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University of Montreal - Canada

FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"

Uploaded on 2014-10-10 by Mazh045

Accordingly, few invisible information are noticeable. For example, the Fraxinus populus population are attacked by a parasite that will actually kill the monoculture. In other words, the landscape behind will be greatly transform in a near future. In addition, the low-profile and large-wide stairs influence the comportment of the people - they way they are sitting, eating, walking, etc. Let's also note how people are instinctively using wooden structures compare to the rest of the designed outdoor stair. Still speaking of the social aspect, the line-up indicate somehow an activity taking place - in this case, a low-cost diner for student. Technically, Montreal's landscape is characterized by a huge among of plateau, hills and mountains, often leading the complex design as shown in the picture. This is why it is possible to observe 3 conduits for water management dealt at the bottom of the stair design. The water flow will then be collected and managed directly by the city water management' system. The two concrete structures are also supporting a considerable charge due to the door overhang structure above it. Definitely, my role as a future landscape architect will be to create public space designs that helps people to create new interactions and live new experiences. Studying people comportments and how they live the space, how they do interacts or how the design influence their comportments are important data to consider to make high quality public space design. These knowledge create interesting data on how to build unique and constant experiences through a liveable design. Finally, this was also a bad mistake from the landscape architect to plant only a monoculture of Fraxinus populus. We do know now how important it is to mix essences (species) so not a single parasite or any other sickness change an entire landscape out of a territory. ![Outdoor public space at the University of Montreal - David Larouche's photography ][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1412974701363028.jpg