Centre Gadbois , Montréal / Kanada

 

Ville de Montréal

 

The Ville de Montréal is launching a multidisciplinary architecture competition for the design of the project to renovate and partially rebuild the centre Gadbois, one of the most important community sports facilities in Montréal. The recreational centre is located at 5485, chemin de la Côte Saint-Paul in arrondissement Le Sud-Ouest.

 

The centre Gadbois project aims to deliver high-quality sports facilities, showcase the heritage elements of the original building, and integrate sensitively with the surrounding urban fabric, all while improving community access to sports and recreation.

 

Located near the Turcot Interchange and the Lachine Canal National Historic Site, the renewed centre Gadbois will contribute to the redevelopment of a sector undergoing transformation. The existing centre is the outcome of a series of expansions of the original building, completed in 1960. As a result, centre Gadbois and vicinity present great qualities in terms of landscape, architecture, heritage and community cohesion, while posing numerous challenges, including when it comes to structure, spatial organization and overall obsolescence of the building.

 

In this context, the project offers the opportunity to enhance the assets of the existing centre Gadbois while significantly upgrading and expanding the availability of sports facilities and offering clarity of access to the building, smooth traffic flow, dialogue between the interior and exterior design, spatial reconfiguration and new areas for socializing. These will include a central interior public space destined to become a preferred meeting place for the various communities served by the renewed centre.

 

The construction budget for the project is of the order of $64.7 million, excluding taxes.

 

This competition is:

- a multidisciplinary architecture competition;

 

- open to competitors from Québec as well as any province or territory covered by an intergovernmental agreement on liberalization of public procurements applicable to the Ville de Montréal;

 

- held in two stages, plus an intermediate stage; the first stage involves anonymous submission packages, the intermediate stage involves addition of members to complement the finalist teams, and the second stage consists in submission of service offerings by a maximum of four finalists selected by the jury;

 

- a competition leading to a contract to execute the project.

 

Competitors’ and finalists’ complete submission or service offering dossiers must be received by the following dates:

 

Stage 1 / Submission packages

May 25, 2023, 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time

 

Intermediate stage / Team complement

July 11, 2023, 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time

 

Stage 2 / Finalists’ service offerings

October 31, 2023, 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time

 

The jury is the same for both stages of the competition, and comprises the following individuals:

 

- Dino Barbarese, Architect, Saia Barbarese Topouzanov architectes

- François Beaudoin, Engineer, Direction des travaux publics, Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent, Ville de Montréal

- Dinu Bumbaru, directeur des politiques, Héritage Montréal

- Richard de la Riva, Architect, Affleck de la Riva architectes

- Laurence Fournier, Olympian, Figure Skating

- César Herrera, Architect, Coarchitecture

- Catherine Lavigne, Executive Director, Club gymnastique Gadbois