WAT_UNESCO
Montréal 2011

06.12.2011  ///  On Friday December 2, over 200 people attended the presentation of urban design students’ propositions as part of the WAT_UNESCO - Montreal 2011. This workshop, which closely examined sectors of the Autoroute 20 Gateway Corridor, was organized by the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design of the University of Montreal (CUPEUM). About sixty students and international experts in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design unveiled 12 landscape and urban design visions.

These proposals, which aim at creating a strong and distinctive identity and stimulating the vitality of the corridor, its adjoining territories and living environments, will directly contribute to the ongoing work of the Autoroute 20 Gateway Corridor Committee of Local Experts composed of representatives of cities, boroughs, regional planning agencies, as well as ministries directly involved in the urban planning of this area.

Four winning proposals were selected by an international jury chaired by Brigitte Colin, Specialist in Architecture & Cities – Migration and Urbanization UN-Habitat/UNESCO.
 

WINNERS

	1st prize Seeds in Montreal (Team 10, Cabot / Côte-Saint-Paul Area) Détails
"The jury acknowledged the great quality of this vision, which emanated from an in-depth analysis of natural, physical and social issues. This proposal has a great potential to create an emblematic landscape for Montreal using water and topography as environmental design components."
	2nd prize Green Sea (Team 6, Saint-Pierre Area) Détails
"The jury was particularly impressed by the insertion of the urban design vision in the Greater Montreal Area by using railway lines as to create a green belt around the Mount Royal. The jury also noted the potential to stimulate urban development by extending the Lachine canal."
	3rd prize (ex aequo) Interlace Valley (Team 8, Former Turcot Railway Yard Area) Détails
"The jury appreciated the aim of the proposition to connect and enhance the Saint-Jacques Escarpment and the Lachine Canal as a starting point to create a vision, which redefines Montreal identity within the gateway corridor."
	3rd prize (ex aequo) Mind the Gap (Team 11, Downtown Access Corridor Area) Détails
"The jury observed the interest of creating a linear lookout along Autoroute 720 to put the emphasis on an important landmark at the downtown entry of Montreal."

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The jury particularly appreciated the great quality of the landscape and urban design visions elaborated during the WAT_UNESCO’s 8th edition. The integration of social, environmental, and economic issues within the students’ proposals overreaches the values conveyed by the UNESCO at the very heart of this activity.  

The 12 urban design visions illustrate a wide range of planning strategies for 6 local areas of the gateway corridor linking the airport to downtown. The results of this UNESCO workshop successfully add up to the proposals received during the YUL-MTL: Moving Landscapes international ideas competition.

 

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