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Competitor

Jacques Rousseau

First prize ex aequo

Place Jacques-Cartier

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITOR

Manager	Jacques Rousseau
Team	Jacques Rousseau
	André Fortin

Distinction	First prize ex aequo
Doc. level	50%

Description

(Click French version to read a description of the project)

Jury Report

The project took into account the constraints highlighted by the program, but certain parts of the solution proposed were not convincing.
The jury had the following reservations:
- the public space in front of City Hall will be exposed to the dominant winter winds which will discourage its use;
- maintenance and appearance have been overlooked with the introduction of relatively small sunken courts in the public space which will not work in winter;
- the narrowness of the museum space proposed and the museum organization are not entirely satisfactory;
- the fragmented spaces at the interior of the block will not be favorably used by the hotel as it is the case for those which will be used as an exterior terrace for the hotel.
Nevertheless, this scheme has positive aspects:
the basic morphology of the site is respected;
- the block bordered by Notre-Dame, in front of City Hall, calls for a public space framed by museums;
- a judicious distinction has been established between the public and private domain, the private being beyond Le Royer Street.
This arrangement permits a neat resolution of the problem posed by the differences in level between Notre-Dame and Le Royer streets.
- The commercial buildings positioned on the block between Le Royer and St. Paul streets follow in the traditional mould of Vieux-Montréal. They permit multi-directional access to the interior of the block.
In conclusion, the overall promise of the scheme merited a more convincing design interpretation.

(Excerpt from the jury's comments)

List of accessible documents

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