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Espace pour la vie - Volet B: le Biodôme renouvelé

Stage 1

Stage 2

AZPML, KANVA, Neuf, Bouthillette+Parizeau ing., NCKL ing. (Winner)

Cloud 9, Coll.Leclerc, N.F.O.E., Pageau Morel ing., SDK ing. (Finalist)

Atelier Ville + MARC ARUP, Martin Roy (Finalist)

BNIM, L'OEUF, Architecture 49, Dupras+Ledoux Environnemental (Finalist)

Regroupement "arboretum"

Pierre Thibault

Blouin Tardif- Affleck de la Riva- WAA

MDA&DD, architectes

winner

AZPML, KANVA, Neuf, Bouthillette+Parizeau ing., NCKL ing.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	2014
Location	4777 Avenue Pierre-De Coubertin Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Stage	Two stages
Competitors S1	8
Competitors S2	4

Surface area (m²)	10500 m²
Initial project cost	10,950,000 $
Remuneration by stage	$78,000 will be paid to each Finalist as a lump sum plus taxes.

Professional advisor	Louise Amiot
Jury president S1	Edouard François, Architecte
Jury president S2	Edouard François, Architecte
Doc. level	75%

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Description

The Renewed Biodôme

In making the visits more immersive, introspective and emotive, in offering other perspectives on the ecosystems, the Renewed Biodôme project will focus on experiences that awaken all the senses.

This project covers the interior of the Biodôme, from the ecosystems to the public spaces.

A renewed commitment:

The Renewed Biodôme project proposes to revive the thinking on our link with nature and to stimulate behavioural changes in order to preserve biodiversity.

The Biodôme will therefore be redesigned in such a way as to raise awareness of the efforts taken to reconstitute nature and show how it is ingenious, indispensable and impossible to replace.

Greater emphasis will be put on human beings in both the presentations and speech. For example, the researches to which the Biodôme collaborates will be featured.

More immersion and more living things:

New habitats will bring more plants and animals in order to make the visit even more challenging, contemplative and informative. The body, hearing, smell, touch and sight will be sought by the addition of new elements such as snow and rain.

The ecosystems will be modified, some in depth. For example, we can imagine a polar world offering more proximity with the animals and where the visitors can actually feel the harsh climate.

In the transition zones between the current ecosystems, imagination and technology will both be used to create other landscapes: deserts, underworlds, mountains, caverns...

New perspectives

The project involves the addition of infrastructure to get closer to the arch building. The course will hence be enriched with new perspectives allowing the discovery of life in the sky and underground.

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Jury comments

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List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president S1	Edouard François, Architecte
Jury S1	Jean Beaudoin, Architecte
	Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, directeur général des Muséums nature de Montréal
	Anne Charpentier, Directrice de l'Insectarium
	Mario Cucinella, Architecte
	Normand Hudon, Architecte
	Stephen Kellert, Expert en design biophilique
	Rachel Léger, Directrice du Biodôme
	René Pronovost, Directeur par intérim du Jardin botanique
	William Reed, Architecte

Jury president S2	Edouard François, Architecte
Jury S2	Jean Beaudoin, Architecte
	Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, directeur général des Muséums nature de Montréal
	Anne Charpentier, Directrice de l'Insectarium
	Mario Cunicella, Architecte
	Normand Hudon, Architecte
	Stephen Kellert, Expert en design biophilique
	Rachel Léger, Directrice du Biodôme
	René Pronovost, Directeur par intérim du Jardin botanique
	William Reed, Architecte

Calendar

Step 1: application forms
Media announcement: February 3, 2014
Availability of competition documents and call for applications: February 10 to March 20, 2014
Question and answer period: February 10 to March 12, 2014
Submission of addenda: March 13, 2014
Submission of applications: March 26, 2014
Jury session: April 3 and 4, 2014.
Disclosure of finalists to candidates: April 7, 2014
Submission of the Team Supplement Form and public announcement of the Finalists: April 24, 2014
Mandatory Information Meeting for Finalists: April 24 and 25, 2014

Step 2: Submissions
Question and answer period: April 7 to June 6, 2014
Submissions deposit: June 20, 2014
Audition of the finalists and jury session: July 9 to 12, 2014
Announcement of the Winners: In the weeks following the jury's selection of the winners

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Press Review

Paré, Isabelle, Biodôme et l’Insectarium : un concours international d’architecture bientôt lancé, Le Devoir, 2013

Corriveau, Jeanne, Insectarium: la facture de l’agrandissement grimpe, Le Devoir, 2017

Invitation aux auditions publiques, Espace pour la vie, 2014

La métamorphose de l'Insectarium, Espace pour la vie

La réalisation des legs du 375e anniversaire de Montréal est bien amorcée à Espace pour la vie - Dévoilement des lauréats du concours d'architecture international d'Espace pour la vie, 2014

Montréal, 23 novembre 2014Concours Bureau du design | Ville de, "Lauréats du concours d'architecture international d'Espace pour la vie", Kollectif, 2014

Bruemmer, René, Montreal gives Biodôme, Insectarium $45M for renovations, montrealgazette, 2015

Garon, Jean, Deux ans de travaux à l’Insectarium de Montréal, 2019

meveshaffer, Un concours d’architecture pour Espace pour la vie, Journal Métro, 2014

macarignan, Futur Insectarium: L’architecture invisible, Journal Métro, 2017

Design Actif Retrouver la forme, ESQUISSES, 2016

Espace pour la vie, Concours d'architecture d'Espace pour la vie - Trois grands projets pour le 375e anniversaire de Montréal en 2017, Cision, 2014

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