Press Release
International Competition of Environmentally Engaged Ideas: 
“MORE THAN WAITING FOR THE BUS“
 April 2017, Montreal, CANADA

The results of the competition were unveiled on Wednesday, April 19th 2017, at the Maison du Développement Durable in Montreal. This competition was part of a joint initiative by the Concordia University Chair of Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment (ideas-be) and the Chaire de recherche sur les concours et les pratiques contemporaines en architecture de l’Université de Montréal to stimulate debate on the importance of public space for heightening awareness to climate change issues and to mobilize the creativity of young designers of the built environment. This 2017 edition was done in collaboration with Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal(CRE-Montreal), an organization that focuses on the environmental protection and the promotion of sustainable development for the island of Montreal.

The competition asked to reflect on the reinvigoration of public spaces around four bus stops situated on Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal. This competition was open to students and graduates of less than 5 years in the fields of architecture, design, landscape and urban design.
This ideas competition sought both:
(a) Designs that are environmentally engaging; and
(b) A series of principles that could be adopted for future implementation in collaboration with the City of Montreal, the STM and private landowners.

The chosen slogan, “MORE THAN WAITING FOR THE BUS” invites designers to reflect on contemporary approaches that can help invigorate these spaces in interactive, poetic, critical and meaningful ways: from solely utilitarian to more multi-purposed spaces surrounding bus stops.

The jury was composed of:

• André-Anne D’Amours – CRE-Montréal
• Zachary Patterson – Canada Research Chair  in Transportation and Land Use Linkages for Regional Sustainability, Associate Professor, Concordia University
• Howard Davies – Architect, Big City and Professor at McGill University
• Ron Rayside – Architect, Rayside
• Peter Fianu – Architectand planning consultant  atthe City of Montreal
• Christelle Kouotze – YQQ – Éco-quartier MHM
• Jean-Pierre Chupin – Research Chair on competitions  of Université de Montréal and professor at  l’Université de Montréal

Mr. Peter Fianu was unanimously named president of the jury, while Dr. Carmela Cucuzzella, co-organizer of the competition, was named the competition consultant for the jury, without being part of the jury deliberation.  Ms. Christelle Kouotze was not able to be part of the jury deliberations, which took place on April 10th, 2017 at Concordia University.

The jury was asked to select four winners, one for each of the four bus stop sites. It was at the discretion of the jury to select honourable mentions, knowing that the four winning teams would each receive 1500$ each.

Before presenting the results and taking into account the considerable number of entries and projects submitted, a few reminders are necessary.
Indeed, out of the 200 registered teams coming from thirty countries, over 96 projects were submitted by 72 teams from more than 20 countries: a third coming from Canada, a quarter from China and the remaining projects coming from the Americas, Europe and the Middle-East.

Given this large number of projects, the jury decided to carefully check the understanding and respect of the initial instructions in order to retain only those projects which addressed the great difficulty of the question presented by the competition.  The organizers would like to point out that this competition was not intended to redesign the bus shelter, let alone to remove it from its context, rather, competitors were invited to rethink the sites surrounding the bus stops. The aim was to make waiting for the bus more pleasant in various ways, by encouraging citizens to use the bus rather than their car all year round, even during the hot summer days and the long periods of extreme cold winters.

In addition, and contrary to common approaches that consider bus stops to be objects placed indifferently on urban spaces, the organizers sought, with this series of competitions, to constitute a Guide to Best Practices which can be a summary of the principles submitted by each competing team. Some of the submitted projects were favored by several jury members, but their lack of “environmental design" principles that could be generalized to other sites became a disadvantage.

The jury proceeded in sequence by examining projects submitted to each site, in turn, knowing that several teams had chosen to present projects for several of the sites, which was allowed. The competition was judged in a strictly anonymous manner. Only Cheryl Gladu, a PhD candidate at Concordia University had access to the list of team details.

