Proximity without contact
What if pedestrians, bicycles, buses or cars shared the same place?
What if sidewalks, bike paths or roads no longer existed?
What if distance was no longer synonymous with isolation?
Proximité sans contact is a proposal to reorganize Montreal's streets and alleys based on the Dutch woonerf model. All users cohabit in the same place: no physical barrier between cars and pedestrians or buses and bikes. Pedestrians, who will always have priority, will have much more space to circulate than in the current model, facilitating social distancing. Alleys are reserved for pedestrians and bicycles, which will be able to travel at high speeds. Active transportation is thus favored over cars, which see their path strewn with obstacles.
Generic structures will be added to these streets. Within these social grids, some forty modules, or cubicles, will be placed. Each cubicle can be arranged in a different way depending on the activity that takes place there: integrated furniture (table, partitions) will be hidden in the structure. This makes it possible to respect the sanitary well-being while being able to live in community. These social frames spread throughout the city and even contaminate the adjacent buildings and the street.
This configuration allows for a rethinking of the current layout with a reduced number of outdoor public spaces leading to large gatherings. Thus, these structures provide many local outdoor spaces.
All of the buildings will be walk-through, from the street to the alley, which will allow for a well established pathway through the businesses. The urban structures have an exterior first floor to facilitate the passage from the street to the alley.
On the roofs, an urban agriculture network will be accessible from the structures. The green city will thus allow a sanitary and social well-being to the Montrealers.
(Competitor's text)
(Unofficial automated translation)
Board and proposal that stand out from the crowd by their graphics and the legibility of their intentions. Concept of structures arranged in voids is well presented, but not very feasible at the moment because it involves demolitions. The dialogue between the shops, the street and the neighbourhood is not sufficiently articulated and the added value of the development is not clearly stated.
(From jury report)
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