On February 15, during an exceptional gala at the Cabaret du Casino de Montréal, the winners of the 9thedition of the GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN were announced. This evening also marked the launch of the special edition of INTÉRIEURS magazine entirely dedicated to the competition.
Among the winners of this prolific year, the project of the year award goes to the firm Taktik design for its formidable reinvention of the Académie Sainte-Anne.
In addition, the designers of Taktik design received the institutional establishment prize and the commercial furniture prize for this same achievement, both creative and educational and with a playful design for the primary school of the 'coming.
The modern and multidisciplinary team of Hatem + D is the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award, and it is an emblematic figure of the community,Koen de Winter, industrial designer and professor emeritus, who was honored for his entire career with the tribute award.
You will find more complete texts in issue 68 of the INTÉRIEURS magazine exclusively devoted to the winners, which is distributed in press and web versions on www.magazineinterieurs.com as well as on the competition website: www.prixdesign.com
And the winners are:
PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Sainte-Anne Academy
Taktik design
The primary school of the future, Académie Sainte-Anne is designed from top to bottom in a heritage building dating from 1896. Playful and educational, it is the result of international educational innovations and a design that reveals the place, delimits the points of view and creates spaces which feed the imagination as much as they invite to games. Color management as a guide and LED lighting, highlighting the mood and architectural details. Furniture design, landmark areas, storage units and themed rooms, every detail is tailor-made. The concept of the project is reinforced by its functionality which supports the work of teachers as it is the tool for awakening children who appropriate it as a source of inspiration and unlimited expression.
TRIBUTE AWARD
Koen de Winter
It was the École des Métiers d'Art that forged the young Koen de Winter, a graduate in ceramics technology, in a Belgium suffering from the German occupation, where he took his first steps in the town of Mortsell.
Also a graduate in Product Design, he achieved his first successes in the Netherlands with melamine plates that cannot be scratched. Objects made to last, a concept that he will keep throughout his career.
Montreal opened its arms to him and followed a path rich in multiple experiences: Professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal; founder of HIPPODESIGN with Ginette Rochon, holder of a dozen patents and objects that are part of the permanent collections of the largest international museums.
In 1992, he created the Koen De Winter Foundation, which would become the Maud Haviernick Scholarship, and since 2001 he has been collaborating in the "Niagara Foot" project, which produces prostheses for victims of anti-personnel mines.
A career to which are added his conferences, his numerous publications and his involvement in multiple associations.
There are countless prizes and distinctions that Koen de Winter has received, with a simplicity that has become legendary. In 2005, he was honored with the highest design recognition in his country of origin, Belgium.
For more than 40 years, it has been promoting design in the service of people, progress and with the aim of a better quality of life for all.
Better than a great designer, an authentic and essential man for design.
SUPPORT AWARDS
Hatem+D
Hatem + D is a creative and strategic agency where the approach to communications displays a modern and daring signature. The duo Simon Hatem and Ann-France Desmeules have devoted themselves for years to bringing together talents and building a team that designs and carries out large-scale projects. Privileged teamwork that stems from a philosophy based on respect for ideas, dialogues, expectations and satisfaction between clients, colleagues and all other collaborators.
Their prolific career, with a large number of substantial achievements, attests to their mastery of branding, image as well as architecture and interior design.
But it is above all their ability to integrate the spirit of the client, which reveals their deep listening, to marry the imagination of their interlocutor in different projects from top to bottom and perfectly restore their universe.
They excel at doing well in a variety of disciplines. Worthy representatives of a certain movement towards the multidisciplinary.
FERDIE STUDENT AWARD
Chrysalis
Catherine Boudreau
A living space for young offenders must be a place that encourages progression, integration and fulfilment.
Influenced by the evolution of the caterpillar, moving from cocoon to butterfly, the place is laid out in three zones that galvanize autonomy.
A setup that helps grow through social, cultural, emotional, and physical stages, and fuels creative expression, letting off steam, and learning, while taking advantage of informal commons to semi-private areas , to the private living spaces.
RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY
Price for residential space of 1,600 sq. ft. or less
7-Plex
big city workshop
Having already won the firm the First Prize in Architecture in the Housing Complex category in 1991, Living in Color in the 7-Plex is an interior redevelopment project carried out in one of the units of the building. 7-Plex dwelling on Clark Street.
Daring and dynamic with beautiful color management and a structural dimension to the furniture, the concept prioritizes clearing the living space and functionality. Communicating spaces that each have their own identity.
Prize Residential space from 1,600 to 3,200 sq. ft.Ex-Aequo
Suspended
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Intended for two sporty young adults, the top two floors of a building have been transformed with the intention of sharing utilitarian functions while providing a degree of privacy for everyone. The result is three double-height interstices that perfectly meet the needs of users. Illusion of floating, suspended volumes. The articulation of the dwelling through the materials reveals a physical exercise room dominating the center and each of the distinct living spaces. An extraordinary game of volumes.
