DESCRIPTION
Viger Square is a large park stretching over four city blocks covering the Ville-Marie expressway. The integrated vision for the future square is built around several elements: user-friendliness, aimed at creating a harmonious environment that mitigates the nuisances that led to the square’s decline; inclusiveness and a commitment to creating a space for all users, with flexible programming to encourage a wide range of uses; anchoring in the surrounding area in order to ensure that space is perfectly integrated with the urban fabric; and, lastly, a commemorative element to restore the space’s iconic character. A major effort to highlight public art is at the core of the project: the works of Charles Daudelin, Claude Théberge, and Peter Gnass will be transposed in a renewed and contemporary context.
client
Ville de Montréal
TEAM
Michel Langevin, Mathieu Casavant, Josée Labelle, Mélanie Mignault, Mélanie Pelchat, Sylvain Lenoir, Johanna Ballhaus, Josianne Dupuis Descoteaux, Benjamin Deshaies, Emilie Bertrand-Villemure, Catherine Blain, Claude Cournoyer, Elisabeth Leblanc, Jean-Jacques Yervant
YEAR
2016-2019
COLLABORATION
Provencher _Roy
Les Consultants S.M.I.
Lightemotion
Brodeur Consultants
Nadeau Foresterie Urbaine
Akufen
GMV3D
Atelier Dédale
Hydralis Consultants
AWARDS
2023 - Platinum winner, Grands prix du design 16th edition, Integration of lighting
