This bilingual publication has articles written by Denis Bilodeau, Georges Adamczyk, Marc H. Choko, Jean-Pierre Chupin, Jacques Lachapelle, and Catherine Szacka which explore the relationships between architecture and the cultural landscape within architectural competitions from 1991 and 2005 in the province of Quebec. These pieces are accompanied by numerous images of projects and are complemented by a series of aerial photographs taken by Pierre Lahoud (Le Québec vu du ciel).
Grant title :
Architectural competitions : projects and new reflective practices in Quebec (1983-2003)
Research Director :
Denis Bilodeau
Associate Researchers :
Georges Adamczyk
Jean-Pierre Chupin
Anne Cormier
Pierre Boudon
Jacques Lachapelle
Research Assistants :
Catherine Szacka
Hala Mehio
Jason Goorts
Lino Gomes Alves
Within the scope of this research, subsidized by the Fond québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), the L.e.a.p. team is preparing a publication and an exhibition in collaboration with the Centre de design de l’UQAM, for autumn 2006. The exhibition will take place at the Centre de design in Montreal from November 9th to December 17th inclusively. The work will then travel to La Pulperie in Chicoutimi, to the Musée régional de Rimouski, and to Paris’ Pavillon de l’Arsenal.
Under the theme of New Cultural Territories : Cultural Projects in Quebec (1991-2005), this project is a study of territorial strategies developed within the framework of the 31 cultural competitions organized under a mandate of the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications as a vehicle to create cultural entities during this period.
The 31 competitions
1991 – Centre d’interprétation du Bourg de Pabos
1992 – Musée régional de Rimouski
1994 – Bibliothèque d’Outremont
1995 – Parc de l’aventure basque en Amérique
1995 – Maison de la culture de Matane
1996 – Salle de spectacle de L’Assomption
1996 – Centre d’accueil et d’interprétation de Place-Royale
1997 – La Pulperie de Chicoutimi
1997 – Rénovation et agrandissement du Centre d’archives de Montréal
1999 – L’Anglicane de Lévis
1999 – Les Jardins de Métis
2000 – Grande Bibliothèque du Québec
2000 – Théâtre de la Bordée
2000 – Centre de production et de diffusion culturelles de Carleton
2001 – Bibliothèque de Châteauguay
2001 – Salle de spectacle de Rimouski
2001 – École nationale de cirque
2001 – Musée du Fjord
2001 – Identification extérieure de la Place des Arts
2002 – Centre musical CAMMAC du lac MacDonald
2002 – Musée de la Nation huronne-wendat
2002 – Chapiteau des arts de la Cité des arts du cirque
2002 – Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne
2002 – Salle de spectacle de Saint-Hyacinthe
2002 – OSM, Complexe culturel et administratif
2002 – Réaménagement du Musée de la Gaspésie
2002 – Palais Montcalm
2003 – Théâtre des Deux-Rives
2003 – Bibliothèque de Charlesbourg
2004 – Centre de production des arts de la scène Jean Besré
2005 – Salle de spectacle de Dolbeau-Mistassini