The results are presented by site and have been archived by the Canadian Competition Catalog (CCC) considering that there were essentially 4 competitions held simultaneously: www.ccc.umontreal.ca/index.php?lang=en

Competition site 1 Corner Sherbrooke and Joffre, link Thomas-Chapais, in front of CH Judith-Jasmin)

Winners:

• Team120 – César Cruz-Merino + Carlos Cruz-Merino, Canada

The jury appreciated the highly social and cultural dimension of the proposal. The incentive to read, moreover, to individual reading in a public place remains a simple and strong image. The proposed system is as elegant and flexible since it can be deployed and moved according to seasons and needs, both in summer and winter. The design makes it possible to imagine various ways to animate the site and takes into account the fact that this district welcomes many families. Some members of the jury also saw a reference to the fishing booths used on frozen lakes. The balance between security and openness is what has allowed this project to prevail.
(NB.The jury did not attribute any honorary mention for site 1)

Competition site 2 Cadillac Station, north-east corner
Winners:

• Team 132 – Adrianna Karnaszewska + Sara Niepieklo + Sylwia Pedziejewska + Aleksandra Przywozka, Poland

This project proposes to constitute a luminous forest. Starting from a principle of modularity, which several competitors have chosen to adopt, given the repetitive nature of bus stop in the city, the project adds a playful and interactive dimension. The concept – highly cultural – is intended to be both educational and informative. It is of a scale that is as adaptable as it is reproducible and in so doing it responds to the possibility of its generalization. The jury considered that this proposal was an excellent complement to the generic bus shelter.

Honorary Mentions (site 2):

• Team 104 – Rikke Sandbugt + Anyana Zimmermann, Denmark & Germany

Project resolutely playful. One of the few proposals adaptable to all season. The focus given to children characterizes its underlying didactic canvas.

• Team 6 – Kloe Gagnon + Adélie Gélinas-Leguerrier + Nicole Kamenovic, Canada

This proposal received a mention because of its claim for a principle of conservation, which is as simple as it is strong: to work with the existing resources and natural entities. The principle is generalizable and it especially reminds us that all pre-existing conditions of any design situation carry a potential of invention.

Competition site 3 ​ Langelier Station, south-west corner
Winners:

• Team 142 – Vid Bogovic + Vlasta Damjanovic + Andraz Hudoklin + Lara Gligic + Laura Klenovsek + Sasa Kolman, Slovenia

For this site that received the most proposals, the deliberations of the jury were more difficult. This project has emerged as the most elegant in its design and presentation. Municipal water management is a real problem with considerable environmental implications and it is the only proposal that has chosen to integrate this issue into the bus stop. The proposal is very elaborate and presents itself as a series of systems that illustrate and implement devices for water reuse, energy production in a composition representing the water cycle. The microcosm of the bus shelter is then transformed into a true macrocosm. This project is paradoxically as minimalist as it is didactic.

Honorary Mentions (site 3):

• Team 28 – Leila Hormozi Nejad + Matthew Coelho + Gabriel Scott-Séguin + Florence Vanasse, Canada

A proposal that is conceivable regardless of the season. The idea of an urban terrarium, which can appear as an element of urban place-marker disconnected from its context, is nevertheless connected to the metro station in an astute way. The information exchange regarding the reduction of GHG’s through the use of the bus is done in a ludic manner and will therefore appeal to all ages.

• Team 74 – Zhu Jinyun + Qin Jin, China

The jury wished to mention this proposal, based on the excesses of public art which would be put here at the service of the modesty of bus stops. The project is audacious and frank, it is as playful – even ironic – as intriguing.

• Team 103 – Julien Guerineau + Axel Demazieres, France

This proposition is rich in references as it makes good use of the famous territorial grid imagined by the Italian collective Superstudio in the 1970s. The presentation is very beautiful. It could be transposed to most sites, but if the components were indeed transferable, the designers did not clearly formulate what would make it an environmental commitment.

• Team 105 – Paul Beaucé, Canada

Despite its great qualities, this project has a major flaw: it is not universally accessible. The elevation marking of the site, the overflow of the bus shelter ladder is in itself a remarkable concept that would be convincing on the urban scale. Would it have been possible to imagine it on one level while maintaining verticality?

• Team 165 – Amanda Barbosa da Silveira + Lucas Veloso Schwab Guerra, Brazil

A system that relies as much on technology as on the game. The jury appreciated how the proposal takes the whole site by intervening on the interstices. The explicit and voluntary consideration of the constraints of universal access was emphasized as a remarkable approach.

