The theme of this competition, Regenerate Restore Renew, reflects the relationship of the citizens of HRM with their park, and their hopes for its future. Point Pleasant Park is a place of spiritual regeneration, restoration and renewal: a place to take exercise before a stressful day, or to unwind at its end. It is a place to picnic by the sea with the kids, to meet friends, to walk the dog, to commune with nature, to laugh and to cry.
But the urban forest where people find such solace is in sad disarray. Much of it is reduced to a wasteland of broken tree trunks and overturned stumps. Competitors in the Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition are challenged to create a master plan to regenerate, restore and renew this muchloved urban forest and its shoreline.

Winners
NIP paysage, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ekistics Planning & Design, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competition Finalists
Janis Fedorowick, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
North Design Office, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Takano Landscape Planning Company Limited, Otofuke-cho, Hokkaido, Japan

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