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Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique / Basque Adventure Park in America

Stage 1

Cormier, Cohen, Davies, architectes (Atelier Big City) (Winner)

Pierre Thibault, architecte

Louis Paul Lemieux

winner

Cormier, Cohen, Davies, architectes (Atelier Big City)

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	1995
Location	66, rue du Parc C.P. 627 Trois-pistoles, Quebec, Canada
Stage	One stage
Competitors	3

Surface area (m²)	620 m²
Initial project cost	815,000 $

Client	Centre International du loisir culturel de la francité et de la francophonie
Professional advisor	Gary Lynch
Doc. level	75%

Description

In February of 1995, the Centre International du Loisir Culturel de la Francité et de la Francophonie (CILCFF) published a tender call in order to hold a competition aimed at providing the town of Trois-Pistoles with a thematic cultural facility linked to the activity of Basque whalers within the St-Lawrence Estuary during the 16th and 17th centuries. This project was part of an experimental approach coordinated by the Québec Ministry of Culture and Communications in collaboration with the Québec Order of Architects, which intended to award public commissions by means of architectural competitions. The historical and geographical context of the Trois-Pistoles region would serve as motive and pretext to the development of an architectural project favouring conservation, awareness and celebration of Québec cultural heritage. The competition's main objectives were; the enhancement of this faunally rich and diversified region, as well as the development and promotion of its culture, history and tourism.

This competition required the development of a cultural facility fulfilling two essential roles; that of the interpretation of Basque presence in North America, as well as genealogy and research. Through the accentuation of the natural site and the proposed facilities, the programme necessitated the conception of an interactive exhibition centre of 620m2 that would assume the roles of interpretation, research and cultural diffusion. The competitors were to present an architectural concept linked directly to these objectives and requirements while evoking the Basque theme.

In association with the Office franco-québécoise pour la jeunesse (OFQJ); this event permitted the three competitors to work on their proposals in collaboration with local architects during a week-long stay in Basque-country. Other particularities of this competition included; its exclusiveness to architects aged thirty-five and under and its construction budget not to exceed $800,000.

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Jury comments

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury	Roch Cayouette, Architecte
	André Desmartis
	Denis Leclerc
	Robert V. Magne, Architecte
	Hélène Michaud, Muséologue
	Michel Rioux



Technical Commitee	André Kirouac
	Denis Lemieux

Calendar

Press Review

Articles de presse :
Le Devoir 08-07-95
Le Devoir 30-09-95

Revues spécialisées :
ARQ #86, août 1995

List of general documents

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Questions et réponses
Pamphlet résumé
Communiqué de presse
Programme
Article de presse
Article de presse
Article de presse
Compte rendu de réunion
Budget

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