{"id":14676,"date":"2012-06-04T08:31:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T12:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=14676"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:40:11","slug":"un-thomasson-a-la-station-centrale-dautobus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/06\/04\/un-thomasson-a-la-station-centrale-dautobus\/","title":{"rendered":"Un thomasson \u00e0 la station centrale d\u2019autobus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14681\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/06\/04\/un-thomasson-a-la-station-centrale-dautobus\/387244_10151109007750157_910691437_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14681\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14681 \" title=\"Thomasson\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/06\/387244_10151109007750157_910691437_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/06\/387244_10151109007750157_910691437_n.jpg 717w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/06\/387244_10151109007750157_910691437_n-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo par Maxime David<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Un escalier qui ne m\u00e8ne nulle part \u00e0 l&#8217;entr\u00e9e de la station centrale d&#8217;autobus; difficile de trouver un \u00e9l\u00e9ment plus repr\u00e9sentatif du fiasco de l\u2019ilot voyageur. En fait, on ne peut pas vraiment appeler \u00e7a un escalier puisque, par d\u00e9finition, un escalier doit permettre d\u2019acc\u00e9der \u00e0 un \u00e9tage ou de passer d\u2019un niveau \u00e0 un autre. Et comme si cet \u00ab\u00a0escalier\u00a0\u00bb n\u2019\u00e9tait pas assez ridicule, la derni\u00e8re fois que je suis pass\u00e9 devant, il y avait une affiche pr\u00e9cisant&#8230; que c\u2019\u00e9tait bloqu\u00e9 (!).<\/p>\n<p>Hier, j\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert que ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments architecturaux inutiles abandonn\u00e9s ont un nom\u00a0: thomassons. C\u2019est l\u2019artiste japonais <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scaithebathhouse.com\/en\/artists\/genpei_akasegawa\/biography\/\">Genpei Akasegawa<\/a> qui les a nomm\u00e9s ainsi en l\u2019honneur d\u2019un tr\u00e8s mauvais joueur de baseball am\u00e9ricain qui, malgr\u00e9 une forme spectaculaire et un tr\u00e8s bon salaire, ne servait \u00e0 rien. Akasegawa s\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 ces irr\u00e9gularit\u00e9s urbaines depuis 30 ans et a d\u2019ailleurs publi\u00e9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Hyperart-Thomasson-Akasegawa-Genpei\/dp\/1885030460\">un livre sur le sujet<\/a>\u00a0en 1985 qui a r\u00e9cemment \u00e9t\u00e9 traduit en anglais. Voici un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 vid\u00e9o\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxKC1oKQi3w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vous connaissez d\u2019autres thomassons montr\u00e9alais?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un escalier qui ne m\u00e8ne nulle part \u00e0 l&#8217;entr\u00e9e de la station centrale d&#8217;autobus; difficile de trouver un \u00e9l\u00e9ment plus repr\u00e9sentatif du fiasco de l\u2019ilot voyageur. 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