"Main economic and institutional pole of Eastern Québec, Rimouski is a city of first-class performances within the province. The presence within the city centre of an 884-seat performing arts venue corresponding to professional standards, would permit the City of Rimouski to overcome the obsolescence of its actual facilities and assert its title as major performing arts centre within the ensemble of the Québec stage arts industry." (From competition documentation.)
In 2001, the City of Rimouski launched a province-wide architectural competition in order to select an architect for the design and execution of a new 850-seat performing arts venue. Originally, this venue was also to include several dance studios. Following the preparatory studies, the competition's organizers decided to situate the dance studios within the existing Civic Centre and construct the new performance hall and its associated services as an extension to this building. Furthermore, the competition's programme included the planning of an exterior public space permitting gatherings during important events.
This competition evoked, most notably, the question of planning and integrating a new building within an existing urban framework. As presented in the competition's programme, the main stakes involved the symbolic character of this project to be situated within the heart of the city, its exterior materialization (in regards to its relationship with immediate neighbours), as well as its interior tectonic scheme.
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Jury president |
Michel Tremblay, Maire
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Jury | Ginette Lepage |
| Jean Matte, Ingénieur |
| Mario Saia, Architecte |
| Michel L. Saint-Pierre, Architecte |
| Michel Tremblay, Maire |
| Emilien Vachon, Architecte |
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Technical Commitee | Francine Guay |
| Euchariste Morin |
| Normand Pépin |
| Jacques Pineau |
| Jean-François Rolland |
STEP 1: Call for applications
March 8, 2001: Call for entries
March 15, 200: Deadline for registration
March 16, 2001: Deadline for submissions as per article 9.5
March 21, 2001: Date for submission of answers to questions received and collated
April 2, 2001, 4.00 pm: Deadline for receipt of applications:
April 10, 2001: Jury recommendation
2nd STEP:
April 13, 2001: Date for site visit and submission of documents
May 4, 2001: Deadline for communications under article 9.5
April 20, 27, 4 and 11, 2001: Date for submission of answers to questions received and collated
May 28, 2001: Deadline for submission of benefits
June 1, 2001: Deadline for submission of artwork
June 5, 2001: Jury recommendation
June 7, 2001: Announcement of winning project
June 7 to 11, 2001: Exhibition of entries
July 5, 2001 9 am to 7 pm: Selection of winner: (according to jury report)
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ARQ #125, novembre 2003
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