Voisinérie – Montreal

2023

“I particularly remember visiting the Voisinérie, a project to green a parking lot located in social housing in Montreal North. This space, which started out almost entirely mineralized, has become an oasis of freshness, which also makes room for urban agriculture, while allowing people to socialize. This space was designed in conjunction with residents and local partners and attempts to meet all the needs expressed by the project’s stakeholders. As a result, the facilities respond to concrete needs, particularly those of the residents, which favours their ownership and the sustainability of the facilities. The contrast is striking when one moves to the parking lot next door, which is a heat island and a sterile space.” (Booklet Positive Lived Experiences of Quality in the Built Environment 2023, p.213).

 

Link to Google map:

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Formerly a mineralized parking lot, the courtyard of the Pelletier block has become a haven of freshness and conviviality, for the benefit of the residents of the site, but also of the entire surrounding community
Source: Béatrice Viens Côté (CRE-Montréal)

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