The focus will be on what we can do, individually and collectively, to reduce our impact on the environment.
The project proposes to use energy from the bus shelters to power them, by installing piezoelectric slabs and windows with integrated solar panels. The use of reflective paints on bituminous surfaces and the greening of surrounding spaces will aim to reduce heat islands.
Secondly, the network will promote the pleasure of the present moment, sometimes forgotten in our hyper-connected world, but essential to individual well-being and living together. In opposition to the outrageous development of advertising screens in public spaces, the displays will serve the neighborhood (waiting times, results of inter-bus "games", local artists, classified ads...). A break is offered in the urban visual environment.
Finally, as a dynamic element, the game will link the network and the local. The proposed theme is: Montreal, Pirate Island. Rowers will be installed at key points along the network (e.g. Place des Arts).
Equipped bus shelters will be put into competition. Rowing together, you'll be able to row as far as you can and win treasures at each stop (cultural information, water management awareness...). A city-wide ranking will be displayed. The game will distract while you wait, while creating cohesion between users.
Ultimately, an action on the bus shelter is envisaged in order to open up to the urban space. The box (the bus shelter) will be broken up to open onto the space and become a place of congregation with multiple uses. It will thus adapt to the physiognomy of the site, but above all to the needs of the environment.
The extension of the object into the urban space will be deployed through typical design elements:
- floor paint,
- energy components (piezoelectric slabs, photovoltaic glass, etc.)
- plant modules/benches,
- play modules.
(Competitor's text)
(Unofficial automated translation)
This is an excellent presentation. The jury appreciated the ground work and the different degrees of porosity and animation of the site. The idea of a "body machine" operating at the scale of the site is very interesting and the drawings - very elaborate and very well realized - show that it could work. The environmental principles are very well formulated. The networking of such a system would find its meaning both locally and globally.
(From jury report)
5 scanned / 5 viewable
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- Axonometric Drawing
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