Competition site 4 ​Corner of Sherbrooke and Carignan

Winners:

• Team 109 – Anne Wolff + Eve Gagnon-Levert, Canada

This is an excellent presentation. The jury appreciated the ground work and the different degrees of porosity and animation of the site. The idea of a “body machine" operating at the scale of the site is very interesting and the drawings – very elaborate and very well realized – show that it could work. The environmental principles are very well formulated. The networking of such a system would find its meaning both locally and globally.

Honorable Mentions (site 4):

• Team 131 – Hyunje Joo, Germany

An exceptional project, elegant and truly urban that could have been the first place winner. The proposal truly grasps the context. Including the automobiles from the nearby parking, the project constitutes a public space where the stands provide a social space for waiting. Removal of the bus shelter was not necessary, however.

• Team 139 – Junxing Lu + Zhixin Guo + Qinwei + Suqin Jia, China

The degree of elaboration of the drawings is particularly detailed. The overall quality of the presentation is excellent and the proposal offers an intimate scale which was highly appreciated by the jury.

• Team 164 – Drew Miller + Karine Lachance, Canada

The jury was particularly sensitive to the approach that led to this project, rather than to its aesthetic qualities. A series of rotations, additions and transformations manage to literally “absorb" the bus shelter. The resulting project is as tough as it is resistant. The site is really busy and the users are invited to reappropriate the public space.

Communiqué de presse

CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL D’IDÉES ENGAGÉES POUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT : 
« EN PLUS D’ATTENDRE LE BUS » 
avril 2017, Montréal, CANADA

Le mercredi 19 avril 2017 à 18h00, à la Maison du Développement Durable à Montréal, a eu lieu le dévoilement des résultats du concours organisé conjointement par la chaire IDEAS-BE (Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment) de l’Université Concordia et de la chaire de recherche de l’Université de Montréal sur les concours et les pratiques contemporaines en architecture. Ce partenariat interuniversitaire vise à stimuler les débats sur le rôle des espaces publics dans la mise en évidence des problèmes reliés aux changements climatiques, tout en mobilisant la créativité des jeunes concepteurs des domaines de l’environnement bâti. Le concours de 2017 a été organisé en collaboration avec le Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal (CRE-Montréal), une organisation qui se consacre à la protection de l’environnement et à la promotion du développement durable sur l’île de Montréal.

Il s’agissait de réfléchir à la dynamisation des espaces publics autour de quatre arrêts de bus situés sur la rue Sherbrooke Est à Montréal. Ce concours était ouvert aux étudiants et aux diplômés de moins de 5 ans dans les domaines de l’architecture, de la conception, du paysage et du design urbains.

Ce concours d’idées visait à la fois:
a) les conceptions engagées pour l’environnement;
b) une série de principes qui pourraient être adoptés pour une mise en œuvre future en collaboration avec la Ville de Montréal, la STM et les propriétaires fonciers privés.
LE PROJET
Le slogan choisi « En plus d’attendre le bus » invitait les concepteurs à réfléchir sur des approches contemporaines qui permettraient de dynamiser ces espaces publics de manière interactive, poétique, critique et significative: faisant passer l’environnement immédiat des arrêts de bus d’une spatialité simplement fonctionnelle à une spatialité polyvalente.

Le jury était composé de :

• André-Anne D’Amours – CRE-Montréal
• Zachary Patterson – Chaire de recherche du Canada « in Transportation and Land Use Linkages for Regional Sustainability » professeur associé à l’Université Concordia
• Howard Davies – Architecte, Big City et professeur à l’Université McGill
• Ron Rayside – Architecte
• Peter Fianu – Architecte, conseiller en aménagement, Ville de Montréal
• Christelle Kouotze – YQQ – Éco-quartier MHM
• Jean-Pierre Chupin – Chaire de recherche sur les concours UdM et professeur à l’Université de Montréal

Monsieur Peter Fianu a été nommé président du jury à l’unanimité, tandis que Dr. Carmela Cucuzzella, coorganisatrice du concours, agissait comme conseillère de concours auprès du jury, sans faire partie du processus de jugement. Madame Christelle Kouotze n’a pas été en mesure de participer aux délibérations qui ont eu lieu le lundi 10 avril à l’Université Concordia.

Le jury devait sélectionner un lauréat pour chacun des emplacements d’arrêt de bus de type profil.​ Il lui appartenait de désigner des mentions sachant que seuls les projets lauréats recevaient un prix de 1500$ chacun.

