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
Meet the jury
A jury of interdisciplinary planning, urbanism, design and site management professionals reviewed the submissions and selected the competition winners:
- Monica Belliveau, RPP MCIP
- Thomas Saad
- Dorota Grudniewicz, OALA, CSLA
- Mazen Kandalaft, OAA, OAQ, LEED GA, MUP
- Kim Geoffrion
- Ian Grabina
- Nelson Edwards, OALA, RPP
- Traci Despatis