Notre-Dame Street is one of the main shopping streets in the Lachine borough, and its location close to the canal makes it one of the most favoured thoroughfares in the district's revitalization strategy.
The section of the street between 6th and 19th avenues runs on a west-east axis, marked by two major poles: on one side, the Marché de Lachine, with its flower stalls, outdoor public square and restaurant offering, making it a magnet and a living space not to be missed, and on the other, a pole reflecting its history, deeply rooted in the industrial development of the district. From one pole to the other, an immense canopy of sails unfurls, offering a new, wider promenade, putting people and slowness back at the heart of the project. This arrangement is an opportunity to reinforce a major axis of the district and to respond to development issues in line with the new post-covid realities.
The strategy for the redevelopment of Notre-Dame Street is based on several levels of intervention. Firstly, its strategic location close to the canal makes it easily accessible to many temporary visitors, particularly cyclists and pedestrians, thus creating a pole of attraction in the district. What's more, this axis represents an active and necessary commercial space as a provider of local services for many residents.
The proposed redevelopment strategy is flexible, enabling a multiplicity of needs to be met in an inclusive and unifying way. The development is perceived as a series of punctual interventions on the street, with two key points at the ends of the section, thus framing the interventions while creating a narrative along the promenade.
These developments, positioned in front of certain shops, widen the pedestrian space while maintaining certain areas dedicated to parking and deliveries. These spaces, like little urban oases, are designed to be adaptable to their context. A single structure can be used to create spaces for interaction, pause and gathering, according to season and need.
The spaces are thus flexible and can be adapted according to need: a restaurant can use it as a terrace, meeting both the need for extra space and the sanitary requirements in force; a shopkeeper can use it as an outdoor sales area; an artist can use it as a temporary exhibition space; and the town can use it as an information area in the neighborhood.
The large sails deployed will be the poetry of this installation, in reference to its proximity to water and its intimate link to navigation. In summer, they will create semi-open areas to escape the heat of the day. Each year, they will be re-installed for the summer season, creating a "happening", like the pink balls on St. Catherine Street, and attracting many Montrealers to stroll under the mainsail of Promenade Notre-Dame.
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The proposal by Massivart + Myriam Leclair + Marion Beaupère was seen as timid by jury members, lacking any striking gesture and leaving little room for vegetation.
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