WORKSHOPS
OPPORTUNITIES
CATALOGUE
Urban opportunities...potential projects...fruitful meetings...
These elevations are filled with what are often call 'urban labs'.
They summarize how to see our city of Montreal as one big workshop space.
As opposed to a 'defensive city' where urban design restrains people from staying, stopping, and occupying public spaces, how can one take ownership of the city, and advocate for themselves. How can one walk down the street and see opportunities for gathering, for engagement, for making the public space less impersonal.
These elevations are filled with what are often call 'urban labs'.
They summarize how to see our city of Montreal as one big workshop space.
As opposed to a 'defensive city' where urban design restrains people from staying, stopping, and occupying public spaces, how can one take ownership of the city, and advocate for themselves. How can one walk down the street and see opportunities for gathering, for engagement, for making the public space less impersonal.
FULL PDF︎︎︎
PREVIEW
The first category shows how any material or structure can be seen as a gathering space or used as a canvas for co-creation. Without being illegal, how can one find creative alternative usages in banal objects that we encounter daily?
In the second category, setting up a new structure is a great way to redefine the nature of a space. It can help attract a new crowd of users, think about the future of that site, or host events. Doing minimal interventions is the first step to help people set up a self-organized lobby that can represent their interests.
For the last category, occupying an existing building is especially useful when it is abandoned or when a group wishes to reflect on its future program. It is a political gesture; a powerful action that advocates for personalized future needs.
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
KATIA BROZ
2024