Janet Rosenberg & Studio — in partnership with Patkau Architects, Blackwell Structural Engineers, and ERA Architects Inc. — has been announced the winner of the Nepean Point Design Competition.

Launched by the National Capital Commission (NCC) in the spring of 2017, this international competition called for participants to reimagine and redesign Nepean Point, a hill in Ottawa that overlooks the river, the parliament buildings, the Canadian Museum of History and other features of Canada’s capital.

A number of Daniels Alumni and students were part of the winning team led by Janet Rosenberg & Studio, including: Todd Douglas (MLA 2013), Jordan Duke (MLA 2016), Nicholas Gosselin (MLA 2016), Kerrie Harvey (MLA 2008), Glenn Herman (BLA 1990), Andrew Hooke (MLA 2017), Rob McIntosh (MLA 2015), Dayne Roy-Caldwell (MLA 2016), Jessie Seed (MLA 2003), and Wayne Swanton (BLA 1989).

Daniels Faculty Lecturer Adrian Phiffer also supported the winning team; his office, The Flat Side of Design, including Dimitrios Karopulos (MArch 16) and second year student Diana Franco Camacho, produced the majority of the images and renderings for the proposal.

The competition design brief called for “a 21^st century green space that is an inspiring source of pride for all Canadians.” It was hoped that the design would transform Nepean Point into a cultural focal point that can host artistic events, improve access to the site, and encourage discovery.

The winning proposal, entitled Big River Landscape, would offer visitors to the point a range of experiences via quiet meandering meadow paths, promenades with spectacular views high above the river, nooks where one can sit and observe the landscape, a stage and amphitheatre, and re-envisioned entrance points that welcome and invite visitors to the site.

Congratulations to all involved!