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Salle de spectacles de Saint-Hyacinthe / Saint-Hyacinthe Performance Hall

Stage 1

Stage 2

Dan Hanganu, architecte (Winner)

Marosi, Troy, architectes / Claude Sauvageau, architecte

Saucier et Perrotte, architectes (Saucier+Perrotte)

Cormier, Cohen, Davies, architectes (Atelier Big City) / Pearl Poddubiuk et associés, architectes (l'O.E.U.F.)

Allaire, Bergeron, Courchesne, Perras, Gagné, Moreau, architectes (ABCP architecture et urbanisme)

Affleck + de la Riva, architectes / Le groupe Arcop

NOMADE architecture

winner

Dan Hanganu, architecte

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	2002
Location	1705, rue Saint-Antoine Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Stage	Two stages
Competitors S1	7
Competitors S2	3

Surface area (m²)	2500 m²
Initial project cost	9,100,000 $

Client	Ville de Saint-Hyacinthe
Professional advisor	Philippe Drolet
Jury president S1	Claude Bernier, Maire
Jury president S2	Claude Bernier, Maire
Doc. level	75%

Description

This competition, launched in 2002 by the City of Saint-Hyacinthe, aimed at equipping the city with a new cultural facility that would enable it to respect the cultural policy adopted in 1993. Through the construction of this "multicapacity, multidisciplinary 674-seat hall" (From ARQ, February 2005, No.130, p.8), Saint-Hyacinthe intended to assert its role as regional cultural capital. The new building's site (a parking lot situated in the city centre and adjacent to the Yamaska River), presented several challenges pertaining to urban integration and surrounding built heritage.

The competition's stakes were therefore to construct a performance hall whose design would integrate to both site and surrounding architecture, while assuming its role within the Québec cultural scene. As concerns the building's location and integration, participants were to choose between two proposed strategies: a "monumental" arrangement, in relationship with the river, or a more urban arrangement that would contribute to consolidating activity within the city centre. The new performance hall was to serve professional theatrical needs, while simultaneously acting as a meeting and gathering place, as well as an urban public space for the inhabitants of the region. Equipped with this new public complex, Saint-Hyacinthe would be able to fully assume its capacity as regional cultural capital.

This competition was open to all architects throughout Québec. During the second stage, seven teams were selected and invited to submit a sketch-based concept accompanied by a descriptive text presenting their ideas.

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Jury comments

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

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president S1	Claude Bernier, Maire
Jury S1	Manon Asselin, Architecte
	Marc Beausoleil, Architecte
	Claude Bernier, Maire
	Régent Bourque
	Benoit Dupuis, Architecte
	France Guilmain
	Pierre Larochelle, Architecte
	Alain Rivard, Directeur général
	Michel Robidoux

Jury president S2	Claude Bernier, Maire
Jury S2	Manon Asselin, Architecte
	Marc Beausoleil, Architecte
	Claude Bernier, Maire

	Benoit Dupuis, Architecte

	Pierre Larochelle, Architecte
	Alain Rivard, Directeur général



Technical Commitee	David L. Boucher
	Lynda Cadorette
	Claude Chrétien
	Philippe Drolet
	Patrice Furlan
	Claude Lapointe
	Benjamin Martin

Calendar

Call for applications

August 14, 2002: Publications call for applications
August 20, 2002 : Documents available
September 17, 2002 5pm: Submission of entries
September 20, 2002: Jury and selection of competitors (7)

Architectural competition Phase 1

September 24, 2002: Documents available, Competitors begin proposals, Site visit
October 25, 2002: Submission of proposals
October 28-29, 2002: Technical committee
October 30, 2002: Jury and selection of finalists

Architectural competition Phase 2

November 5, 2002: Finalists begin work, Meeting with finalists
December 3, 2002: Submission of entries
December 4-5-6, 2002: Technical commission
December 10, 2002: Presentation of finalists, jury, selection of winner

(From competition brief)

(Unofficial automated translation)

Press Review

Revues spécialisées:
ARQ #130, février 2005

List of general documents

(not accessible)

Programme
Appel de candidatures
Règlement
Horaire des présentations
Questions et réponses
Rapport du jury (global)
Rapport du jury (global)
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
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Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
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Lettre
Rapport du jury (global)
Devis d'étude
Plan
Pamphlet résumé
Rapport du Conseiller Professionnel

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