Avant de présenter les résultats et compte tenu du nombre considérable d’inscriptions et de projets soumis, quelques rappels s’imposent. En effet, sur les 200 équipes inscrites en provenance d’une trentaine de pays, 96 projets ont été soumis par 72 équipes en provenance de plus d’une vingtaine de pays : un tiers venant du Canada, près d’un quart de Chine, le reste se répartissant entre les deux Amériques, l’Europe et le Moyen-Orient.

Face à ce nombre imposant de projets, le jury a procédé à une vérification minutieuse de la compréhension et du respect des consignes initiales en vue de ne retenir que les projets qui avaient affronté la singularité et la difficulté de la question posée par le concours. En effet, les organisateurs tiennent à rappeler que ce concours n’avait pas pour objectif de redessiner l’abribus, encore moins de le supprimer de son contexte, les concurrents étant d’abord invités à repenser les sites entourant les arrêts de bus. Il s’agissait de contribuer à rendre plus agréable le fait d’attendre le bus, de diverses façons, d’encourager les citoyens à utiliser le bus plutôt que leur voiture, toute l’année, y compris pendant les chaudes journées d’été et les longues périodes d’hiver glacial.

En outre, et contrairement aux approches courantes qui considèrent les arrêts de bus comme des objets déposés de façon indifférente sur des espaces urbains, les organisateurs cherchent, avec cette série de concours, à constituer un Guide des Meilleures Pratiques qui peut être constitué d’une synthèse des principes soumis par chaque équipe de concurrents. Certains projets soumis avaient la faveur de plusieurs membres du jury, mais l’absence de principes de « conception environnementale » pouvant être généralisés à d’autres sites que ceux proposés au concours a joué en leur défaveur. 

Le jury a procédé en séquence en examinant tour à tour les projets soumis à un même site sachant que plusieurs équipes avaient choisi de présenter des projets pour plusieurs des sites ce qui était permis. Le concours a été jugé de façon strictement anonyme, seule madame Cheryl Gladu, doctorante à l’Université Concordia ayant accès à la liste des inscriptions.

Les résultats sont présentés en distinguant les 4 contextes typiques et sont archivés par site dans le Catalogue des Concours Canadiens (CCC) en considérant qu’il y avait 4 concours organisés simultanément : www.ccc.umontreal.ca

Concours site 1 (Coin Sherbrooke et Joffre, lien Thomas-Chapais, devant CH Judith-Jasmin)

Gagnants:

• Equipe 120 – César Cruz-Merino + Carlos Cruz-Merino, Canada

Le jury a apprécié la dimension fortement sociale et culturelle de la proposition. L’incitation à la lecture qui plus est à la lecture individuelle dans un lieu public reste une image simple et forte. Le système proposé est aussi élégant que flexible puisqu’il peut être déployé et déplacé en fonction des saisons et des besoins, tant en été qu’en hiver. La conception permet d’imaginer diverses façons d’animer le site et prend en compte le fait que ce quartier accueille de nombreuses familles. Certains membres du jury y ont vu également un clin d’œil aux cabines de pêches utilisées sur les lacs gelés. L’équilibre entre sécurité et ouverture est ce qui a permis à ce projet de l’emporter.

 (NB.Le jury n’a pas attribué de mentions pour le site 1)

Concours site 2 (Station Cadillac, coin nord-est)

Gagnants:

• Equipe 132 – Adrianna Karnaszewska + Sara Niepieklo + Sylwia Pedziejewska + Aleksandra Przywozka,  Pologne

Ce projet propose de constituer une forêt lumineuse. Partant d’un principe de modularité, que plusieurs concurrents ont choisi d’adopter été donné le caractère répétitif des situations d’arrêt de bus, le projet ajoute une dimension ludique et interactive. Le concept – fortement culturel – se veut aussi éducatif qu’informatif. Il est d’une échelle aussi adaptable que reproductible et ce faisant il répond à la possibilité d’une généralisation. Le jury a considéré que cette proposition présentait un excellent complément à l’abribus générique.

Mentionnés (site 2) :

• Equipe 104 – Rikke Sandbugt + Anyana Zimmermann, Danemark & Allemagne

Projet résolument ludique. Une des rares propositions adaptables en toutes saisons. La place accordée aux enfants caractérise l’arrière-plan didactique.

