{"id":1196,"date":"2008-08-03T12:49:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/08\/03\/norvick-saint-laurent\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:37:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:37:01","slug":"norvick-saint-laurent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/08\/03\/norvick-saint-laurent\/","title":{"rendered":"Norvick, Saint-Laurent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/norvick-aerienne.jpg\" title=\"A\u00e9rienne 1950\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/norvick-aerienne.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"A\u00e9rienne 1950\" \/><\/a>Il y a de ces secteurs qui semblent directement sortis d\u2019une autre \u00e9poque. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais les quartiers de <em>war time housing<\/em> m\u2019ont toujours fait cette impression. Norvick, un secteur de ville Saint-Laurent, fait parti de ces ensembles r\u00e9sidentiels construits pendant la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre par le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral pour y loger les ouvriers attach\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019effort de guerre. J\u2019avais d\u00e9j\u00e0 visit\u00e9 ce secteur de la ville il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, si bien qu\u2019en me promenant sur la piste cyclable longeant la rivi\u00e8re des Prairies, j\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire un d\u00e9tour pour y jeter un nouveau coup d\u2019\u0153il.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Norvick est ce petit projet domiciliaire construit en 1942 pour loger les ouvriers venus travailler dans les usines d\u2019aviation militaire de ville Saint-Laurent. Pour l\u2019anecdote, Norvick est la combinaison des deux noms d\u2019entreprises \u00e0 l\u2019origine de son d\u00e9veloppement : Noorduyn et Vickers. Aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est l\u2019ensemble Bois-Franc qui occupe les terrains voisins de l\u2019usine Vickers, renomm\u00e9e par la suite Canadair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Le secteur de Norvick, presque exclusivement r\u00e9sidentiel, se pr\u00e9sente comme une petite cit\u00e9 jardin. Les rues rayonnent \u00e0 partir du centre r\u00e9serv\u00e9 aux \u00e9quipements collectifs et forment dans leur ensemble une figure bien d\u00e9limit\u00e9e. C\u2019est l\u2019homog\u00e9n\u00e9it\u00e9 du r\u00e9seau de voies ainsi que sa coh\u00e9rence qui nous rappelle que l\u2019on est bien dans l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res banlieues de Ville Saint-Laurent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bien que les constructions aient eu tendance \u00e0 \u00eatre adapt\u00e9es aux diff\u00e9rents \u00ab go\u00fbt du jour \u00bb, les volumes et leurs dispositions restent encore bien identifiables. Construites sur des petites parcelles, elles ont toutes gard\u00e9 plus ou moins les m\u00eames dimensions au sol mais ont eu tendance \u00e0 adopter des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de styles architecturaux diff\u00e9rents. L\u2019effet est aujourd\u2019hui plut\u00f4t int\u00e9ressant.<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/rue.gif\" title=\"Rue \u00e0 Norvick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/rue.gif\" alt=\"Rue \u00e0 Norvick\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque trois mod\u00e8les de maisons \u00e9taient offerts. L\u2019utilisation d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments de pr\u00e9fabrication, tels que ceux utilis\u00e9s dans leur rev\u00eatement, engendra de faibles co\u00fbts de construction, facilitant ainsi leur location par les ouvriers. Les ouvriers des usines Noorduyn et Vickers ont pu \u00eatre ainsi log\u00e9s \u00e0 peu de frais dans des r\u00e9sidences pr\u00e9sentant toutes les am\u00e9nit\u00e9s modernes de l\u2019\u00e9poque. Il est surprenant qu\u2019on ait voulu d\u00e9molir ces maisons \u00e0 la fin de la guerre. Par chance on d\u00e9cida finalement de les vendre \u00e0 leurs occupants et aux nouveaux v\u00e9t\u00e9rans de retour au pays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Aujourd\u2019hui, l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de cet ensemble ne r\u00e9side pas dans son architecture, mais bien dans l\u2019effet d\u2019ensemble qui y est projet\u00e9. Que ce soit par les diff\u00e9rentes limites qui le bordent, dont les boulevards Henri-Bourassa et Marcel Laurin, ou par son r\u00e9seau de rues si distinct, Norvick appara\u00eet enclav\u00e9 au milieu de cette partie de la ville qui n\u2019a pas n\u00e9cessairement quelque chose pour plaire.<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/architecture-a-norvick.gif\" title=\"Exemple d\u2019archietcture \u00e0 Norvick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/architecture-a-norvick.gif\" alt=\"Exemple d\u2019archietcture \u00e0 Norvick\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bien que le quartier ne b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie pas de la m\u00eame renomm\u00e9e que certaines autres cit\u00e9s jardins montr\u00e9alaises, son \u00e9volution semble \u00eatre rest\u00e9e assez proche de son programme de d\u00e9part. Il ne reste plus beaucoup de traces des champs qui le bordaient, mais l\u2019autonomie de son organisation est toujours palpable. Pour ses formes si caract\u00e9ristiques, le d\u00e9tour par Norvick en valait assur\u00e9ment le coup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">C\u2019est avec ce petit survol de Norvick que je termine mon premier billet sur SpacingMontreal. Dans les prochains, j\u2019essayerai encore de vous faire d\u00e9couvrir d\u2019autres secteurs ou b\u00e2timents montr\u00e9alais peu connus, mais m\u00e9ritant amplement qu\u2019on leur accorde quelques lignes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il y a de ces secteurs qui semblent directement sortis d\u2019une autre \u00e9poque. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais les quartiers de war time housing m\u2019ont toujours fait cette impression. 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