MANIFESTO
NIPPAYSAGE's landscape architects are dedicated to the design of public space and its positive power on life and urban experience.
The name NIPPAYSAGE reflects the concern to reveal the identity of each of the areas of intervention. NIP decodes the personal identification of landscapes to reveal their proper meaning and this engine directs the creation of projects related to the environment with the capacity to mark the identity of cities.
NIPPAYSAGE's design process is defined by a collective approach enriched by the multiplication of viewpoints. This enlightened point of view renders it possible to make informed choices and to attribute to each project a strong idea capable of clearly orienting the various components into a coherent whole. NIPPAYSAGE thus combines beauty and performance in an open approach, interconnecting art, ecology, urbanism, architecture and engineering.
team
bio + practice
bio
Since its inception in 2001 by five Université de Montréal graduates (Mathieu Casavant, France Cormier, Josée Labelle, Michel Langevin, Mélanie Mignault), NIPPAYSAGE is recognized for its singular conceptual approach. After having participated in several international projects for Martha Schwartz inc. and Hargreaves Associates, NIP’s founders joined forces and settled in Montreal to bring a new and energetic vision to the field of landscape architecture. Over the course of its practice, NIPPAYSAGE has developed a solid professional experience.
practice
NIPPAYSAGE serves a diversified clientele, developing various projects types and scales. NIPPAYSAGE’s work spans from preliminary design to construction supervision. This breadth of projects involves redefining public space in a contemporary and forward-looking vision. Among others, NIP works on urban planning, landscape design, public parklands, urban infrastructures, playgrounds, institutional gardens as well as on installations blending art, environment and landscape. Thanks to the national and international interest created by the work, NIPPAYSAGE is regularly invited to give conferences regarding the firm’s design approach. NIP also participates in numerous design competitions. The firm is involved in various landscape architecture studios at diverse universities.
PRIZES + AWARDS
2024 Award of the Year, Grands prix du design 17th edition, Port of Montreal Grand Quay, collaboration Provencher_Roy, Montreal
2024 Platinum Winner, Grands prix du design 17th edition, environmental + wood, Port of Montreal Grand Quay collaboration Provencher_Roy, Montreal
2024 Platinum Winner, Grands prix du design 17th edition, residential project, YUL Garden, collaboration MSDL, Montreal
2024 National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects CSLA, Port of Montreal Grand Quay, collaboration Provencher_Roy, Montreal
2024 Excellence Award of the Société québécoise de phytotechnologies, Place des Fleurs-de Macadam, collaboration EXP, Montreal
2024 International Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum, Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal, collaboration Provencher_Roy, Montreal
2023 National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects CSLA, Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam, collaboration EXP, Montreal
2023 National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects CSLA, Parc Jean-Drapeau 2020-2030, collaboration Réal Paul architecte, Montreal
2023 Platinum winner, Grands prix du design 16th edition, Integration of lighting Square Viger, Montreal
2023 International Grand Prize, Grands prix du design 16th edition, Landscape design, Place des Fleurs-de Macadam, collaboration EXP, Montreal
2023 Platinum winner, Grands prix du design 16th edition, Public art integration, Place des Fleurs-de Macadam, collaboration En temps et lieu, Montreal
2023 Platinum winner, Grands prix du design 16th edition, Environnemental project, Place des Fleurs-de Macadam, collaboration EXP, Montreal
2023 Winner, Grands prix du génie-conseil québécois 21th edition, Urban infrastructures, Place des Fleurs-de Macadam, collaboration EXP, Montreal
2022 Grand Prix Habitat Design, Landscape Architecture - Multi-residential Complex,Technopôle Angus Eco-neighborhood, Montreal
2022 Merit Award World Landscape Architecture WLA, Parc Jean-Drapeau 2020-2030, collaboration SPJD, Réal Paul architecte, Montreal
2022 Finalist, Inaugural AIPH World Green City Awards, South Korea, Parc Jean-Drapeau 2020-2030, collaboration SPJD, Réal Paul architect, Montreal
2022 Silver Award, World Urban Parks, México, Parc Jean-Drapeau 2020-2030, collaboration SPJD, Réal Paul architect, Montreal
2022 Platinum winner Grands prix du design 15th edition, Urban design, Parc Jean-Drapeau Master Plan 2020-30, collaboration Réal Paul, Montreal
