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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montréal, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2009-2012 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorCormier, Claudeen_US
dc.date2009-2012en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-16T17:53:56Z
dc.date.available2014-12-16T17:53:56Z
dc.date.issued2009-2012en_US
dc.identifier250769en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2963en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/166352
dc.descriptionNew 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.mediumwood; steel; paving; sand; plant materialen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectseascapeen_US
dc.subjectBoats and boatingen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectRiversen_US
dc.subjecturban renewalen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titlePlage de l'Horlogeen_US
dc.title.alternativeClock Tower Beachen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-CCLA-PDH-A06en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypedocken_US
vra.worktypebathing beachen_US
dc.contributor.displayClaude Cormier (Canadian landscape architect, born ca. 1961)en_US


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