The basic reflection is oriented towards the development of a sequence of development projects and urban animation with variable geometry for the benefit of the pedestrian.
The project seeks to connect the Musée national des beaux-arts to the Saint-Roch district and to Old Quebec. It proposes to counterbalance the automobile routes of the major East/West traffic axes to reduce the impact of these urban barriers and increase pedestrian mobility. The "slow speed" axes running from north to south, which accompany the accentuated topography between the upper and lower city, present themselves as an opportunity to improve the permeability between the different urban fabrics.
The street must offer a presence that is anchored in the "local" in order to give space back to pedestrians and cyclists. By enhancing existing routes and connections, the project proposes the implementation of urban galleries to create a system of common places with a distinctive signature. These new art galleries have the potential to be complementary to the existing ones by renewing the urban furniture and by allowing an evolving and flexible appropriation according to events, seasons and ambitions. As new urban landmarks, they give the neighborhood its own identity. In front of a grocery store, an office, a store, a house, a theater, a museum, a parking space is transformed into a living public space dedicated to Art, allowing socialization, chance exchanges and the valorization of the inhabitants' living space. The city offers to all the public free exhibitions constituting the renewal of the public space. For the duration of an exhibition, for a moment, the galleries offer the city spontaneous and festive meeting places. It is the addition of all these small interventions that transforms the routes between the lower and upper parts of Quebec City and connects the technocultural district, the historic district and the museum district.
A pedestrian lighting system inspired by electrical wires is proposed in order to weave a new network at the scale of the district; at the scale of the pedestrian. During the day, colored wires, finely inserted in the landscape, act as a signage by suggesting routes to pedestrians. This network, originating from the National Museum of Fine Arts, is distributed along the north/south circulation axes, signalling both the presence of the new building and that of the urban galleries scattered throughout the district.
Each urban gallery occupies the space of a parking space. These metal structures are mobile and act as open spaces for creativity. They are easily deployed to become a meeting terrace, a playground, a contemplative pose in the service of art and local dynamism.
The installation of the galleries is ephemeral and evolving. The locations vary according to the seasons, uses or events. Residents can request them, organizations can offer them to artists for installation, and the city can use them for its various festivals. The cubic shape is reminiscent of the geometry of the museum, as if parts of it had been extruded to take over the streets. These urban galleries, which can be inhabited twenty-four hours a day, increase the Museum's influence and make its artistic heritage accessible in a process of partnership and sharing with the community.
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