• Equipe 6 – Kloe Gagnon + Adélie Gélinas-Leguerrier + Nicole Kamenovic, Canada

Cette proposition s’est mérité une mention par sa revendication d’un principe de conservation aussi simple que fort : travailler avec l’existant et les entités naturelles. Le principe est généralisable et il nous rappelle que toutes les conditions préexistantes sont porteuses d’un potentiel d’invention.

Concours site 3 ​(Station Langelier, coin sud-ouest)

Gagnants:

• Equipe 142 – Vid Bogovic + Vlasta Damjanovic + Andraz Hudoklin + Lara Gligic + Laura Klenovsek + Sasa Kolman, Slovénie

Pour ce site qui a reçu le plus grand nombre de propositions, les délibérations du jury ont été plus ardues. Ce projet est apparu comme le plus élégant autant dans sa conception que sa présentation. La gestion de l’eau municipale est une véritable problématique aux implications environnementales considérables et c’est la seule proposition qui a choisi d’intégrer cette question à la thématique de l’arrêt de bus. L’ensemble, très élaboré, se présente comme une série de systèmes qui illustrent et mettent en scène des dispositifs de réutilisation de l’eau, de production d’énergie dans une composition représentant le cycle de l’eau. Le microcosme de l’abribus se voit dès lors transformé en un véritable macrocosme. Ce projet est paradoxalement aussi minimaliste que didactique.

Mentionnés (site 3) :

• Equipe 28 – Leila Hormozi Nejad + Matthew Coelho + Gabriel Scott-Séguin + Florence Vanasse, Canada

Une proposition qui serait envisageable quelque soi la saison. Façon intéressante de maintenir une dimension végétale tout au long de l’année, l’idée d’un terrarium urbain, qui peut apparaître comme un élément de mobilier urbain déconnecté de son contexte, est néanmoins reliée à la station de métro de façon astucieuse. L’échange d’information concernant la réduction des gaz à effet de serre est fait de façon ludique propice à l’adhésion des générations.

• Equipe 74 – Zhu Jinyun + Qin Jin, Chine

Le jury a tenu à mentionner cette proposition qui prend appui sur la démesure de l’art public qui serait mise ici au service de la modestie des arrêts d’autobus. Le projet est audacieux et franc, aussi ludique – voire ironique – qu’intrigant.

• Equipe 103 – Julien Guerineau + Axel Demazieres, France

Proposition riche en références qui fait bon usage de la grille imaginée par le collectif italien Superstudio dans les années 1970. La présentation serait transposable dans la plupart des sites bien que les concepteurs n’aient pas formulé clairement son engagement environnemental.

• Equipe 105 – Paul Beaucé, Canada

En dépit de ses grandes qualités, ce projet comporte un défaut majeur : il n’est pas accessible universellement. Le marquage en hauteur du site, le débordement de l’échelle de l’abribus est en soi un concept remarquable qui serait convaincant à l’échelle urbaine. Aurait-il été possible de l’imaginer sur un seul niveau tout en maintenant la verticalité?

• Equipe 165 – Amanda Barbosa da Silveira + Lucas Veloso Schwab Guerra, Brésil

Un système qui mise autant sur la technologie que sur le jeu. Le jury a beaucoup apprécié la façon ton la proposition s’empare du site au complet en intervenant sur les interstices. La prise en compte explicite et volontaire des contraintes de l’accès universel a été soulignée comme une approche remarquable.

Concours site 4 ​(Coin Sherbrooke et de Carignan)

• Gagnants: Equipe 109 – Anne Wolff + Eve Gagnon-Levert, Canada

Il s’agit d’une excellente présentation répondant aux attentes du concours. Le jury a particulièrement apprécié le travail de texturation du sol et les différents degrés de porosité et d’animation du site. L’idée d’une « machine corporelle » fonctionnant à l’échelle du site est très intéressante et les dessins – très élaborés et très bien réalisés – montrent comment cela pourrait fonctionner. Les principes environnementaux sont bien formulés. La mise en réseau d’un tel système trouverait son sens autant localement que globalement.

Mentionnés (site 4) :

• Equipe 131 – Hyunje Joo, Allemagne

Un projet exceptionnel, élégant et véritablement urbain qui aurait pu l’emporter. La proposition s’empare véritablement du contexte. Enjambant les automobiles, le projet constitue un espace public et les gradins offrent un espace social pour l’attente. La suppression de l’abribus n’était pas nécessaire cependant.

