Winning entries in International Garden Festival competition
Six have been selected in the 15th International Garden Festival of Jardins de M茅tis / Reford Gardens for 2014. The competition attracted 293 proposals for contemporary gardens, submitted from 35 countries. One of the winning entries, 惭茅谤颈蝉迟猫尘别 by Montr茅al collective Ch芒ssi, includes Ph.D. student Fran莽ois Leblanc, together with Marie-Jos茅e Gagnon (intern architect at Daoust Lestage Inc.) and Caroline Magar (student in landscape architecture, Universit茅 de Montr茅al). Another winning entry, Afterburn by Brooklyn-based Civilian Projects, includes recent professional M.Arch. graduate (2010) Ksenia Kagner, together with Nicko Elliott.
The jury was composed of Denis Boucher, charg茅 de projet, Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Qu茅bec; C茅cile Combelle, architect with Atelier Barda and designer of the Sacr茅 potager garden for the 2013 edition of the Festival; Vincent Lemay, landscape architect; Matei Paquin, project development director, Moment Factory; Ann Webb, past executive director and publisher, Canadian Art Foundation; and Alexander Reford, director of Jardins de M茅tis / Reford Gardens and the International Garden Festival.