HYPERNATURE 066 MONTREAL, QC unbuilt LEMAY + FLDWRK
MANIFESTO FOR AN ADAPTED, AUGMENTED AND STAGED ECOSYSTEM the evolution of social and environmental issues pushes the hybridization of typologies of public spaces in order tomultiply the ecological and social potentials. the public square, the urban park and the nature park combine to extract and amplify their respective qualities, orchestrating a new landscape form. the concept of hypernature 066consists of three elements - THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE ARCHITECTURAL DEVICE AND THE FOREST - articulating a threshold and an urban pivot within the context of the “place des festivals”.
THE ECOLOGICAL MACHINE in a highly mineralized urban context, hypernature 066 offers an intensified nature experience - borrowing from the biological processes, the characteristics specific to them. space is conceived as an accessible landscape laboratory, designed to multiply the cultural and environmental benefits. space becomes infrastructure for resilience and climate. hypernature 066 is developed to purify the air, soothe stress, infiltrate runoff water, support biodiversity, refresh the city and enhance the urban experience. the performative landscape is optimized, studied and measured.
IMMERSIVE AND PROJECTIVE EXPERIENCE the architectural device is at the heart of the ecosystem, making it possible to explore and appropriate hypernature with detention. the suspended element amplifies the effects of cohabitation of the ecological and event functions of the place. hypernature 066 offers moments of disconnection, contact with life, seasons and time: a REGENERATIVE MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE. the path immerses one within the natural order while opening perspectives on the city and the performative landscape. Creating a sense of identity for the space, the paths formal and invigorating strategy projects the user into the heart of the cultural space. its dynamics attracting the urban public curious in front of this spectacle: a magnified nature in the heart of the city.
RHYTHM AND VERSATILITY public spaces generally conceived as sustainable and resistant spaces develop controlled, leveled and purified landscapes. however, the montreal's quartier des spectales demands constant renewal - adaptability to the rhythm of the seasons and the hour. hypernature 066 explores a double expression of change, one which responds to not only the landscape but the events which occur within it. the performative landscape is shaped by the number, the strata and the diversity of species, as well as the multitude of its uses and the appropriation of the mineralized space. an evolving and interactive urban fresco is transformed to the rhythm of the city and the climate. a versatile and modular framework organizes the entire site: unfolding to respond to technical logistics, measuring the conditions of the ecosystem as well as working towards amplifying its sensorial qualities thanks to misters and light effects.
DISSEMINATED NATURE hypernature 066 is a constant performance; an experience for all ages and seasons. its design works on the adaptability, resilience and expansion of the place. following the intensity of the program, the landscape unfolds from the urban threshold towards the city, disseminating beyond lot 066. a sampling of hypernature thus contributes to the climatic comfort, renewed identity and increased expression of the changing environmental conditions of the quartier des spectacles.