PHI Contemporary | International Architecture Competition , Montreal/ Kanada

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Kuehn Malvezzi and Pelletier de Fontenay won the first prize in the international architecture competition for PHI Contemporary in Montreal. At the centre of the new design is the understanding of the art institution as an active entity that is being formed in real time, open and in a state of permanent transformation. Planned as an infrastructure rather than a building, it is conceived as a simple and solid framework, a contemporary stage for hosting a range of activities. The ensemble will have a strong public character, consisting of a multilayered landscape of rooms and spaces that are all connected by a public space, a forum where conversations on contemporary culture can take place.

About the Competition
PHI is pleased to announce the launch of an international architectural competition for the design of PHI Contemporary - a 6 900 m² / 74 000 ft² cultural institution in Old Montreal, dedicated to exploring the contemporary through public engagement with art and culture.
As a future repository for PHI’s legacy, PHI Contemporary will be a new and permanent space to consolidate, extend and intersect PHI’s cultural offer, its communities, and the public life of the city.
Located in Old Montreal, and built upon a site rife with history - comprising an assemblage of four historical buildings and an adjacent vacant lot - PHI Contemporary will consolidate the public cultural offer currently housed within PHI Foundation and PHI Centre. The 6 900 m² / 74 000 ft² project will house exhibition spaces, a network of new media galleries, mediation, research and studio spaces, and an expansive public domain.
The projected construction budget is CAN$47,280,000, excluding taxes and inflation.

More information and documents at
phi.ca/en/phi-contemporary-competition/