Five shortlisted design teams were selected as part of the Stage 1: Request for Supplier Qualifications process to move forward to the Stage 2: Request for Proposals process of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Design Competition, based on the merits of their letters of interest, team composition, resumes, and previous work.
About the teams
The design teams, listed in alphabetical order, are:
Team 1
Brook McIlroy
Trahan Architects
Hood Design Studio
Team 2
Diamond Schmitt
Smoke Architecture
MVVA
Team 3
Hariri Pontarini
LMN Architects
Tawaw Collective
Smoke Architecture
SLA
Team 4
RDHA
Mecanoo
Two Row Architect
NAK Design Strategies
Team 5
Zeidler Architecture
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Two Row Architect
PLANT Architect
The jury
The design component of the process will be judged by a jury of leaders in the fields of culture, planning, urban design, architecture, Indigenous design, and landscape architecture. Adjudication is scheduled to take place in March 2023, following the public presentation of the final design submissions on March 7.
maxine bailey
Executive Director of the Canadian Film Centre (CFC)
and co-founder of the Black Artists Network in Dialogue (BAND)
Meg Graham
Architect and Founder,
Superkül (Chair)
Seema Jethalal
Former Regional Director General, Canadian Heritage,
and inaugural Managing Director of Daniels Spectrum
Lori Marchand
Managing Director,
Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre Ottawa
Sadie Marshall
Artist
Thomas Payne
Architect and Founder,
Thomas Payne Architect
Marc Ryan
Landscape Architect and Founder,
PublicWork
Schedule
Virtual viewing and public feedback
February 20-March 7
Virtual viewing of design submissions and an opportunity for the public to share feedback. Feedback was accepted until March 7 at 11:59 pm.
Public townhall
March 7
Winning design announcement
Week of March 13
Presentation to Executive and City Council
June 2023
Winning submission is presented to Executive and City Council.