Prize Residential space from 1,600 to 3,200 sq. ft.Ex-Aequo
The Goat
Atelier Pierre Thibault
To blend in with the landscape, the project adapts to the ground, never exceeding two floors.
The house, as massive and opaque from the outside as it is open and airy from the inside, takes the form of several volumes, each of them housing a different function. Its architecture creates dynamic circulations through a wide variety of spaces and exterior perspectives make up the interior decor. A design, so well structured and organized that the elements become superfluous
Ex-Aequo Residential Space of more than 3,200 sq. ft. Award
La Heronniere
Alain Carle Architect
When a family wants "a self-sufficient house, which respects sustainable development criteria", the conceptual and perceptual quality is promoted by the sculptural art in the space and the enhancement of the landscape by the bays glazed.
Innovative with its sliding wall, the use of the countertop kitchen (in space) differs from the traditional island.
Faced with good intentions and technical requirements, a value emerges/dominates, that of the quality of the place.
Ex-Aequo Residential Space of more than 3,200 sq. ft. Award
Natural chic
Desjardins Bherer
Only the dining room has been preserved in this 1950 building. In weightlessness, the architecture is lighter: no plinth, concealed doors, transparent staircase and multiple openings to the outside. The pantry, like a light catalyst through the living room, draws towards the kitchen where a brightly colored bar sits. The rustic naturalness is radically current. a chalet.
Kitchen Prize
Space Panet
Anne Sophie Goneau Design
A block of high-gloss gray cabinets extends throughout the kitchen to the office side, where it is subtly sectioned by a glass wall, thus evoking the play of ambiguity of spatial limits. The integration of storage elements in the space underlines the accuracy of the volumes, considering the gray mass versus the white one. The attention to detail in the lighting invites you to take a break. A project where the elements merge in a non-traditional tone on tone, which amplifies the effect of lightness.
Bathroom prices
Bank
Atelier Moderno
The subtlety of the volumes inhabits this luxurious bathroom, where the rectangular lines hug the curves. The transparency of the black tinted glass shower contrasts with the opacity of the teak wood furniture. Comfort and cleanliness go hand in hand with a modern and minimalist aesthetic.
Innovation, integration of light, openness, transparency and connection between spaces reign in peace and beauty.
Apartment or show house price and sales office
The Brickfields
Open Form Architecture, Desjardins Bherer and Maître Carré
This mobile sales office can be moved during the work, and reused on a future project.
On stilts, it stands out like a billboard. Inside, each square foot has been meticulously thought out: the atmosphere, the presentation of certain materials and a multitude of choices are visible through the screens which broadcast them in a loop.
Widely fenestrated on the St-Ann park that the Brickfields overlooks, in the evening, the backlit windows illuminate the name of the project.
Residential terrace price
Terrace-D-L
Martine Brisson interior designer
Long either side of the house, this spacious terrace is a beautiful balance between indoors and outdoors. Its bench seat, in the central core, is also a storage space. It delimits the kitchen equipment at the front and the swimming pool at the rear.
Hanging louvered planks isolate from the neighborhood and louvers hung from painted aluminum porticoes diffuse an amber light that characterizes the place.
This development fits harmoniously into the exterior architecture designed by architects Anne-Sophie Bernard and Charles-Antoine Perreault.
COMMERCIAL CATEGORY
Commercial space price of 1,600 sq. ft. or less
Némeau
jean de lessard, creative designers
Inspired by the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, the design takes us on a timeline between today and tomorrow. Poetic and playful, the challenge is taken up with an assumed and successful fantasy. The promotion of fresh products through exploration forms the common thread that promotes trader-customer exchanges and the optimal management of the premises reinterprets the reality of the sea depths by subtly playing with light. A real first experience in fishmongers.
Commercial space price from 1,600 to 5,400 sq. ft.
Frank & Oak: Montreal–Stanley
KANVA
The architectural transformation uses the verticality of the new open atrium to give full coherence to the multiple functions of the premises. In continuity with the urban environment, the design of the boutique highlights the building's original raw materials, steel and bricks, in rich contrast with the refined products of Frank & Oak and the warmth provided by white oak inserts. Three floors bringing together a clothing boutique, a barbershop and a coffee counter, where the constancy of design and quality gives a wonderful impression of total harmony.
Commercial space price over 5,400 sq. ft.
Uniprix Kieu Truong
jean de lessard, creative designers
A project that challenges preconceived ideas about a big box retailer. Certain principles of Feng Shui modulate the layout, fluid circulation and light.
Far from the mercantile aspect, the space can focus on the human dimension of the profession. The laboratory is the focal point where pharmacists are in view of their patients at all times.
