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competition

Salle de spectacles de l'Assomption / L'Assomption Performance Hall

Stage 1

Les Architectes Blouin Faucher Aubertin Brodeur Gauthier (FABG)

Marosi, Troy, architectes / Jodoin Lamarre Pratte et associés, architectes (JLP)

Durand, Bergeron, architectes / Allaire, Bergeron, Courchesne, Perras, Gagné, Moreau, architectes (ABCP arch.-urb.)

Cormier, Cohen, Davies, architectes (Atelier Big City) / Desnoyers, Mercure et associés, architectes

winner

Les Architectes Blouin Faucher Aubertin Brodeur Gauthier (FABG)

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	1996
Location	225, boulevard l'Ange Gardien L’Assomption, Quebec, Canada
Stage	One stage
Competitors	4

Surface area (m²)	1953 m²
Initial project cost	3,500,000 $

Client	La Corporation Hector-Charland, représentée par Alain Bergmans
Professional advisor	Pierre Beaupré
Jury president	Claude De Grandpré, Artiste
Doc. level	75%

Description

The competition organized for Salle de spectacles de l'Assomption was an initiative and collaboration between the Hector-Charland Corporation and the Québec Ministry of Culture and Communications - faithful to its policy and support of locating cultural facilities that encourage activity and economic repercussions within the various regions of Québec. Acknowledging the destituteness of its facilities, the Collège de l'Assomption decided in 1987 to conduct a fund-raising campaign and one year later form the Hector-Charland Corporation in order to provide the municipality with facilities corresponding to its rich theatrical traditions. The construction of a 650-seat performing arts venue, of 1,815m2, was a vital element of a greater project to revitalize the city centre and promote educational, communal, cultural and artistic activities within l'Assomption – a culturally significant municipality located in the Lanaudière region.

The key issue of this competition was to establish a link between the versatility and flexibility of infrastructures in harmony with the existing architectural heritage and at once dialogue with the Collège de l'Assomption – an institutional building dominating the surrounding landscape. The competition's jury identified the following important selection criteria; urban integration, revitalization potential, the quality of exterior public space and architectural envelope, accessibility and respect of budgetary constraints.

The Call for Candidates stipulated that, with equal competency, a regional architectural firm would be selected over firms based elsewhere in Québec. Thus for this competition, several firms exterior to the Lanaudière region associated with local firms in order to maximize their chances of winning.

Jury comments

(Consult the competitors' projects for specific comments from the jury)

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president	Claude De Grandpré, Artiste
Jury	Anne Carrier, Architecte
	Claude De Grandpré, Artiste
	Martin Drainville, Comédien
	Sylvain Gagné
	Alain Plouffe, Administrateur
	Claude Provencher, Architecte
	Monique Rompré, Conseillère Municipale
	Pierre Thibault, Architecte



Technical Commitee	Michel Aubé
	Patrick Berger
	Jean-Charles Drapeau

Calendar

August 20, 1996: Call for candidates sent to the OAQ for distribution to its members by August 30.
August 29, 1996: Jury selection completed
September 25, 1996: Selection of candidates
October 7, 1996: start of the competition proper - competitors familiarize themselves with the program
November 22, 1996: submission of competitors' proposals
November 25-27, 1996: analysis by the technical committee
November 29, 1996: Jury and selection of winner
March 12-15, 1997: Exhibition of projects at l'Assomption

(Unofficial automated translation)

Press Review

Articles de presse :
La Presse 04-10-95
La Presse 25-01-97
La Presse 17-10-97
Le Devoir 20-01-97
Le Devoir 08-02-97
Le Devoir 23-10-99
L'artisan 21-01-97
L'artisan 04-03-97
L'Écrivain public 23-01-97
L'Écrivain public 06-03-97
L'Expression de Lanaudière 02-02-97
L'Hebdo rive Nord 23-02-97
L'Hebdo rive Nord 16-03-97
L'Hebdo rive Nord 02-03-97
L'Artefact volume V, numéro 5
Bulletin municipal - l'Assomption magazine 03-97
Le bulletin du personnel 03-97

Revues spécialisées :
ARQ #99, octobre 1997
ARQ , août 1999
Esquisses (le bulletin d'information de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec) mars 1997

List of general documents

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Article de revue spécialisée
Règlement
Liste de coordonnées
Règlement
Programme
Questions et réponses
Liste des membres du jury
Budget
Appel de candidatures
Compte rendu de réunion
Compte rendu de réunion
Lettre
Communiqué de presse
Lettre
Lettre
Article de presse
Lettre

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