Infinitely Ecologies
The challenge posed by climate change requires responses that cross many boundaries of interest - the biodiversity corridor is not exclusive to the creation of a co-evolutionary resilient economy, which is not exclusive to urban infrastructures that encompass good places to live.
Our project creates a systematic language of linear patterns - matrices - and typological contents - generators - that can be inserted into areas of the Saint-Laurent borough, from Ruisseau Brook establishing the dedicated biodiversity corridor, to the TransCanada / Cavendish interchange, in order to consolidate the existing archipelago of open spaces and connect them to their context in ways that transform current areas of industry, residential, retail and cultural infrastructure. As an approach to the changing conditions of the five sectors, this practice provides us with a repertoire of elements that will integrate recalibrated urban biotypes and typologies in border spaces and border links into a co-evolutionary network revitalizing the current context of the borough of Saint-Laurent - a new network that is both generative and iterative.
The work in Stage 1 develops a comprehensive repertoire of border spaces and links that can be inserted into a matrix of models based on an underlying linear strip organization in the borough of Saint-Laurent. The envisaged plan postulates a "what if?" scenario initiating this theme. In stage 2, the detailed exploration of spaces and boundary links will be pursued with our team led by the landscape architect, together with biologists, horticulturists, foresters, civic engagement, urban design and architecture specialists. The first stage was devoted to understanding the Saint-Laurent context, dedicating a biodiversity corridor through the Ruisseau Brook area and considering connections to the corridor through initial design scenarios. Step 2 continues the process where a plan of possibilities can be accessible, experiential and exhaustively explored by our multidisciplinary team, the borough of Saint-Laurent, and through mutually productive engagement with residential, cultural and industrial stakeholders.
Matrix
The matrix is a conceptual starting point for border spaces and border links. In response to the current "cut" of the Saint-Laurent borough by boulevards, highways and zoning, the Matrix is a counterpoint of linear patterns engaging new zones of integration and connection. The inset patterns are made up of small, medium and large parts; the recognition of finely granular compositions acknowledges that the "parts" can exceed the "whole" - that each has the capacity to adapt, catalyze and connect in both immediate and future time. Their aggregate acts as zones of functional integration, merging with and influencing adjacent uses as "parts" that initiate a positive viral effect on the context. Containing wildlife connective material, these parcels can send "spurs" into surrounding conditions, creating a broader collective so that the biodiversity corridor is not one line, but many, each with the capacity to revitalize and modify surrounding uses (recreational, industrial, residential, commercial) and create opportunities for transformative new land use. (Backyard housing, active transportation, "clean technology"). In the diagram below, this matrix diagram shows an insertion into a new boundary space and a link between recreational land and built facilities along Thimens Boulevard, east of Parc Marcel-Laurin, and residential cul-de-sacs. The matrix shows a sinuous pattern of small, medium and large elements overlapping outliers beyond the outer limits.
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