The choice of "library" displays, colors, shapes and appliqués give a new and fresh vision of understanding the pharmacy.
Department store prices
Simons Gatineau
LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design
The interior design continues the analogy that personalizes the facade: the texture of the white concrete panels refers to the weaving reminiscent of the Prince of Wales pattern, between cut lines in Simons green. The floor delimits the feminine and masculine spaces, and the structures on the ceiling serve as markers for the nine departments. Each material underlines the different universes for each type of clientele, from the floor to the ceiling, passing through the furniture with an elegant coherence. A successful minimalism with audacity and dynamism.
Showroom price
Artopex showroom in Quebec
Lemay
The project is a continuation of the idea of a large graphic ribbon reflecting the fundamental values of Artopex related to the territory of Quebec and local talent. After the Montreal showroom, the Quebec City showroom remains faithful to this spirit by appropriating its own identity (with the region).
Wood and natural steel interact with contemporary furniture in this magnificent space in the St-Roch district.
A pixelated visual framework, which guides the visitor, adds to the message of the place as representative on the design as on the products.
Price mall, food court
Gatineau Parkways
Pappas Design Studio
By juxtaposing a bold spirit with pure and timeless lines, the food court at Les Promenades Gatineau takes up the challenge of a radical and optimal transformation. The judicious choices of materials and colors facilitate circulation, awaken the spirits with its avant-garde notes, and bring warmth and conviviality with its authentic wood finishes and natural light. Custom counters, benches, low walls and light fixtures punctuate the space.
Fair stand and trade show prices
Animated Melamine
Jean-Maxime Labrecque, architect
Developing a huge downward-sloping space with a minimal budget required a substantial three-dimensional composition.
A hundred sheets of black melamine were assembled on site into furniture elements: 5 very large horizontal monolithic tables for flat fabrics; vertical panels for fitting, transaction and storage areas and racks with thin raw steel structures for hanging garments.
Simplicity becomes strength and contrasts with the presentation of the 30 exhibiting fashion designers and accessories for perfect functionality.
RESTAURANT AND BAR CATEGORY
Restaurant price of 2,000 sq. ft. or less
Natrel milk bar
lg2boutique
It is through a concept as daring as it is entertaining that the original place of the Bar à lait Natrel was built. An immersive experience in the world of milk, with an effective design. The use of Russian plywood, combined with glossy black and white surfaces, recalls the image of the brand with a strong graphic sense, in a most entertaining atmosphere.
Restaurant price over 2,000 sq. ft
Restaurant O'Noir Prince-Arthur
The Handicraft Design Footprint
The first challenge of the restaurant project was the structural modification of certain floor levels for the safety of the dark rooms. An experience of the senses that focuses on comfort and exchange. The materials contribute just as much to the concept by the stimulating use of wood: original, by the variation of a single species and playful, by the relief reminiscent of the patterns of the Braille language, for example.
A beautiful play on volume and a treatment of black that soothes. A layout consistent with the conceptual O'Noir experience of eating in the dark.
Commercial terrace price
Cosmos LB9 Terrace
Perron design - Nathalie Perron designer
True to the guideline of Cosmos restaurants to stand out and be inspired by everything that is done elsewhere in the world, the design influences came from abroad. Several lights and furniture were purchased in Milan.
A mix of trends, organic volumes rub shoulders with different textures, art and as many colors that contrast with the use of copper put forward.
A beautiful organized mess, a gypsy and eclectic party desired by both the owner and the designers as a real experience to live.
Coffee price
Granny Clafoutis
LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design
The owners of the famous Mamie Clafoutis franchise wanted to reinvent the genre. Without forgetting the traditional elements such as the brick wall, the raw wood, the large family table or the imposing light fixture, the bakery seduces and surprises with its mix of wallpapers, its designer furniture which shares the space with the furniture of a another era, its clear and attractive counter and its magnificent piano. So many elements that invite you to stroll, sip a coffee, chat or study. Between folklore and innovation, a concept welcoming all generations.
Food counter price
Richmond Italian Market
Luc Laroche
The joviality of the market is immediately felt in this place where the infrastructure does not steal the show from the food: tempting displays; wine cellar; wooden trays, slates or porcelain plates for meals to eat or take away.
The café area charms with its nero-marquino marble cash counter opposite three chandeliers overhanging three high tables. The golden wood is omnipresent in this place where the soul of Italy inspires as much as the present spirit of Montreal Quebec.
Bar, lounge and nightclub prices
Mimi at Night
The Firm
Walking along the hundred-year-old stone walls and the offset glass wall, the place evokes the secretive and hushed nature of clandestine bars of the Prohibition era. 2 functions and 2 inputs coexist in a single space. The cocktail bar and the gourmet restaurant are in perfect harmony thanks to a harmonious staging where copper, marble, concrete, glass and ash invite people to rub shoulders directly and even indirectly, under a sought-after lighting that produces a discreet, almost smoky light.
