The Construction Source

The City of Montréal is conduct- ing a multidisciplinary architec- ture competition to develop the Peter-McGill Centre. The goal is to create a vibrant and revitaliz- ing flagship project for the city’s Ville-Marie neighbourhood. The project consists primarily of transforming the interior of a base building with a footprint of approximately 5310 m2 (57,156 sf) into a vibrant centre with a fluid, intuitive layout that com- bines the functions of a library, cultural centre, and social and community spaces. The project will foster and maintain a sense of belonging and representativeness in the community while emphasizing the centre’s presence within the building complex, its urban set- ting, and the neighbourhood as a whole. One of the challenges for the Peter-McGill Centre, as identi- fied by key stakeholders—cit- izens, employees, artists, ex- perts, and amateurs alike—is to make digital culture more peo- ple-centred and harness it as a force for social cohesion. The project’s construction bud- get is $13,853,942 plus taxes. The Stage 1 (proposal file) sub- mission is July 16, and Stage 2 (finalist presentations) will be on October 22. JUNE 2020 Montréal launches architecture competition for the Peter-McGill Centre project Photo: Joshua Lawrence Source: https://www.construc - tioncanada.net/montreal-launch- es-architecture-competition-for- the-peter-mcgill-centre-project/