Héritage Montréal and its Emerging Talent Committee recently announced the winning proposals of the third edition of their ideas competition, focused on repurposing the city’s historic incinerators.
The Héritage Montréal’s Charette aims to highlight a vulnerable heritage site and propose redevelopment scenarios that respect the principles of excellence put forward by Héritage Montréal. This is a multidisciplinary ideation exercise, the only constraint being respect for heritage.
From September 5 to 15, 2024, the next generation confronted not one, but two sites proposed in this edition of the competition: they were challenged to rekindle the flames of the Carrières and Dickson incinerators.
The awards ceremony took place on October 3, 2024, at Espace Ville Autrement. The winning projects include the following.

First Jury Prize ? Contes de ce qui persiste

Philippe Tremblay and Maude Lefebvre
The Montreal skyline from the quiet zone of the DECA urban temperate park on a bright September morning. First Jury Prize ? Contes de ce qui persiste by Philippe Tremblay and Maude Lefebvre
 
“Contes de ce qui persiste proposes to rethink the City of Montreal’s waste management network by bringing together three major sites. The Carrières incinerator becomes a waste treatment training center, accompanied by a heating network and an urban park on its roof. The Dickson incinerator is a snow dump feeding a cooling network. The Francon quarry is convert...