CATEGORY HOTEL, COMMON AREA, RECREATIONAL SPACE AND EXHIBITION
Hotel price
Hotel Epik
Zabb design
In the building of a former warehouse, this splendid suite has retained the authenticity of the place and the unique architecture of the end of the 18th century. Thus, we find the imposing wheel ubiquitous in the common area which reveals the industrial past of the building. The staircase has been completely remodeled to accentuate the height and the highlighting of a partially burned wall, a remnant of an old fire, provides an unusual patina to the bathroom.
The new in the old, a very Montreal duality and perfectly highlighted in this place where time stands still.
Inn, motel and B&B prices
Domaine Forget, student residence
Bisson associates, architects
With a view towards one of the most beautiful landscapes in the region, the new student residences of the Academy of Music and Dance inspire the spirit of creation through encounters, open common spaces and privileged acoustics. The modular simplicity of the layout: non-fixed furniture, mobile panels and sliding mirror doors are all variations of controlled privacy spaces, with all the amenities of a hotel. Monastic white gives free rein to the creativity of young people who can take over the space and arrange it as they wish.
Training center price
The Jail
Microclimate Architecture
By a beautiful recovery of the site, the architects have built a durable and elegant building where the space enhances the movement. The great flexibility of the installations is ingenious: from the structure of the mezzanine which supports horizontal bars to the large steps, which also act as training landings, passing by the roof where large rings are fixed.
In this small municipality, the new sports center is a great project that is revitalizing the entire downtown area and is the pride of the region.
Price common area
Redevelopment of public spaces - Pavillon Ignace-Bourget of Collège Bois-de-Boulogne
Héloïse Thibodeau architect
Following an invitational competition, the project aimed to reflect the identity and values of the college. The proposed concept sought to create a new intuitive dynamic of circulation and occupation of space. The addition of a monumental staircase and a walkway made it possible to connect the main hall, the cafeteria, the student associations and the outdoor terrace already close to each other but without any real connection between them. A place that comes back to life with colors and becomes multifunctional.
Spa prices
The Bota Bota Gardens
MU Architecture
A veritable urban oasis in the heart of Old Montreal, this atypical project with clean lines hides great technical complexity. An ingenious geothermal system recovers energy from the river and wastewater to heat the paving and the pools.
Access to the site is facilitated by the use of recycled containers to build the pavilions that recall the port landing stage.
The central swimming pool is surrounded by volumes housing the relaxation and treatment rooms and large green roofs create sublime shadow play.
Another fine example for the Montreal tourist map.
Exhibition price
Augustinian Monastery Museum, permanent exhibition
Bisson + Castonguay
Anxious to preserve the spirit and historical beauty of the place, a sober and luminescent display stands out from room to room, like an Ariadne's thread. We discover a singular collection of objects that are sometimes everyday, sometimes precious and sometimes surprising, with an almost daring simplicity and lightness.
Video clips on nuns today restore their essential presence within these walls.
These beaches of life give meaning to the new mission of the Monastery: to offer visitors a living contact with the heritage of the Augustinians.
Event design and ephemeral installation award
Vol-au-vent
ADHOC architects
As part of the S.P.O.T., the team of architects joined forces with students from the School of Architecture at Laval University to create a playful installation.
Made of ultra-reflective film, it changes over time, under the light of the sun during the day, that of the projectors at night, and with the wind.
An unpredictable and fascinating show, Vol-au-vent has become the signature installation of the event.
It modulates the space like poetry for peaceful moments as well as to punctuate festive evenings throughout the summer.
OFFICE PRICE
Office price of 5,000 sq. ft. or less
Diaphanous right
Jean-Maxime Labrecque, architect
Convert a dark and standard law office into a clean and bright place with a simple intervention and a minimum budget.
Slight adjustments to the alignment of existing partitions and the installation of a perforated steel metal skin provide diaphanous light effects in addition to generating greater privacy desired by the Barreau du Québec.
The concrete floor regains its original appearance.
Aluminum work furniture is made to measure.
The place speaks for itself.
A purpose that is both strong and subtle, and exceptionally luminous.
Office price from 5,000 to 20,000 ft²
Camden
Inside Studio
The project maximizes the place and infuses the dynamic and singular identity of the marketing company.
The central black volume is both a unifier and a marker of the different zones. Each closed room is associated with an artist who reflects the Camden philosophy and is signed with a distinctive wink. The penetration of light promotes the energy felt as other various elements influence more freedom, therefore creativity, palpable in this playful place.
Ex-Aequo office price over 20,000 sq. ft.