• Equipe 139 – Junxing Lu + Zhixin Guo + Qinwei + Suqin Jia, Chine

Le degré d’élaboration des dessins est particulièrement détaillé. La qualité générale de la présentation est excellente et la proposition offre une échelle intime qui a été fort appréciée du jury.

• Equipe 164 – Drew Miller + Karine Lachance, Canada

Le jury a été particulièrement sensible à la démarche qui a présidé à ce projet, plus qu’à ses qualités esthétiques. Une série de rotations, d’additions et de transformations parviennent à littéralement « absorber » l’abribus. Le projet qui en résulte est aussi rude que résistant. Le site est véritablement occupé et les usagers sont invités, par quartier, à se réapproprier l’espace public.

This competition is part of a joint research initiative by the Concordia University Chair of Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment and the Chaire de recherche sur les concours de l’Université de Montréal to stimulate debate on the importance of public space for heightening awareness to climate change issues and to mobilize the creativity of young designers of
the built environment.
This 2017 edition is done in collaboration with Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal
(CRE-Montreal), an organization focused on the protection of the environment and the promotion
of sustainable development for the island of Montreal.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CHAIR IDEAS-BE + LE CONSEIL RÉGIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT DE MONTREAL + UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL RESEARCH CHAIR ON COMPETITIONS are organizing an environmentally engaged ideas competition for reinvigorating public spaces around bus stops. This competition is open to students and graduates of less than 5 years in the fields of architecture, design, landscape and urban design.
​This ideas competition seeks both:
(a) designs that are environmentally engaging; and
(b) a series of principles that could be adopted for future implementation in collaboration with the City of Montreal, the STM and private landowners.

This competition seeks ideas and projects stimulate appreciation of urban spaces by highlighting the significance of nature, art, and design. The chosen slogan, “MORE THAN WAITING FOR THE BUS” invites designers to reflect on contemporary approaches that can help invigorate these spaces in interactive, poetic, critical and meaningful ways: from solely utilitarian to more multi-purposed spaces surrounding bus stops.

Competitors must be aware that this is not a competition for redesigning a bus shelter, but rather an opportunity to rethink the site surrounding the bus stops. The intention is to make waiting for the bus enjoyable in a variety of ways and to encourage citizens to use the bus rather than their car, all year long, including hot summer days and long cold winter months. Furthermore, as opposed to current practices which consider bus stops as universally dropped objects onto urban spaces, the organizers seek to constitute a Best Practice Guide that will include a synthesis of principles submitted by each team of competitors.

“MORE THAN WAITING FOR THE BUS” wants to expand the vocabulary of bus stop site design. It will serve as a learning platform for future designers. Possible design interventions are:

• greening of site;
• installations that help communities develop climate change awareness;
• spaces of respite from the visual stimulation around the city;
• interactive ephemeral wall drawings;
• playing with light (day and night times);
• interactive experiences for all ages;
• the ability for the space to offer different experiences throughout the year, month, week, or even day;
• alternative forms of energy technologies used in a variety of ways and purposes;
• among many others…

These can be accomplished using: art installations, urban furniture designs, site specific designs, pocket parks, wall projections, wall graffitis, light effects, etc.

Design Submission Specifics
There are four different bus stop sites (each a different type) in this ideas competition. Teams can propose only one submission per bus stop type (described below) and therefore teams can propose up to a maximum of four idea submissions – one for each of the four bus stop types described below. Each of the submissions will be judged separately. Each panel and text submitted must clearly indicate which bus stop type is addressed in the submission.

All project submissions must also identify at least one key recommendation (or principle) regarding best practices for designing public spaces surrounding bus stops.  These recommendations will be collected and summarized into a Best Practice Guide published for Quebec. Entering this competition implies that competitors agree to share their ideas as potential contributions to this collective publication.

More than $6000 of prizes to win.

One winning proposal will be selected for each bus stop profile type (four prizes).
Each winning team will receive $1500.
One popular prize of $250 will also be awarded, on the basis of an online vote.

Important Note on Post Competition Responsibilities:
Competitors are reminded that this is a preliminary stage in a process that will necessarily involve experts in various offices at the city, borough and STM. The organizers cannot guarantee that the winning projects will be built as submitted but will support the ideas of the young winning designers in the future developments of the project. All competitor names will be clearly indicated in future publications related to this competition as well as included in the acknowledgments in the Best Practice Guide.

