SITE: QUEBEC
Self-service: The City as a System for Social Habitat
Self-service is a network of homes spread out over the city-centre of Québec City. A living system of habitation composed of functional units, isolated and grouped as determined by the needs of its members. The concept: the explosion of conventional living. The network emphasises interdependence between citizens and uncommon encounters. The city-centre becomes the residence.
Self-serve housing inserts itself in the empty spaces within the urban framework and contributes to functional and social mixing. Interstitial spaces, industrial rooftops, blind facades on office towers, abandoned service stations, old grain elevators, churches looking for new functions, all become micro-centres of life.
The agglomeration of Self-service units around green spaces creates microcosms. As changing events within the city, they contribute to the regeneration of ancient fabric and to the enrichment of life in the downtown. Each microcosm has its own local colour, its particular odours, its characteristic sounds.
The explosion of traditional lodging is manifested by various types of functional cells. Intimate units come together to respond to the needs of the household, while units for nutrition, meetings, entertainment and gardening are dispersed, creating a canvas: the home. The points of social activity are generous in space and possibility, while the intimate, personal cells are reduced to a bare minimum. Residents spend their time in these spaces, alone or collectively, their apartments have no limit. Each unit is a landmark within the landscape of the city; together they form a constellation that permits us to understand the magnitude of the new urban home.
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