Lightspeed
ACDF architecture
Located in the former Gare-Hôtel Viger in Montreal, this monumental 19th century building saw the start of redevelopment work after a long period of abandonment. The bias was to juxtapose with finesse the raw elements of the original building with a contemporary and refined design, while adding a playful and graphic framework for the common areas. 3 floors are thus impregnated with artistic touches in harmony with the community spirit of the company. A beautiful concept that goes beyond the elements to bring out the dynamics of the place.
Ex-Aequo office price over 20,000 sq. ft.
La Presse Building
Architecture49 - JBC, Architects in consortium
Following the current of profound changes in the media world, the daily La Presse is affirming its major digital shift. The commissioned architects therefore reinvented the space, welcoming this new newsroom with sensitivity and maturity in this monumental volume. The use of glass and clear finishes, the three mezzanines and the interventions on the envelope of the building contribute to illuminating and airing the effervescence of the journalists and craftsmen who work under the eyes of Montreal pedestrians, witnesses of the spirit of ever-present place.
CATEGORY INSTITUTIONAL, CULTURAL AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT
Institutional Establishment Award
St. Anne's Academy
Taktik design
Designing the elementary school of the future in a 120,000 sq. ft. heritage building, that was the challenge. The places have been decompartmentalized to create visual channels and weave relevant links between the functions. An identity color chart serves as a benchmark for the students and each zone adapts to specific needs, in particular through the design of the furniture. Creative and educational, the themed rooms offer a cheerful and enriching environment.
A design that supports the work of teachers as it feeds the imagination of children.
Cultural establishment award
Monique-Corriveau Library
Dan Hanganu + Côté Leahy Cardas architects
The Monique-Corriveau library project consists of the expansion and rehabilitation of the St-Denys-du-Plateau church, an architectural recycling that aims to respect its history.
Two large sails of the roof open up majestically towards the rue de l’Eglise and the park. Inside, the finesse of the structures bewitches as the sculptural lines marry the religious symbolism, all in a modernity justified with aerial perspectives and artistic subtleties.
Public institution award
Montmagny courthouse
CCM2 + Group A + Roy-Jacques architects
The enhancement by expanding the building erected in 1865 is the starting point adopted for the design of the project. Keep the volumetry and the architecture, while leaving room for the minimalist and contemporary instinct inspired by the heritage building. The lack of space, the dilapidated state and the complexity of the functional links - between the various spaces - were overcome to successfully transform the courthouse, by a rigorous design in homage to the law and warm in the choice of materials, under lighting that emphasizes its perfect balance.
Prize out of category - cultural and public establishment
Videotron Center
Integrated SAGP team: SNC Lavalin, ABCP architecture, GLCRM architects and Populous
This multifunctional amphitheater, whose design is inspired by the Quebec winter, meets the standards of the National Hockey League and should allow a wide variety of sporting events and shows for Quebec City.
Combined with public spaces, dressing rooms and corporate spaces, the whole is impressive, colorful, attractive and festive.
A design worthy of the excess of the project.
HEALTH AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT CATEGORY
Hospital and research center award
Shriners Hospital for Children
Ibghy
Designed for youth, the interior design of the hospital sparks the imagination. The wonderful integration of Canadian colors and landscapes; the surgical floor and its aurora borealis; the hallway with dinosaur footprints; the sailboat care units and the beach-style rooms, everything nurtures creativity and positive energy.
For its sobriety as for its fantasy, its universes and its light source, the project is a great success for the development of a child.
Price for retirement homes and long-term care
Bathrooms and showers, Jewish CHSLD of Montreal
FSA Architecture
4 new bathrooms, 8 shower rooms and 72 toilets of the resident rooms have been created and renovated on 4 floors of the building, maintaining operations and 23-phase logistics.
The priority was to offer an environment adapted to a clientele made up of elderly people - suffering from serious psychological disorders - by offering them a relaxing experience closer to the spa than to the hospital, through the use of light , while facilitating the work of nursing staff through ergonomic and functional spaces.
Health office and clinic price
Clinic D diaphanous
L McComber
To turn a dark and banal room into a warm and welcoming dermatology clinic was the goal, which was boldly raised.
By perfect control of ergonomics and light, the place is revealed after knocking down the partitions and clearing the ceiling. High wooden doors open onto frosted glass skies, and the heart of the place is wrapped in a solid ash reception desk forming a “U”.
Clever choices of materials for a result that is as soothing as it is invigorating.
SMALL PRODUCT DESIGN CATEGORY
Lighting fixture price
Focal Point Lamp
Designlump
This lamp, with geometric shapes, is as much a design project as a utilitarian concept. A simple movement of the elements makes it possible to change the brightness according to the mood. Made of a mobile porcelain cube pivoting around a solid copper rod, and completed by a wire covered with green or black fabric, as desired, this limited edition is as well designed and neat as it is original in its design aesthetic and retro.
Price of object and accessory
Swipe
Leading Edge Designs
A small tong, already useful in its concept, which can grab a single grain, a small piece or a nice bite, and even retain a little sauce.
