Space for Life Architecture Competition
Registration Deadline: Thursday, Mar 20, 201411 PMEDT
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 26, 201411 PMEDT
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To mark its 375th anniversary, the city of Montréal has organized an architecture competition to attract designs for three major projects with a total value of $45 million: the Insectarium Metamorphosis; the Biodôme Renewal; and a Glass Pavilion at the Botanical Garden.
The Insectarium Metamorphosis project will expand and renovate the existing building and some outdoor spaces.
The Biodôme Renewal project is intended to revamp some of its public and exhibition spaces, including the ecosystems.
The Botanical Garden’s Glass Pavilion project will offer bold, innovative and organic architecture informed by biophilic design principles.
Competition process
A two-stage competition of international scope, covering all three projects. Competitors may bid on one, two or all three projects, within the context of a single competition process, with a single timetable. The two-stage competition is intended for multidisciplinary teams of architects, Living Building Challenge and LEED certification experts, scenic designers, landscape architects and engineers. It is designed to encourage the teams to reflect in depth on a host of issues as they seek creative architectural solutions.
STAGE 1 / CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Call for proposals from multidisciplinary teams headed up by an Architect. Teams must register by using the form available on line and submit their Proposals for screening by the jury.
STAGE 2 / SUBMISSIONS
The four finalists chosen for each project in Stage 1 will be invited to expand on their concepts and present them to the jury at a public hearing.
The competition documents are available on the mtlunescodesign.com/spaceforlife site. Louise Amiot, an architect with Amiot Bergeron, Architecture et Design urbain, is the professional advisor for the competition.
An international jury
A competition of this calibre requires a jury of highly qualified figures from the world of architecture and design, along with experts in biophilic design and sustainable development. Its members include:
William G. Reed, a sustainable development consultant, Integrative Design Collaborative and Regenesis (United States);
Jean Beaudoin, architect, Intégral Jean Beaudoin (Quebec);
Édouard François, architect, Maison Édouard François (France);
Mario Cuccinella, architect, Mario Cuccinella Architects SRL (Italy);
Normand Hudon, architect, Coarchitecture (Quebec); and
Stephen R. Kellert, an expert in biophilic design, Yale University (United States).
In addition to these members from outside the Space for Life, the jury will include Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director of the Space for Life; Anne Charpentier, Director of the Insectarium; Rachel Léger, Director of the Biodôme; and Gilles Vincent, Director of the Botanical Garden.
About the Space for Life
The Montréal Space for Life is Canada’s largest natural science museum complex and the first space in the world dedicated to humankind and nature. It is initiating a daring, creative urban movement, urging everyone to rethink the connection between humankind and nature and to cultivate a new way of living.
For more information, see http://espacepourlavie.ca/architecture-competition
Registration and documentation for the Space for Life architectural competition:
http://mtlunescodesign.com/spaceforlife
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