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Faculté de l'aménagement de l'Université de Montréal / Faculty of Environmental Design, Université de Montréal

Stage 1

Saucier et Perrotte, architectes (Saucier+Perrotte) / Menkès Shooner Dagenais Architectes/ Deshaies Raymond Blondin, Baronne, architectes paysagistes (Winner)

Saia Barbarese, architectes / Cormier St-Denis, architectes paysagistes

LeMoyne, Lapointe, Magne, architectes et urbanistes et associés / Architectes Lemay et associés / Marc Fauteux et associés, architectes-paysagistes

Cardinal Hardy et associés, architectes / Provencher Roy + associés, architectes / Peter Jacobs, architecte paysagiste.

Gauthier Guité Daoust, architectes / Le groupe Lestage inc. / Jacques Rousseau, architecte / Michel Dallaire, designer industriel / André Moreau, architecte paysagiste / Jean-Pierre Viau, designer

winner

Saucier et Perrotte, architectes (Saucier+Perrotte) / Menkès Shooner Dagenais Architectes/ Deshaies Raymond Blondin, Baronne, architectes paysagistes

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	1994
Location	2490, ch. de la Côte Ste-Catherine Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Stage	One stage
Competitors	5

Surface area (m²)	22575 m²
Initial project cost	14,000,000 $

Client	Direction des immeubles de l'Université de Montréal (Monsieur Émile Sayegh, directeur du projet et Madame Louise Joubert directrice)
Professional advisor	Pierre Beaupré
Jury president	Michel Gariépy, Professeur titulaire
Doc. level	75%

Description

This competition, launched in 1994 by the Université de Montréal's Department of Building Services, proposed the extension and renovation of the Faculté d'aménagement pavilion, as well as the creation of a new landscaped public space integrated within the university campus. This therefore meant that the selected team had to demonstrate the capacity of creating a new university-appropriable ensemble linked at once to the Mount Royal heritage site and the surrounding neighbourhood. The foremost idea of the competition was that of an integrated project, calling upon a multi-disciplinary team of professionals.

By means of this competition, the Faculty of Planning not only desired to fulfill its quantitative and qualitative spatial needs for teaching and research, but also wished that their facilities eloquently reflect the academic objectives of the institution itself, which at the time included three schools, (architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design), and one institute (urban planning). In addition, this extension, renovation and creation of a landscaped public space had to be situated within its spatial frame, the fundamental aspects of which were; the extension of the main campus, insertion within the existing urban grid and the relationship with its immediate neighbour – the new pavilion of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC). The goal was to establish and encourage a collective appropriation of the new facilities to the university campus, by linking them simultaneously to the mountain heritage context and the activity of the adjacent neighbourhood. (See programme, section 1.2, p.3)

The project was made possible thanks to funding provided by the Québec Ministry of Education. The team composed of Saucier Perrotte architectes / René Menkes, architectes / Deshaies, Raymond / Blondin, Barone architectes-paysagistes was selected as winner of this competition. However, during the project's production, the University of Montréal's Department of Building Services chose the landscaping firm of Parent Latreille due to their experience in landscaping university pavilions.

Jury comments

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

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president	Michel Gariépy, Professeur titulaire
Jury	Georges Adamczyk, Professeur titulaire
	Pierre-Richard Bisson, Architecte
	Irène Cinq-Mars, Architecte paysagiste
	Michel Gariépy, Professeur titulaire
	Dan S. Hanganu, Architecte
	Louise Joubert, Architecte
	Danièle Routaboule, Architecte paysagiste
	Claude Vasconi, Architecte



Technical Commitee	Jacques Aubert
	Jean-Claude Boisvert
	Robert T. Charrette
	Odette Demers

Calendar

1993-1994: Program development by Faculty and Building Management
July 6, 1994: Call for applications (invitation issued to 35 firms)
August 8, 1994: Deadline for receipt of expressions of interest in the project
August 15 to September 2, 1994: Selection committee meeting
September 6, 1994: Meeting of the University Executive Committee to receive the recommendation of the selection committee, and selection of the five firms invited to compete.
September 22, 1994: Handover of competition documents to selected teams, start of competition.
September 30, 1994: Site visit
October 2, 1994: Deadline for submitting questions
October 9, 1994: Deadline for responses
November 15, 1994: Deadline for submission of proposals
November 16-18, 1994: Examination of projects by technical commission
November 20-21, 1994: Jury session, deliberation and report writing
December 6, 1994: Meeting of the University Executive Committee, which receives the jury's recommendation.
December 20, 1994: Announcement of competition results
January 11 to 26, 1995: Exhibition of projects

(Unofficial automated translation)

Press Review

Articles de presse :
La Presse 11-02-95
La Presse 21-06-98
Le Devoir 12-01-95
Le Devoir 14-01-95
Le Devoir 26-04-95
Le Devoir 22-08-98
The Gazette 12-01-95
The Gazette 25-04-98
Forum (Université de Montréal) 16-01-95
Forum vol.30 no.9 30-10-95

Revues spécialisées :
Revue de l'aménagement 97
ARQ 84 04-95
Canadian Architect v.40 no.4 04-95
Canadian Architect v.43 no.5 05-98
World Architecture 70 10-98

List of general documents

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Lettre
Programme
Rapport du jury (global)
Questions et réponses
Lettre
Règlement
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Lettre
Article de presse
Article de presse
Article de presse
Article de presse
Article de revue spécialisée
Article de revue spécialisée
Article de presse
Article de presse

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