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Chapiteau des Arts de la Cité des arts du cirque

Stage 1

Stage 2

Marc Blouin, architecte (Schème inc.) / l'Architecte Jacques Plante / Jodoin Lamarre Pratte et associés, architectes (JLP) (Winner)

Allaire, Bergeron, Courchesne, Perras, Gagné, Moreau, architectes (ABCP arch.-urb.)

Dupuis et LeTourneux, architectes / Menkès, Shooner, Dagenais, architectes

Hal Ingberg, architecte / Birtz, Bastien, architectes / NIP paysage / Parent Latreille architectes paysagistes

FABG

Big City, Oeuf, DRAR

Bosses Design, Box Architecture, VLAN

Carlos Ott, Gillles Huot

Régis Côté, RCAA

A. Fortin, G. Havre

Nomade, TLP, PLANT, Go Multi-média, J. Plardut

Rubin Rotman, Prairie, Pivze

Pierre Thibault

Petrone, Planicité, Trizart

winner

Marc Blouin, architecte (Schème inc.) / l'Architecte Jacques Plante / Jodoin Lamarre Pratte et associés, architectes (JLP)

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	2002
Location	2345 Rue Jarry E Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Stage	Two stages
Competitors S1	14
Competitors S2	4

Surface area (m²)	3648 m²
Initial project cost	7,000,000 $

Client	Cité des arts du cirque
Professional advisor	Louise Amiot
Jury president S2	,
Doc. level	75%

Description

Under construction since 1999, the project of the Cité des arts du cirque anticipated, most notably, the construction of a “Big Top” that would be the subject of an architectural competition launched in May of 2002. The Cité des arts du cirque, situated in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood, is an urban project for the transformation of the former Miron Quarry into an environmental arts park. Founded by the École nationale de Cirque (National Circus School), the Cirque du Soleil and En piste, this development is a major physical and permanent grouping of people and infrastructure dedicated to training, research, creation and production of circus arts. A joint architectural and urban planning competition was launched with the goal of selecting a multidisciplinary team for the design and construction of the Chapiteau des arts and its surrounding environment.

The Chapiteau des arts was to assemble cultural activities and also serve as a municipal Cultural Centre. Gateway of the environmental complex, this building was to be designed as a signal – a symbol to both the public and the Cité des arts du cirque. In addition to architectural design, this competition also included an urban planning component. It therefore consisted of designing and executing the urban arrangement necessary for the Cité des arts du cirque and the integration of the Chapiteau des arts to the Saint-Michel environmental complex. The “Big Top's” programme included a performance hall, an exhibition space as well as a welcome centre.

The competition for the Cité des arts du cirque is included within a provincial and international approach aimed at promoting the quality of the built environment. More specifically, this competition offered a unique opportunity for multidisciplinary reflection on the rehabilitation of a highly contaminated urban site.

Jury comments

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury S1	Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, directeur général des Muséums nature de Montréal
	Pascal Jacob, Scénographe
	Peter Jacobs, Architecte paysagiste
	Nils Larson, Architecte
	Gaétan Morency, Administrateur
	Robert Terradas y Muntanola, Architecte

Jury president S2	,
Jury S2	Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, directeur général des Muséums nature de Montréal
	Pascal Jacob, Scénographe
	Peter Jacobs, Architecte paysagiste
	Nils Larson, Architecte
	Gaétan Morency, Administrateur
	Robert Terradas y Muntanola, Architecte

Technical Commitee	Louise Amiot
	Lorraine Berthiaume
	Julia Bourque
	Lyse Tremblay
	Jack Udashkin

Calendar

Press Review

Articles de presse :
Montréal métropolitain, vol.13, n.62, 10-06-2003

Revues spécialisées :
ARQ #121, novembre 2002

List of general documents

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Cahier du jury
Programme
Rapport du jury (global)
Rapport du comité technique
Règlement
Règlement
Compte rendu de réunion

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