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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Montréal, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2005-2009 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorDesjardins, Roberten_US
dc.creatorAffleck de la Riva architectesen_US
dc.date2005-2009en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T18:51:11Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T18:51:11Z
dc.date.issued2005-2009en_US
dc.identifier264005en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3292en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/180063
dc.descriptionTop viewing deck of the round "belvedere-folly" with signage about the history of the area; The Frères-Charon plaza was first built in the XVII century in an industrial center by Charon brothers, where the center of interest was a windmill, which was demolished in 1840. In this new project the team of designers marked the circle of the old mill base on the site by using a different pavement. A varied palette of colored lights illuminates the plaza when the sun goes down; the reflection on the native grasses gives a fairy tale effect. The project uses a simple, refined, and minimalist architectural language to create a dialogue between circular and cylindrical forms including the garden of wild grasses, the shape of the absent windmill and a park pavilion in the form of a belvedere-folly (which hides a service stair for sewer access). The city organized a interdisciplinary design team including an artist (Raphaëlle de Groot), lighting engineer (Gilles Arpin), the architect (Gavin Affleck), and a landscape architect (Robert Desjardins). Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily.com/ (accessed 8/29/2015)en_US
dc.format.mediumQuebec granite; native grasses; wood; lightingen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectXeriscapingen_US
dc.subjectnative plantsen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleSquare des Freres-Charonen_US
dc.title.alternativeCharon Brothers Parken_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-C-M-SFC-A23en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), gardeningen_US
vra.worktypesquare (open space)en_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
dc.contributor.displayAffleck de la Riva architectes (Canadian architectural firm, founded 1995); Robert Desjardins (Canadian landscape architect, active ca. 1990-present)en_US


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