Ampliamento del Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)

Concorso a partecipazione ristretta in due fasi

Candidati ammessi: 15

The principal elements of the project are as follows: • gross surface area to be built (new pavilion including the link): 10,120 sq. m.; • outdoor facilities: 3,155 sq. m.; • refurbishing: 200 sq. m.

The new pavilion for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec will be located in a multi-faceted physical setting whose principal features are:

• a historic natural site, the Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, to be preserved and showcased; • heritage and historic buildings forming part of the Museum to be respected; • the grounds of the former monastery of the Dominican friars, part of a church of considerable heritage value, the two forming a coherent whole; • a site forming part of a protected area, a house classified as historic by the Government of Quebec: the Krieghoff house; • the intervention of the Commission des biens culturels of the Government of Quebec in the process of conferring construction permits; • zoning adapted to the use of the entire site for museum purposes (April 2009); • the first steps in a Plan Particulier d’Urbanisme (PPU) by the city in 2009-10 along the Grande Allée, including the site of the Dominican friars and the Museum; • a site that is highly sensitive to public opinion.

It is for these reasons that the design of the new pavilion is being addressed to the architectural community by means of an international competition.

The construction budget in 2009 dollars is $42 million, or approximately $4,000 per square metre.

Type of competition phase in the form of an international call for submissions. to register for the competition and submit their candidacy portfolio in response to this international call for submissions by the date stipulated by the date in the call for submissions and within the competition timetable set out in clause 3.5 of the present manual.

Pre-selection 
The architects, firms or groups defined in clause 10.1 of the present manual are invited

At the conclusion of this call for submissions, fifteen (15) architects, firms or groups, at least five (5) of which are headquartered in Quebec, will advance to Stage 1 of the competition as candidates.

registration period 18 June – 17 July 09

candidacies are submitted 21 August 09