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Bibliothèque de Charlesbourg

Stage 1

Stage 2

Croft Pelletier, architectes

Cormier, Cohen, Davis, architectes (Atelier Big City) / NIP Paysage / Pearl Poddubiuk et associés, architectes (L'O.E.U.F.)

Sylvie Gélinas et Yves Gagné, architectes (Double G) / Vlan paysage

Côté Chabot Morel, architectes / Jacques White, architecte

Bélanger Beauchemin, architectes

winner

Croft Pelletier, architectes

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	2003
Location	7950, 1ere Avenue Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada
Stage	Two stages
Competitors S1	5
Competitors S2	5

Surface area (m²)	2970 m²

Client	Service de l'ingénierie, Ville de Québec ref. M. Louis A. Pageau, ingénieur
Professional advisor	Louise Amiot
Jury president S2	,
Doc. level	50%

Description

The competition for the expansion of the Bibliothèque de Charlesbourg was launched in March of 2003. Divided into two stages, the first phase would be open to all architects within the province, of which, five participants would be selected to partake in the second phase. This competition anticipated the selection of a project that would revitalize the Trait-Carré district, by exploiting its views and landscapes, while being situated within a global redevelopment plan elaborated by the City of Québec for this district of Charlesbourg.

The library, housed in the former Collège Saint-Charles (built in 1903), is situated within the heart of a cultural and historical zone. It belongs to a group of heritage buildings dominated by the Church of Saint-Charles-Borromée. The Trait-Carré Seigneurie, established by the Jesuits in 1626, is developed following a radial model. This is a rare example in New-France of a model that permitted the lot of each settler to adjoin a central communal area – the true core of community life. During the 1950s and 60s, the traces of this particular system of land division were threatened by real estate development. In order to preserve this unique example of land division, in 1965 the Ministry of Cultural Affairs declared the Trait-Carré a historical borough.

In addition to better fulfilling the population's needs in terms of leisure, as stated within the competition programme, this facility should equally permit the city to offer entertainment and exhibition activities, contributing to its responsibility of cultural sharing and communication. This expansion project also raised important issues concerning the relationship to built heritage, the planning of public spaces and the expression of a past mode of spatial relationship.

Jury comments

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury S1	Louise Bédard, Architecte
	Luc Bérard
	Alfred Martel, Architecte
	Peter Murphy
	Jean Payeur, Directeur général
	Odile Roy, Conseillère Municipale
	Denis Servais, Directeur
	Anne Vallières, Architecte
	Jacques Villeneuve, Architecte

Jury president S2	,
Jury S2	Louise Bédard, Architecte


	Alfred Martel, Architecte

	Jean Payeur, Directeur général
	Odile Roy, Conseillère Municipale
	Denis Servais, Directeur
	Anne Vallières, Architecte

Technical Commitee	Louise Amiot
	François Després
	Julie Michaud
	Louis A. Pageau
	Martin Pineault
	André Plante
	Lina Rousseau
	Jean-Marc Turgeon

Calendar

(click French version to see the schedule)

Press Review

Revues spécialisées:

Canadian Architect, v.49 n.12, décembre 2004

List of general documents

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Rapport du jury (global)

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