Héritage Montréal and its Emerging Talent Committee recently announced the winning proposals of the third edition of their ideas competition, focused on repurposing the city’s historic incinerators.
The Héritage Montréal’s Charette aims to highlight a vulnerable heritage site and propose redevelopment scenarios that respect the principles of excellence put forward by Héritage Montréal. This is a multidisciplinary ideation exercise, the only constraint being respect for heritage.
From September 5 to 15, 2024, the next generation confronted not one, but two sites proposed in this edition of the competition: they were challenged to rekindle the flames of the Carrières and Dickson incinerators.
The awards ceremony took place on October 3, 2024, at Espace Ville Autrement.
The winning projects include the following.
First Jury Prize — Contes de ce qui persiste
Philippe Tremblay and Maude Lefebvre
“Contes de ce qui persiste proposes to rethink the City of Montreal’s waste management network by bringing together three major sites. The Carrières incinerator becomes a waste treatment training center, accompanied by a heating network and an urban park on its roof. The Dickson incinerator is a snow dump feeding a cooling network. The Francon quarry is converted into an urban park,” reads Héritage Montréal’s website.
Second Jury Prize — Artéfacts des Possibles
Étienne Genest and Christopher Malouf
“Artéfacts des Possibles proposes a light intervention based on the current state of urban ruin in which the Carrières incinerator finds itself. Suggesting an architectural stroll, it turns the incinerator and its surroundings into a space for exploration and reflection, fueled by the material traces of the various metabolic functions that have marked the site’s history,” reads Héritage Montréal’s website.
Audience Award — Bain des Carrières
Jérôme Bélanger, Eva McSweeney and Cédric Vézina
Along with the jury’s selection of prizes, the public was asked to vote for their favourite proposal between September 24 and October 1. More than 450 votes were cast during this period. Almost a fifth of the public’s votes went to the Bain des Carrières project, which proposed the creation of a soap factory, fragrant flower gardens and public baths in the Carrières incinerator.
Special Jury Mention — Impérissable
Jeanne Pelletier and Mélanie Lembregts
“Of all the proposals submitted by up-and-coming architects, two tied for the jury’s special mention for their strong, nurturing themes with universal appeal, and their reflection on the public’s involvement in their program. The proposal entitled Impérissable won the jury’s attention for its clear approach to transforming the site through gentle industrialization, while taking advantage of the qualities of standardization and the potential for replication of the solution of prefabricated greenhouses aided by abundant technology,” reads Héritage Montréal’s website.
Special Jury Mention — Qu’est-ce qui mijote?
Xavier Saint-Jean, Joëlle Tétreault and Laurène Smith
“The proposal entitled Qu’est-ce qui mijote? approaches the site under various cycles of transformation and use of space, detailing a poetic approach to odors and the social character of food, while addressing a gradual transformation of the site. Its neighborhood-wide approach, combined with the theme of cooking by and for all, roots the new program in its site.”
The proposals resulting from this exercise are intended as sources of inspiration, with the aim of providing food for thought and encouraging discussion.
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