YOUR! DAME
The genesis of our approach was to create a structure for this street that would act as a link, a link of identity between the historic market and the new eco-neighborhood, without disregarding the area's strong industrial past.
A signature structure will reinforce the identity of Rue Notre-Dame, drawing on its many assets, including its market, shops and restaurants, community facilities and flat roofs.
The new structure will take the form of a metal footbridge, reminiscent of the neighborhood's historic overhead cranes. An iconic, tree-lined footbridge will mark the neighborhood's transition to the greener future represented by the Lachine Est eco-neighborhood.
The bridge is intended to be the interface of a currently car-centric street, which will be reconsidered through the prism of soft mobility, inclusive and exploiting the multifunctionality of spaces. In this way, the project aims to be the driving force behind a process of transformation and reclamation of public space, to fully integrate the neighborhood into the vision of Montreal 2030.
The footbridge will not only provide a horizontal link between the market to the west and the future eco-neighborhood to the east. It will also be an object of vertical connection, from the sidewalk to the top of the flat roofs, offering interconnections with new spaces to be exploited. In this way, the redistribution of space according to the unique morphology of the street and the mix of uses puts the comfort and safety of pedestrians, cyclists and other users at the center of our thinking.
The street will be redesigned as a platform for pedestrians and neighborhood life. This new organization will provide sufficient space for terraces and queues on the side where most of the restaurants and convenience stores are currently located.
In this way, as you move along the street, the profile will evolve and the axes of communication will intersect to reduce the speed of motorists and cyclists.
Some of the district's flat roofs, linked by the footbridge, will become a support for activities linked to a local, circular economy. Following the example of GRAME, they will be equipped with shared gardens, reusing organic waste from restaurants and residents to supply vegetables to all the players involved, as well as to people in need.
The inclusive nature of these developments will invite people with reduced mobility to enjoy all the spaces created, including the footbridge accessible via elevators.
The entire street will be adorned with plant beds, tree alignments along the communication axes, spaces dedicated to urban agriculture under the footbridge and on the rooftops, and small local parks. It will form a veritable ecological corridor in the heart of Lachine, linking the street to the large parks to the north and south.
As all these new spaces are invested, urban and neighborhood life will become denser, with a new quality of life.
(From competitor's text)
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The "Your! Dame" proposal from Espaces et Paysages deserves a mention for its boldness. The mobilization of an elevated structure draws on Lachine's industrial history and, by the same token, enables the use of new spaces, the rooftops.
(From jury report)
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