2024 Urban Design Challenge: A Student Ideas Competition for the National Capital Region

Reimagining the LeBreton Flats Park District

Urban planning and design have the potential to dramatically transform our collective surroundings, influencing and enabling the way we use public spaces. The Urban Design Challenge is a competition that invites students from across the country to come up with design concepts for sites in the National Capital Region. 

THE CHALLENGE  

Students are encouraged to unleash their creativity and share their visionary ideas for the Park District of LeBreton Flats. Located 1.5 km from Parliament Hill in the western downtown core of Canada’s capital city, this 10-hectare site stretches from the Bayview LRT Station in the west to Nepean Inlet and the aqueduct in the east.

This competition challenges students to propose innovative planning and design ideas for the LeBreton Flats Parks District and inspire future consultation efforts for these parklands. It is open to students enrolled in a post-secondary institution who are studying planning, architecture, environmental design, urban design or landscape architecture in Canada. The maximum number of participants per team is three.

PRIZES 

The winning project team will receive the first-place award of $750 and a trip to Ottawa, Canada’s Capital. The second-place award is $500 for the runner-up team. 

The winning team will be invited to present their ideas at a special awards presentation session of the NCC’s Urbanism Lab on May 23, 2024.

SCHEDULE 

January 26, 2024                         Last day for registration

March 28, 2024                           Submissions due

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

February 16, 2024                       Last day to send questions

February 28, 2024                       Information session

COMPETITION DETAILS

*For complete information on the NCC Urban Design Challenge: ncc-ccn.gc.ca/2024-challenge.