The Viger Square Revitalization:
A Hybrid Landscape Grounded In
Its Built And Artistic Heritage
Ville de Montréal and NIPPAYSAGE
V
iger Square is about
to reclaim its past
glory thanks to a
complete redesign
and redevelopment
led by the landscape
architects at NIPPAYSAGE.
4 Landscape & Urban Design
Work will begin on the first
phase, affecting the square’s
two western blocks – part of
Montreal’s 375thanniversary
legacy – in the spring of 2017.
The two eastern blocks will be
the focus of the next phase,
completing the revitalization
of Montreal’s very first
square outside the old town’s
fortifications.
Historical context
Viger Square, bounded by GuyFrégault St. to the west, SaintAndré St. to the east, Viger Ave.
to the north and Saint-Antoine
St. to the south, was the first
large public square created in
Montreal. In the 19thcentury, it
had the distinction of being the
largest public square in Canada.
Viger Square was a prestigious,