Place Alice-Girard, Montreal, Qc. Canada

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DESCRIPTION

First public plaza built on the major MIL Montreal development project, Place Alice-Girard is the cornerstone of this urban revitalization, achieved through a unique partnership between the University of Montreal and Ville de Montréal. The design of this geographic, physical, historical and cultural focal point marks its identity by anchoring itself on the memory of the railway industrial landscape and on the scientific vocation of the neighborhood. It thus showcases cutting-edge sustainable development practices and invites to a stimulating and astonishing experience with the large-scale mist fountain and public artwork 29 • 53 by Patrick Bernatchez.

(1) Fountain, Steve Montpetit

(2) Fountain detail, NIPPAYSAGE

(3) Mist fountain plan, NIPPAYSAGE

(4) Fountain, Steve Montpetit

(5) Plaza in summer, NIPPAYSAGE

(6) Planting, Ville de Montréal

(7) Plaza, Steve Montpetit

(8) Perspective at night, NIPPAYSAGE

(9) Perspective, NIPPAYSAGE

(10) Aerial perspective in winter, NIPPAYSAGE

(11) Historical aerial view

(12) Paving study, NIPPAYSAGE

(13) Cross section, NIPPAYSAGE

(14) Fountain cross section, NIPPAYSAGE

(15) Planting concept, NIPPAYSAGE

(16) Overall plan, NIPPAYSAGE

(17) Plaza in autumn, NIPPAYSAGE

(18) Plaza in summer, NIPPAYSAGE

(19) Fountain lighting design, Ville de Montréal

(20) Public artwork by Patrick Bernatchez, NIPPAYSAGE

(21) Plaza in autumn, NIPPAYSAGE

(22) Plaza, NIPPAYSAGE

(23) Planting, Ville de Montréal

(24) Planting, NIPPAYSAGE

(25) Mist fountain, NIPPAYSAGE

(26) Planting, Bernard St-Denis

Banner's images; Steve Montpetit, NIPPAYSAGE

client

Ville de Montréal

TEAM

Josée Labelle, Michel Langevin, Mathieu Casavant, Mélanie Mignault, Claude Cournoyer, Johanna Ballhaus, Josianne Dupuis-Descoteaux, Catherine Blain

YEAR

2016-2019

COLLABORATION

EXP.

Gravitaire

CS design

AWARDS

2021 - National Award, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CSLA

2021 - Gold winner of the Grands prix du design, Public domain and integration of art, 14th edition