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Parc Hydro-Québec

Cormier, Claude
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/166436
Date
2008-2012
Description
Looking into the park from the sidewalk running along Rue Sainte Catherine, showing raised steel grating walkway; Located in the heart of the vibrant Quartier des Spectacles in Montreal, adjacent to the Centre for Sustainable Development, Parc Hydro-Québec (0.8 acre) unfolds like a huge metal grill suspended above a naturalized ground surface, a play upon the urban tree grate. Completely permeable, the grill raised on support beams permits the creation of growing conditions comparable to that of a forest, allowing rainwater to flow naturally into the soil and protecting the ground from compaction. A composition of native plants forms the groundcover surrounded by a grid of thirty honey locust trees planted unevenly, transforming this space into a vault of freshness. Source: Claude Cormier + Associes [website]; www.claudecormier.com/en/ (accessed 5/9/2014)
Type of Work
vest-pocket park
Subject
botanical, contemporary (1960 to present), City planning, parks (recreation areas), urban renewal, pocket park, Twenty-first century
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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