“Promenade Fleuve” in Québec City awarded a Mention of the Jury
“Promenade Fleuve”, the project we worked in team with VLAN + APT + ARUP to redevelop the Saint-Laurent River waterfront, has been awarded a special mention because it proposes a regional analysis and interconnected landscape.
The ideation competition launched by the Quebec government to imagine the redevelopment of phase 4 of the Saint-Laurent River shoreline has ended, with the selection panel unveiling the identities of the three multidisciplinary teams that submitted the concepts it deemed most promising.
Our project to redevelop the Saint-Laurent River waterfront – “Promenade Fleuve” we planned in team with VLAN + APT + ARUP – has been awarded the following Mention by the jury of the competition launched by the government of Québec: “Proposal which offers a rich look at the landscape and green corridors on a regional scale. It offers an interconnection which promotes a landscape sequence along the coastline”.
Drawing inspiration from the Huron-Wendat traditions about the “Great River”,” our Promenade Fleuve would take shape as a hydro-connected pedestrian and cycling coastal environment reconnecting the Saint-Laurent River with the inland and tributary water systems in the spirit of habitat restoration.
A landscape sequence that would divert a stretch of highway to return space to the river and allow it to ‘breathe’, accommodating fluctuations in water levels, restoring the original link of Québec city with the banks and enhancing its resilience and climate change adaptation.
This important recognition encourages us to develop these precious insights and further carry on our commitment to #reconnectingpeoplewithnature, through the rediscovery of places’ identity and the promotion of biodiversity and sustainability for the collective well-being.
You can find the more information regarding the competition here.
Team: VLAN + APT + LAND + ARUP