2022 Awards of Excellence OAQ, Public institutional building, Public Prize, CHUM ph2, collaboration Cannon Design, NEUF, JLP, MSDL, Montreal
2022 Platinum winner Grands prix du design 15th edition, Landscape design, Place du savoir Concordia U, collaboration LM&A, Montreal
2021 National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Place Alice-Girard MIL Montréal, Montreal
2021 Gold winner of the Grands prix du design, Public domain and integration of art, 14th edition, Place Alice-Girard MIL Montreal, Montreal
2021 Gold winner of the Grands prix du design, Cultural and institutional, 14th edition, University of Montreal Urban Ramp MIL Montreal, Montreal
2019
1st Prize, Multidisciplinary Design Competition, Municipal Hub, collaboration Lapointe-Magne - L’OEUF, Ville de Vaudreuil-Dorion
2019
Public Corpus Prize, ‘Montréal durable’ gala, 13rd edition, Port of Montreal’s Grand Quay, Montreal
2019 Companies and institutions prize, ‘Montréal durable gala’, 13rd edition, Plan de développement - Technopôle Angus phase 2, Montreal
2018 Steel Design Awards of Excellence, 20th edition, UQAM Design pavillon Yard, Montreal
2017 Prix du Grands prix du design, 10th edition, Place Léopold Beaulieu Technopôle Angus, Montreal
2016 National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Technopôle Angus Eco-neighborhood, Montreal
2016 National Urban Design Award, Royal Architecture Institute of Canada RAIC, Technopôle Angus Eco-neighborhood, Montreal
2016 Honourable Mention, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Place Joseph-Venne, Montreal
2015 Excellence Awards OAQ, mention for sustainable development, La Bergerie Organic Farm, collaboration L’OEUF, La conception
2015 1st Prize, Brownie Awards 2015, Canadian Urban Institute, CUI, Overall winner, Technopôle Angus Eco-neighborhood,, Montreal
2013 Habitat Design Awards, Landscape architecture, YUL housing project, Montreal
2013 Habitat Design Excellence Awards, Jury choice, YUL sales office, Montreal
2012 1st Prize, Pan-Canadian Urban design Competition, Promenade Smith, Ville de Montréal, Montreal
2012 Regional Merit Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal, CHUM, Montreal
2012 Regional Merit Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Place de l’Acadie Park, Montreal
2011 1st Prize, Design Competition, Place de l’Acadie Park, Ville de Montréal, Montreal
2011 National Honour Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Gatineau Sports Centre, Gatineau
2010 Excellence Award, Cecobois, outdoor design, Unity 1&2 Residences and Daylight Factory restaurant Courtyard, Montreal
2010 Award, Best Upcoming Golfing Lifestyle Residences, Federation of Indo-Americans FIA, M3M project, New Delhi
2009 National Honour Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, Point Pleasant Park Comprehensive Plan, Halifax
2007 Grand prix de la mairesse, Plateau Mont-Royal borough, Lambert-Closse schoolyard, Montreal
2006 Semi-finalist, Institut de Design Montréal awards, IDM, Landscape architecture category, ‘Pause’ installation project, Montreal
2005 1st Prize ex aequo, International Design Competition, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax
2005 1st Prize ex aequo, Laurentian Bank of Montreal, exterior branding competition, Montreal
2005 Acknowledgment award, Fédération Inter-disciplinaire de l’horticulture ornementale du Québec, FIHOQ, ‘Mer d’Idées’, Ottawa
2005 Quebec Arts Council research grant / Canadian Centre for Architecture, CCA, ‘Drive thru Garden’ project, Montreal
2003 Quebec Arts Council research grant / La biennale de Montréal, ‘Impluvium’ project, Montreal
2003 Canadian Landscape Architecture foundation, Research grant, ‘Proyecto paisaje’ project, Quito and Lamana
2002 1st Prize, Institut de Design Montréal awards, IDM, Landscape Architecture category, ‘In Vitro’ project, Reford Gardens, Grand Métis
2002 National Merit Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA, ‘In Vitro’ project, Reford Gardens, Grand Métis
FORMER COLLABORATORS + INTERNS
Former Collaborators
Anouk Bergeron-Archambault 2017-2024
Audrey Labbé 2022-2023
Chloé Lamontagne Girard 2017-2022
Frédérique Bolté 2019-2020
Elisabeth Leblanc 2017-2020
Jean-Jacques Yervant 2016-2019
Johanna Ballhaus 2011-2018
Josianne Dupuis-Descôteaux 2015-2017
Sylvain Lenoir 2010–2016
Benjamin Motte 2013-2016
Céline Paradis 2003-2012
Georges-Étienne Parent 2007-2011
Suzanne Ernst 2007
Patrick Morand 2006-2007
Former Interns
Olivier Bédard
Vincent Bilodeau
Amanda Coen
Julie Coulombe
Delphine D'alençon
Elias Filho
Charles-Olivier Frenette
Audrey Labbé
Laurence Lafleur
David Lazcano
Mélissa Marcotte
Gabriel Mauchamp
Kimberly O'Keeffe
Baptiste Piednoel
Yoann Sourice
Sylvane Rava
Caroline Issard