| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Montréal, Québec, Canada | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2009-2012 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Cormier, Claude | en_US |
| dc.date | 2009-2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-16T17:53:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-16T17:53:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 250769 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2963 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/166352 | |
| dc.description | New beach entrance gate and service building (made from shipping containers); Part of the redevelopment of Montreal’s Old Port. A stroll along the quay opens a panorama to the visitor: the St. Lawrence River and Jacques Cartier Bridge towering over Île Sainte-Hélène. The project created an (artificial) urban beach at the Pointe de l’Horloge, with its elegant clock tower built in 1921, and along the lower quay bordering the marina. A huge stairway-ramp makes the venue accessible to all. Beach umbrellas and weeping willows, brightly colored chairs and fixtures, showers and mist stations (swimming is not allowed), a boardwalk, silky sand, and a refreshment stand were added. The second part of the project added a parking area, clearly defined by rows of trees that reproduces the triangular layout of the quay. At the far west end of the site is a “porcupine” installation, shooting up from a mound around which a roundabout loops. It is composed of hundreds of sticks in three shades of blue which generate an intriguing pixilation effect. Source: Claude Cormier + Associes [website]; www.claudecormier.com/en/ (accessed 5/9/2014) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | wood; steel; paving; sand; plant material | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | cityscape | en_US |
| dc.subject | seascape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Boats and boating | en_US |
| dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | parks (recreation areas) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rivers | en_US |
| dc.subject | urban renewal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twenty-first century | en_US |
| dc.title | Plage de l'Horloge | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Clock Tower Beach | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-CCLA-PDH-A06 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Canadian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | dock | en_US |
| vra.worktype | bathing beach | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Claude Cormier (Canadian landscape architect, born ca. 1961) | en_US |
