Aménagement du terrain nº 066 et de ses abords / Development of Lot No. 066 and Its Surroundings
2020
Montréal, Quebec, Canada- Garden structures
- Urban spaces
- Square
The primary aim of this competition is to address the vision statement by highlighting the environmental approach, social nature, and functionality of the project. To ensure this vision is concretely and meaningfully embraced, three goals have been defined. They must serve as guidelines for development of the project.
Nature and biodiversity - Creating an urban garden
The Lot 066 project must offer a cross-cutting perspective on how this space should be reinvented. The project aims at design of a landscaped public space generative of new types of occupancy and new connections between people and nature. This new public space must provide a site of quality, where vegetation is the main focus of the spatial planning. Lying at the centre of an area where hardscapes predominate, it must offer a space that contrasts with its surroundings. The asphalted surface must be replaced by dense green cover where users will enjoy a sense of escape. The project must also incorporate thinking on the theme of water as a design tool and a component of the site's redevelopment. Working with natural materials is a way of reclaiming urban space and presenting a variety of development possibilities.
Community and cohabitation - Providing a place to meet
This landscaping project is an opportunity to create a public space open to all, a meeting place, in an especially fast-paced, busy district. The concept must respond to the needs of neighbourhood residents as well as those of visitors. The reclaiming of this space will require attention to both the daytime and nighttime atmosphere, the accessibility of the site, and its overall potential to foster social ties: the project must promote dialogue among diverse social groups (GBA+). An enhanced living environment necessarily brings about new forms of solidarity. The goal is to promote the cohabitation of a diversity of people and to contribute to making the space a living, inclusive place.
Uniqueness and versatility - Designing a multifunction space
The site transformation must enable more efficient use and incorporation of activities occurring just off-site. The project design must take into account the fact that during the festivals period, the site is midway between the outdoor stages and the métro station entrances. In addition, it must ensure sustainability of festival logistics operations on the site by including a surface suitable to the needs of the Quartier des spectacles. The design of this open area will require consideration of an alternate use during fall, winter and spring, since it serves festival logistics purposes in summer only. Versatility and flexibility must therefore be core project considerations. The design must allow for great freedom of types of occupancy, given the multiplicity of uses year-round. The goal is practical coexistence of uses related to festivals and those pertaining to the site's cooling island role.
(From competition program)
(Unofficial automated translation)
Nature and biodiversity - Creating an urban garden
The Lot 066 project must offer a cross-cutting perspective on how this space should be reinvented. The project aims at design of a landscaped public space generative of new types of occupancy and new connections between people and nature. This new public space must provide a site of quality, where vegetation is the main focus of the spatial planning. Lying at the centre of an area where hardscapes predominate, it must offer a space that contrasts with its surroundings. The asphalted surface must be replaced by dense green cover where users will enjoy a sense of escape. The project must also incorporate thinking on the theme of water as a design tool and a component of the site's redevelopment. Working with natural materials is a way of reclaiming urban space and presenting a variety of development possibilities.
Community and cohabitation - Providing a place to meet
This landscaping project is an opportunity to create a public space open to all, a meeting place, in an especially fast-paced, busy district. The concept must respond to the needs of neighbourhood residents as well as those of visitors. The reclaiming of this space will require attention to both the daytime and nighttime atmosphere, the accessibility of the site, and its overall potential to foster social ties: the project must promote dialogue among diverse social groups (GBA+). An enhanced living environment necessarily brings about new forms of solidarity. The goal is to promote the cohabitation of a diversity of people and to contribute to making the space a living, inclusive place.
Uniqueness and versatility - Designing a multifunction space
The site transformation must enable more efficient use and incorporation of activities occurring just off-site. The project design must take into account the fact that during the festivals period, the site is midway between the outdoor stages and the métro station entrances. In addition, it must ensure sustainability of festival logistics operations on the site by including a surface suitable to the needs of the Quartier des spectacles. The design of this open area will require consideration of an alternate use during fall, winter and spring, since it serves festival logistics purposes in summer only. Versatility and flexibility must therefore be core project considerations. The design must allow for great freedom of types of occupancy, given the multiplicity of uses year-round. The goal is practical coexistence of uses related to festivals and those pertaining to the site's cooling island role.
(From competition program)
(Unofficial automated translation)