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Maison de la Culture de Matane

Stage 1

Anne Carrier, architecte

Dupuis et LeTourneux, architectes / Benoît Proulx, architectes

Pierre Thibault, architecte

Les architectes Fontaine et Gauthier

winner

Anne Carrier, architecte

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	1995
Location	520, avenue Saint Jérôme Matane, Quebec, Canada
Stage	One stage
Competitors	4

Surface area (m²)	1550 m²
Initial project cost	1,800,000 $

Client	Gestion immeuble culturel de Matane (GICUM)
Professional advisor	Monique Bourget
Jury president	Marcel Junius, Architecte
Doc. level	75%

Description

Launched in February of 1995 by the city of Matane, this competition for the construction of a Community Arts Centre was open to all architect members of the Québec Order of Architects. Sixty competitors submitted an entry in this sketch-based limited competition consisting of a single phase.

Matane, a municipality of 12,700 inhabitants situated on the Saint Lawrence River and divided by a second river, (the Matane River), had recently initiated a project for the improvement of this river-sea axis. A key issue of this competition was to create a new Community Arts Centre linked to this axis and the riverside Promenade des Capitaines that would favour cultural and tourist activity. This meant designing a 1,600m2 building, to be located in the city centre, in order to accommodate the municipal library and various other functions associated with the production and diffusion of visual arts. The alliance of these various components within a single structure was to make the Community Arts Centre a friendly, welcoming and accessible facility for the use of both local residents and tourists. The city hoped that the urban strategies, sensitivity and architectural quality of this new building would make it a model for future development along the river-sea axis. The new Community Arts Centre would ideally renew the city of Matane's image by expressing its cultural dynamics, quality of living and international open-mindedness. As was stated within the architectural programme, the Maison de la culture de Matane symbolized the “flagship” of a tangible and long-term development beginning along the river-sea axis. According to the Québec Ministry of Culture and Communications, this competition was to propose an exceptional model of intervention that would promote integration of existing heritage with that of future generations.

Jury comments

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president	Marcel Junius, Architecte
Jury	Denise Gentil, Mairesse
	Marcel Junius, Architecte
	François Lachapelle, Directeur général
	Denis Paquet, Directeur général
	Odette Roy, Architecte
	Claire Sénéclauze, Bibliothécaire
	Aldéa Sirois, Conseillère Municipale


Technical Commitee	Florent Fréchette
	Denis Lemieux

Calendar

Press Review

Articles de presse :
Le Devoir 25-03-95
Le Devoir 30-09-95
Le Devoir 24-02-96
Le Soleil 20-01-95
Le Soleil 17-05-95
Le Soleil 22-09-95
Le Soleil 28-10-95
Le Soleil 28-10-95
Le Soleil 22-12-95
Le Soleil 17-02-96
Le Soleil 16-04-96

Revues spécialisées :
Canadian Architect, décembre 1995
ARQ #86, août 1995

List of general documents

(not accessible)

Appel de candidatures
Règlement
Questions et réponses
Plan
Cahier du jury
Communiqué de presse
Communiqué de presse
Communiqué de presse
Communiqué de presse
Communiqué de presse
Communiqué de presse

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