Made in Quebec from BPA-free polymer and specially designed for fusion, Asian or vegetarian restaurants, SWIP is easy to handle and can be set down without dirtying the table.
Pragmatism of the tool, sensuality of the object, and that little curve at the end that makes all the difference.
Kitchen product price
Sofia pepper mill
Milano
Renowned for its refined designs combined with noble materials from here, the Quebec firm Milan has spiced up the talent of Italian designer Carlo Trevisani to reinvent the classic pepper mill. The precise and neat lines of the mill stand out with its resolutely contemporary aesthetics and entirely made of precious Quebec black walnut. With its Danish ceramic mechanism and its ergonomic grip, Milan signs here an intriguing object of impeccable craftsmanship.
Residential furniture price
The SQUARE
Workshop B
The SQUARE is an alloy of wood and concrete, solid to fight against damage but also handy to be stored in winter, whose versatile design allows different layout possibilities.
In its desire to highlight the streets so characteristic of Montreal, Atelier B wishes to offer all residents, from here and elsewhere, a simple and effective way to dress up their square of trees to create a warm break, a source of encounters with one's neighbours.
A commendable intention, community and a beautiful Montreal signature.
Commercial furniture price
St. Anne's Academy
Taktik Design
The custom-made furniture for the students and teachers of Académie Sainte-Anne has been designed according to the latest educational innovations. Every detail has been thought out to reinforce the concept of the project, uniting playfulness and practicality, just like the school. Storage units are easily accessible in each area of the establishment.
A beautiful exploitation that anticipates every intention of the children.
Ex-Aequo built-in furniture award
Architectures for Arnaud
Jean Verville Architect
The architect Jean Verville enriches his interdisciplinary practice and works in close collaboration with Arnaud, 8 years old who, in a minimalist residence, wants a space suitable for playing, reading and resting.
From there was born this poetic project where the hut is built from the cushions of the sofa. An installation with powerful contrasts of colors and textures is revealed behind panels of white felt, sliding on rails.
Inside is a raised bed, lined with storage. The compact space, which has become a giant toy, now conceals a fantastic elsewhere. (29, 40'')
Ex-Aequo built-in furniture award
Lake Jasper House
ARCHITECTURAMA
The wooden bleachers are both oversized furniture, circulations, filters, bookcases, table, supports or steps. Made of standard beams, these light and porous structures can be transformed on three levels: free blocks that can be removed at will, intermediate levels, and a whole that can be rebuilt in different ways.
Like an agora that allows you to enjoy the view, while being in physical and visual continuity with the ground, the project is intended to be relaxed and close to the idea of a chalet.
A surprising and atypical concept, like nowhere else. Unique.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CATEGORY
Lighting fixture price
Watson
Galliot General Design
This ring of light, with a simple and elegant design, is bordered by a metal hoop with a neat finish. Equipped with an integral diffuser without joint or shadow, so as to conceal the hardware, this purely LED-based luminaire has an intensity powerful enough to be used for general lighting. Its distinctive cosmetic handle allows both to isolate the electrical connections and to adjust the tightening. Technology, finesse, quality of execution, a successful whole under a pure line.
Residential furniture price
C401
Jason Burhop and Etienne Dugal_Kastella
The concept reflects ten years of effort invested in research and development by this innovative firm. The result is a stool of great elegance giving the impression of having been fashioned from a single piece of wood. A simple geometry, an almost hemispherical shape of the seat and a fluid junction with the legs make it possible to refocus its weight. A very solid assembly including the footrest, in machined brass, ensures comfort and balance.
Office furniture price
TAG & Office 5
alter-e-go solutions, Patrick Ferro, Alain Chevigny BDI
Fully modular and compatible, here is an innovative way to think about your work environment. Collections that offer a steel or wooden base, accommodate storage units, modular sofas or work tables, in wood veneer and melamine.
Optimal functionality that gives you the freedom to isolate yourself, work alone or in a group, and relax.
A nice overall finish and effective interaction between the elements.
Transportation Price
Azur metro driver's cab
Romain Zolfo & Karim Guelmi for Labbé Designers
A symbol of urban activity since 1966, the Montreal metro transports more than a million passengers daily. Wishing to increase user comfort and safety, the STM launched a major new car project: the Azur metro.
The driver's cabin determines the workspace of the operators and its design has evolved by accompanying them every day to understand their needs.
A successful ergonomic study that optimizes gestures in an impressive way, like its high technology and its accomplished aesthetics.
Kitchen product price
Flow Garlic Press
MSC International
For many of us, garlic presses require excessive force. The idea was therefore to create a garlic press that is used by leaning on the table so that the user uses the weight of his body to do the work, but also his hand for more common use. A new and traditional functionality that is reflected in the choice of classic chrome under the product and colorful and original nylon.
