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Repairing the urban fabric to create a more vibrant core area for the capital

This year’s competition focussed on repairing and re-stitching the urban fabric in the core area of the National Capital Region. Students were asked to submit proposals to address vacant and under-utilized street lots where improvements from an urban design perspective could enhance the public experience through innovative planning and design ideas for the Sussex Drive corridor.

The jury is in, and the winning design ideas are…

Ten schools from across Canada participated in this year’s challenge and we received proposals from 19 teams. The jury has finished deliberating and it’s time to see their designs, which are at once thought-provoking and ingenuous, connected, convivial and inclusive.

Join us for the unveiling of the winning student ideas for the Sussex corridor in the National Capital Region.

Meet the winning team

Winners

Rideau Connection
School: McGill University

Runners-up

Animating Sussex Drive in the Core of Canada’s Capital
School: Queen’s University

Honourable mention: Most thought-provoking

Reclaim the Waterfront
School: University of British Columbia

Honourable mention: Jury appreciation

Riverside Ribbon
School: University of Guelph

When

May 24, from 6 pm to 8 pm

Where

Capital Urbanism Lab
40 Elgin Street, room 202, Ottawa ON

Floor audio

Meet the jury

A jury of interdisciplinary planning, urbanism, design and site management professionals reviewed the submissions and selected the competition winners:

About the 2023 Challenge