Registration
Registration is mandatory.
The competition is open to teams of students and graduates of less than 5 years in the fields of architecture, design, landscape and urban design.

Projects will be judged anonymously. You must register your team in order to receive a team number. All documents you submit cannot contain any team names or identifiers of team members, but rather each submission must be identified by the team number you are assigned at registration.

Contact
For registration or for further information, please send an email to: Ideas.be@concordia.ca

Please include the following information for each team member:
1. Full name + email address
2.Affiliation (university,  and if working, the place of employment).
3a. If a student, program of study, university and year of study.
3b. If a young creative practitioner the number of years of experience in design related field (proof of graduation after June 2012).

Deliverables
Submitted to ideas.be@concordia.ca
A project proposal refers to a design submission for one bus stop type. Each project proposal must contain 3 PDF files (a pdf of the low resolution version of the panel, a PDF of the descriptive text , and a pdf of the high resolution version of the panel):

1. a PDF file (landscape A0: 891mm X 1189mm) containing the project panel which includes (a low resolution version pdf):
a) title
b) team number (anonymous submission is mandatory – any submission with names will be disqualified, only the team number should appear on the submission)
c) all necessary design elements making the proposal intelligible and feasible
d) sketches, elevations, perspective drawings and aerial views of the design
e) an image of the design in its context

2. a PDF file (portrait A4: 210mm X 297mm) containing a synthesis report which includes:
a) A cover page with the title, team number and thumbnail image for web purposes (300X300 pixels)
b) description of concept (approximately 350 words)
c) synthesis of community consultation (approximately 250 words)
d) preliminary list of materials
e) at least one recommendation (or principles) that is key to improve the design of public spaces surrounding bus stops. These must have been adopted in the team’s proposal. (NB: All the recommendations by all teams will be collected and summarized into a Best Practice Guide for Quebec, so clarity and conciseness is important).

3. a weTransfer link to a high-definition version of PDF for the design project panel
a) the weTransfer link to the high resolution version of the project panel should be included in the descriptive text file

All files should be anonymous and include only the TEAM NUMBER you received at registration. The file names should include the team number and the bus stop type. For example: Team26_Type2_panel.pdf.

All proposals will be exhibited in a collective show as well as fully documented for public display online, on the Canadian Competitions Catalogue (CCC – www.ccc.umontreal.ca). The CoLLaboratoire, the CRE-Montréal and the ILEAU project, will also announce the winners on their websites once the results are made public, and will provide a link to the CCC for full competition documentation. The proposals may also be exhibited on the social media pages of the Canadian Competitions Catalogue, CoLLaboratoire, ILEAU and CRE-Montréal.

Although the copyrights remain with the teams, all team participants must agree to disseminate their projects as well as use their proposals for research purposes only. The winning ideas will be presented to the appropriate design panels at the City of Montreal, the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough and the STM for potential future development. The principles and recommendations identified in the submissions will be collected, summarized and categorized into a Best Practices Guide.

Schedule
​February 2, 2017: Registration Opens
February 16, 2017: 
Competition Launch: full brief released online
March 2, 2017: Presentation + Only Forum of Questions Event – at the Maison du développement durable (MDD)
March 17, 2017: FAQ’s to be published
March 24, 2017: Registration Closes
April 7, 2017: Competition Submission Deadline at 5:00PM EST
April 10, 2017: Competition Jury Meeting
April 19, 2017: Event for the Announcement of the Winners – online and at MDD)

4 Bus Stop Types

The four locations are along Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, Quebec. Each of the sites
currently house a bus shelter. We invite participants to think creatively about the site, while any intervention should not get in the way of actual shelter for users.

Type 1. ​
Corner Sherbrooke and Joffre
(Thomas-Chapais’s link, in front of the CH Judith-Jasmin) Surrounded by grass – no wall nearby

Type 2. ​
Cadillac Station, North-East Corner
Surrounded by grass – wall nearby

Type 3. ​
Langelier Station, South-West Corner
Surrounded by asphalt –wall nearby

Type 4. ​
Corner Sherbrooke and de Carignan
​Surrounded by asphalt – no wall nearby

DWG download