Efficiency in simplicity, with an ergonomic shape and a nice play of colors.
Bathroom product price
Axent shower door
Flowerco
A Japanese-inspired design is the basis of this shower door that raises the bar - in the market - for two-way doors by innovative elements related to installation flexibility, a dynamic guide mechanism that applies a constant pressure on both glass panels, and a side and extendable rail.
Perfect solidity for a collection that stands out for its clean and elegant lines, and brings a unique signature to the bathroom.
Architectural product award
Transparent interactive showcase
ALTO Design / Axis4 Media
The design mandate consisted in designing a discreet structure, backlit and without visible light, which can be integrated into any shop window. Each showcase consists of 14 transparent HD LCD screens. It supports the heavy masses and helps to highlight all the elements arranged behind. Sensors also allow customers to interact, with regularly renewed animations.
A beautiful architectural integration project, and a winning screen-curtain wall system.
Urban furniture award
Banc-nana
TEN squared
Installed in a central square, very lively and popular, the Banc-nana project takes the form of a peel and two whole oversized bananas, like a moment of madness, fun, wacky and unifying. A concept with immediate success with passers-by of all ages and backgrounds. Beneath its Pop Art airs, Banc-nana nonetheless remained a major technical challenge, resistant to bad weather and the requirements of the public space.
Superb execution between art object and interactive street furniture, a smile during the day.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY, UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY AND NON-CATEGORY
Sustainable Development Award
Head office STGM ARCHITECTES
STGM ARCHITECTS + IDEA
The eco-responsible and innovative approach to architecture is echoed in its longitudinal form, its orientation to the sun, its light wood frame and its materials, as well as in the efficiency of its systems.
Offering a high level of comfort to its occupants, while presenting a low ecological footprint, the building - LEED-NC Platinum level certification - is remarkably consistent, both in its interior and exterior treatment .
Universal Accessibility Award
Lebourgneuf Community Center
CCM2 architects
The spaces offer full autonomy to people with reduced mobility, those with vision problems, the elderly and young children. A concept that redefines equal treatment for all, through its relevant and playful graphic integrations, its signage and its architectural cohesion of spaces, respecting the principles of universal accessibility, not only physical but also tactile.
Price out of category
The Belvedere of Val-Jalbert
Atelier Pierre Thibault
Abandoned since 1927, the historic village of Val-Jalbert is now classified as a "historic site". The hydroelectric plant project coupled with a lookout is located at the foot of the Ouiatchouan waterfall. Punctuated with perches introducing various points of view on nature, the central is designed like a promenade sheltered by openwork wooden lathing.
A beautiful and poetic tourist sequence, the large belvedere - which blends into the surrounding vegetation - is an unclassifiable experience. A moment of emotion to live.
WOOD RECOVERY CATEGORY
Wood enhancement award in interior design
Student showcase_École Polytechnique de Montréal
MENKES SHOONER DAGENAIS LETOURNEUX Architects
The deployment of an immense wooden structure, whose undulations recall those of a sail, underlines the density of the circulations characteristic of the place. The mesh seems to move flexibly and the lighting participates in this movement.
A real technical feat, this frame of 641 pieces of wood acts as an acoustic filter.
The wood which, furniture or ceiling, gives an identity but also a warmth in counterweight to the raw concrete which adjoins the space.
Wood enhancement award in product design
EXOCET
DESIGNARIUM
Exceptionally original, this chair in Russian cherry plywood also offers different finishing veneers such as maple, cherry, white oak, mozambique or walnut to personalize and create custom furniture. A modular sculpture, with a beautiful geometry, which inspires play and marks the imagination.
SPECIAL PRICES
Window display price
Denault Store
Hatem+D
The Bernard Denault boutique has abandoned its eponymous title for Denault. Hatem+D conceptualizes "DNO" with a new signature, the complete redevelopment of the window, the facade and the entrance. The products are highlighted by the stripped-down space and the showcase adopts a design, with almost cubic graphics, which creates a perspective of continuity towards the interior. An extension effect that invites customers to enter the store, totally reinvented and very contemporary.
Lighting price
Mimi at Night
The Firm
No less than 7 different sources of lighting have been designed to bring life to each of the noble surfaces of the place. A hushed light envelops the bar like smoke and a ribbon of light accompanies customers from the secret entrance to the restaurant section on the floor above. Finally, filters and correctors release different sources of luminosity and heat, similar to the degrees Kelvin of a flame, immersing us in an almost cinematic universe.
Color Price
Annie-Pelletier Pool
Thibodeau Poirier Fontaine architects
The concept of coloring the swimming pool is based on the lighting atmosphere. The ubiquitous white serves as a backdrop for the various colors projected by the exterior light through the tinted glass. Four colored dividers were combined by the designers to differentiate the spaces. And water becomes a material in its own right in the project, where natural light combined with the refined use of colors changes with the seasons.
