present their strategy for public engagement, with their proposed vision.
Finally, entrants are asked to present their ideas for urban guidelines or principles for use by the City, as it updates the Downtown Master Plan and moves forward into a transformational future.
Prizes will be awarded based on each submission's innovative and globally conscious contribution to the creation of new ideas for the City - specifically ones that serve a culturally diverse Northern community. Projects will be judged based on their integrated "vision", creativity, inventiveness, and potential to stimulate public discussion about the urban core of the City.
The Challenge
Participants are challenged to present their visions of The City of Greater Sudbury's Urban Core in 2050.
- Visions for a city set in the extraordinary natural beauty of Northern Ontario - a city with hundreds of lakes, a winter city with a culture driven by Anglophone, Francophone and Indigenous communities.
- Visions for an "international" City, with more than 300 companies exporting intellectual capital and mining products around the world.
- Visions that sustain the City's ability to continue to attract new generations of the best and brightest talent, with the built form in the urban core clearly reflecting this aspiration. Visions for a vibrant city, open to the world it serves.
- Visions that reflect the city's position as northern Ontario's leading healthcare research, education, and economic engine, with an urban core highlighting the creativity and energy necessary to maintain a leadership role.
- Visions that continue to drive the transformational growth of emerging economic sectors such as mass timber construction and remote, automated, electrified, sustainable mining technologies.
- Visions that reflect the fact that Sudbury is an international economic and environmental miracle. The City's economy has recovered from massive mining layoffs and its environment has been transformed with re-greening and regenerating strategies.
- Visions that reflect and challenge the City's aspirations to respond to the ongoing challenges of climate change and the City's "climate emergency".
What better way to re-vision a city than starting with its urban heart?
(From website)
Blaine Nicholls and Dr. Terrance Galvin
NB. Jury Facilitator: Toon Dreessen, OAA
What is the Sudbury 2050 - Urban Design Ideas Competition?
A progressive competition that is being led by the McEwen School of Architecture (MSoA) in collaboration with the community. It is a competition, that offers the opportunity for entrants to think creatively about a city's complete urban core.
The goal of this Urban Design Ideas Competition is to explore a wide range of options and opportunities for the evolution of the city's urban core and to ultimately set out urban design principles, that will guide its future development.
This competition challenges entrants to create a new vision for the urban core of the City of Greater Sudbury. A 2050 vision that is far-reaching and one that will serve the city well in a rapidly changing global environment.
Entrants are asked to present their ideas for high-level design solutions for the urban core, reflecting the major building projects being proposed. Possible programs include a new library/art gallery/conference centre/performance centre, new housing typologies for a range of incomes, reimagining the space occupied by the railway lines, and a new arena/event centre - all in the urban core. Entrants are expected to address the placement and urban design issues related to one or more of these programs as part of their integrated "2020 Vision."
At the same time, entrants are challenged to propose the broader context in which the urban core resides - the proximity to Lake Ramsey and its adjacent parks, the connections to greenways and watercourses, as well as the relationship to surrounding neighbourhoods.
A key issue with any urban planning process is developing an approach that engages the public in the design process and encourages them to take ownership of the vision. As part of the submission, entrants are asked to present their strategy for public engagement, with their proposed vision.
Finally, entrants are asked to present their ideas for urban guidelines or principles for use by the City, as it updates the Downtown Master Plan and moves forward into a transformational future.
Prizes will be awarded based on each submission's innovative and globally conscious contribution to the creation of new ideas for the City - specifically ones that serve a culturally diverse Northern community. Projects will be judged based on their integrated "vision", creativity, inventiveness, and potential to stimulate public discussion about the urban core of the City.
The Challenge
Participants are challenged to present their visions of The City of Greater Sudbury's Urban Core in 2050.
- Visions for a city set in the extraordinary natural beauty of Northern Ontario - a city with hundreds of lakes, a winter city with a culture driven by Anglophone, Francophone and Indigenous communities.
- Visions for an "international" City, with more than 300 companies exporting intellectual capital and mining products around the world.
- Visions that sustain the City's ability to continue to attract new generations of the best and brightest talent, with the built form in the urban core clearly reflecting this aspiration. Visions for a vibrant city, open to the world it serves.
- Visions that reflect the city's position as northern Ontario's leading healthcare research, education, and economic engine, with an urban core highlighting the creativity and energy necessary to maintain a leadership role.
- Visions that continue to drive the transformational growth of emerging economic sectors such as mass timber construction and remote, automated, electrified, sustainable mining technologies.
- Visions that reflect the fact that Sudbury is an international economic and environmental miracle. The City's economy has recovered from massive mining layoffs and its environment has been transformed with re-greening and regenerating strategies.
- Visions that reflect and challenge the City's aspirations to respond to the ongoing challenges of climate change and the City's "climate emergency".
What better way to re-vision a city than starting with its urban heart?
(From website)