Master Plan Fermer

Planning guidelines

1 Consolidate the area’s recreational and tourism vocation with complementary activities.
2 Evaluate the possibility of diversifying uses and enhancing underused sites, such as the large concrete and grass areas and the Stadium itself.
3 Increase reforestation efforts in certain areas of Maisonneuve Park.
4 Control development of the area around the Olympic Village, by favouring architecture that is compatible with the scale and character of the existing buildings, while preserving the woods and visual clearance between the golf course and the pyramids.
5 Make the area safer, more attractive and more comfortable for pedestrians and cyclists, particularly by developing quality public spaces and designing appropriate landscapes.
6 Highlight the main entrances to the Olympic Complex.
7 Redesign Pie-IX, Pierre-De Coubertin and Viau in order to make them safer and more pleasant.
8 Favour projects aimed at improving the site’s integration into the surrounding urban environment, particularly by planning for buildings of appropriate bulk and architecture.
9 Improve pedestrian and bicycle links between the Olympic Complex, the Botanical Garden, Maisonneuve Park and the surrounding areas.
10 Protect and improve the heritage, natural and landscape features of the Olympic Complex and Village, the Botanical Garden and Maisonneuve Park.
11 Protect and enhance certain views of the Olympic Stadium and Village.
Map Olympic Complex and Village