Last year, the Ville de Montréal launched an international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition for the spatial planning of Place des Montréalaises. The competition invited design concepts for Place des Montréalaises, a new downtown public space adjacent to Champ-de-Mars métro station, including a pedestrian overpass leading to Champ-de-Mars. With 30 eligible submissions now reviewed, the Design Montréal jury has chosen a shortlist of finalists.
The five finalists are:
- Arcadia + civiliti + PARA-SOL, in partnership with Lasalle | NHC, Groupe EGP, Sybil McKenna, and Jean-François Barsoum
- BC2 Groupe Conseil, in partnership with Daily tous les jours, joined in stage 2 by Lapointe Magne & Associés, CIMA+, and WORKac
- Bureau Bas Smets and Pelletier de Fontenay, joined in stage 2 by WAA Montréal, NEUF architect(e)s, Latéral s.e.n.c., and WSP Canada
- Lemay, joined in stage 2 by SNC Lavalin
- Mandaworks and Sid Lee Architecture, joined in stage to by OPTION Aménagement and GBI Experts-Conseils
Each finalist will now be called upon to publicly present a service offering to the jury. At the conclusion of this stage, which is paid, the jury will recommend a winner. All finalists must attend a mandatory individual information meeting with the Ville de Montréal.
The jury is the same for both stages:
- Chantal Aylwin, engineer, Director, Direction des infrastructures, de la voirie et des transports, Ville de Montréal
- Jérome Barth, Vice-President, Finance and Administration, Times Square Alliance; Founder and Principal, Town Square Consulting
- Marie-Éve Beaupré, Curator of the Collection, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
- Monica Bittencourt, Landscape Architect and Spatial Planner, Direction de l’aménagement et de l’architecture, Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec
- Lyndsay Daudier, graduate in urban planning, law and project management, Director, Strategic Development and Partnerships, Maison de l’innovation sociale
- Sylvia-Anne Duplantie, Urban Planner, Director, Direction de l’aménagement des parcs et espaces publics, Service des grands parcs, du verdissement et du Mont-Royal, Ville de Montréal
- Luc Gagnon, graduate in urban planning, Director, Service de la mise en valeur du territoire, Ville de Montréal
- Josiane Maheu, geographer, Member of Conseil des Montréalaises
- Manon Otto, Urban designer, Director of Landscape Design, BIG NYC
- Raquel Peñalosa, Landscape Architect, IFLA AMERICAS President, International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), Americas Region
- Marie Pimmel, Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Paris