Area price
Little Rabbit Pastry
Open Form Architecture
The visual identity of the pastry is revealed by its delicate colors but even more by its textures and incessant surfaces. First, the flexible partition system of the walls is reminiscent of the culinary parchment paper of “cupcakes”. The translucent white modules in polyethylene are 100% recyclable and the counters in the basement are in white quartz. The whole gives a homogeneous project where the paper is the link between the product and the environment.
Premises signage and branding award
Natrel milk bar
lg2boutique
Here is a fun, imaginative and successful experience: the Natrel Milk Bar.
Consumers are immersed in the world of milk both at the architectural level and at the brand and signage level.
Reinforcing the integration of the brand into its environment, the Bar à lait was inspired by strong Montreal icons such as Habitat 67 and Mount Royal.
A collection of objects and clothing are also available on site and online where the brand's DNA is everywhere, even in the menus.
Low budget price
Wood, white, black
Jean-Maxime Labrecque, architect
How to fit out a 2000 sq. ft. store with a sleek design at a construction cost of $25/sq. ft.?
By three frank interventions where the floor, walls and ceiling are defined by their respective finish:
Wood as a wall belt, forming a rectangular volume, serving as a display and concealing the fitting rooms.
White, for clear ceilings and suspensions.
And black for the floor and for the display furniture, (like that of the employees).
Refined and efficient, through material management and visual purity.
Multidisciplinary Prize
Administrative corridor, Bélanger Pavilion, R-libre
CEGEP Marie-Victorin
With this project, the word multidisciplinarity takes on its full meaning: through the perfect marriage of the skills of the experts in Interior Design and Graphic Design, also employees of the Cégep (Marie-Victorin), and the involvement of the students, surrounded teachers and support staff.
The approach has enriched the sharing of knowledge, collaborative work and the unification of forces, thus promoting a strong sense of pride and belonging.
A unifying project, in harmony with the values of the establishment.
APDC PRIZE
Following the collaboration between the PID Agency and the APDC (Asia Pacific Design Center), the GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN created the APDC category which allows designers from Asia, and members of the APDC, to submit their projects to the competition. Of the 33 finalists who were selected, here are the 5 winners:
APDC Residential Category
虹梅21 Hong Mei 21
孙建亚 Dog Ya Sun
Renovation and restructuring of the exterior and interior of a villa in a minimalist and modern style.
APDC Club Category
Song’s Club
黄永才 Yongcai Huang
The avant-garde design of a club, a historic vision of the future emerging from chaos.
APOC Trade Category
莲邦广场艺术中心 Lotus Square Art Center
邱春瑞 Chun Jui Chiu
The use of new technologies, on an ideal site, in the service of a perfectly ecological construction.
APDC Hotel Category
北上海大酒店 North Shanghai Hotel
魏然、殷琛珺Ran Wei，Chenjun Yin
An upscale hotel, bringing nature, culture and technology into an elegant atmosphere.
APDC Model House Category
绿地海珀▪风华别墅 Fenghua Villas
连自成Zicheng Lian
Perfect harmony between postmodernity and neoclassicism, an inspired and refined design with European influences and functional and contemporary comfort.
The GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN would like to thank all the companies without whom this celebration would not have been possible. A special mention for the support of Platinum Partners:
ALUMILEX, COSENTINO CANADA, DECK TO/GO, GERMAIN LARIVIÈRE, POLYALTO GROUP, HÔTEL BONAVENTURE MONTREAL, JUTRAS DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONALE, LAMCOM TECHNOLOGIES, THE WALL-OUT SYSTEM, NATA PR, OCTORAISE, PLASTRUCTION, SIPTEC and PID & THE DESIGN FAIR – SIDIM.
A big thank you also to the eminent members of the jury: Louise Pelletier, director of the School of Design at UQAM; Daniel Smith, Principal Associate Architect at Smith Vigeant Architectes; Bruno Braën, designer and founder of the Braun-Braën studio; Alexandre Blouin, architect and founder of Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement; Véronique Chayer, APDIQ-certified interior designer and project director at Liaison Concept; Loïc Bard, designer cabinetmaker; Michèle Bélair Pagnetti, designer and founder of Intérieurs Bélair-Pagnetti Inc.; Jean-François Simard, president of ADIQ and designer consultant in smart urban lighting; Marc Archambault, vice-president and partner at VAD Designers d'espaces Inc.; Réal Boulanger, interior designer and founder of Réal Boulanger Design; Frédéric Aird, president of Les Agences A.H.C. Ltd. / Palladio Showroom; Charles Godbout, industrial designer, president of Topo Design; Kurt Hibchen, industrial designer, president and co-founder of Toboggan Design, and Fabienne Munch, director and teacher of the School of Design at the University of Montreal.
