Last year, the Ville de Montréal launched an international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition for the spatial planning of Place des Montréalaises.  The competition invited design concepts for Place des Montréalaises, a new downtown public space adjacent to Champ-de-Mars métro station, including a pedestrian overpass leading to Champ-de-Mars. With 30 eligible submissions now reviewed, the Design Montréal jury has chosen a shortlist of finalists.
A view of the present-day site. Photo by Marc Cramer via Design Montréal
The five finalists are:

Arcadia + civiliti + PARA-SOL, in partnership with Lasalle | NHC, Groupe EGP, Sybil McKenna, and Jean-François Barsoum
BC2 Groupe Conseil, in partnership with Daily tous les jours, joined in stage 2 by Lapointe Magne & Associés, CIMA+, and WORKac Bureau Bas Smets and Pelletier de Fontenay, joined in stage 2 by WAA Montréal, NEUF architect(e)s, Latéral s.e.n.c., and WSP Canada
Lemay, joined in stage 2 by SNC Lavalin
Mandaworks and Sid Lee Architecture, joined in stage to by OPTION Aménagement and GBI Experts-Conseils

Each finalist will now be called upon to publicly present a service offering to the jury. At the conclusion of this stage, which is paid, the jury will recommend a winner. All finalists must attend a mandatory individual information meeting with the Ville de Montréal.
The jury is the same for both stages:

Chantal Aylwin, engineer, Director, Direction des infrastructures, de la v...