This international competition aims to redesign a 3000m2 site in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, which features many of the city's emerging historical, cultural and community assets. The objective is to create a new urban destination including an indoor pedestrian square and open and permeable public spaces.
The competition programme includes sustainable social housing with 100 apartments, including 30 studios, 45 one-bedroom apartments and 35 two-bedroom apartments, a cultural centre, as well as common facilities and services. The building must have a net zero energy consumption and a carbon neutral footprint, as well as an energy management system that meets the LEED Platinum level.
Contestants must also design a vibrant, flexible and informal urban market that allows local suppliers to create their own environment. The building, which must accommodate year-round activities, can only have one storey of approximately 650 metres.
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We, the Jury for the Market Lands Design Competition, are pleased to provide this final report to summarize our deliberations. We were very pleased with the calibre of work in the 23 submissions to the RFQ and found it very difficult to select a short list of five teams from the submissions. The teams included architects and planners from five Canadian Provinces, many European countries and the United States.
The Jury held several collective discussions until we ultimately selected the five short-listed teams. The competition concluded with formal presentations before the Jury and the general public on Friday December 7, 2018 in a conference space in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. Each team was given 20 minutes to provide a comprehensive presentation of their proposal and then respond to 10 minutes of questions from the Jury.
The Jury wants to thank all competitors for their highly creative work and the very high calibre of presentations. We recognize the commitment and integrity that each team demonstrated towards an Excellence in Architecture and want to thank all contributing firms for their time, energy and passion.
The following is a summary of the Jury comments for the Winning Entry and the four Honourable Mentions in order of their public presentations.
(From jury report)
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The new (affordable housing) market – The Uniter
