{"id":1502,"date":"2008-10-15T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T11:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/10\/15\/mayors-launches-5-shukos-at-pecha-kucha-night\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:45:06","slug":"mayors-launches-5-shukos-at-pecha-kucha-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/10\/15\/mayors-launches-5-shukos-at-pecha-kucha-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor’s launches 5 Shukos at Pecha Kucha night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shuko<\/strong><\/em>: Japanese…an idea, a project, a plan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gerald Tremblay opened the Pecha Kucha des \u00c9lus<\/em><\/a> with a challenge. He invited the audience – a crowd of mostly architects, planners, designers and media folks – to devise design solutions to 5 local priorities.<\/p>\n

The mayor’s energetic 6-minute presentation prompted the Pecha Kucha night’s host to exclaim: “Don’t ask what your city can do for you, but what you can do for your city.” This is my favourite attitude to urban living, and I’m so pleased that the mayor seems to feel the same. So go ahead and put your creativity to work on one of these 5 projects:<\/p>\n

1 – Champ-de-Mars<\/a> metro station straddles the Ville-Marie expressway, between old Montreal and the area near the Radio Canada building. The expressway will soon be covered, creating a new public space. The challenge is to design an animated place that will stitch the urban fabric back together, while incorporating the stained glass mural created by Quebecoise artist Marcelle Ferron in 1968.<\/p>\n

2 – The Palais de Justice wall<\/a> is a looming windowless shadow over old Montreal, but Tremblay would have it transformed into a blank canvas canvas, open to innovative designs (anything from a mural to, I imagine, a hanging garden) which respect the building’s architecture, placement, and vocation.<\/p>\n

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3 – Abribus<\/a> bus shelters tend to collect filth, slush, and “scratchiti” tags. Can they be better designed to create a more pleasant environment that could attract – or at least not repulse – public transit users seeking shelter from the wind and rain?<\/p>\n

4 – Taxi-branding<\/a> – Montreal’s 4500 taxis are rather bland compared to New York’s famous yellow taxis or London’s distinctive black cabs. The taxi from the airport or train station is often a visitor’s first experience of the city, and the mayor challenges designers to come up with a unique signature that would identify and unite the city’s mixed-bag taxi fleet.<\/p>\n

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5 – Temporary Street Furniture<\/a> for the Quartier des Spectacles is needed for the onslaught of summertime festivals that transform downtown into an open air venue. The mayor didn’t describe exactly what will be required (barriers, benches, bleachers, signage, lights, etc) but would like it to be versatile, comfortable, robust, storable, and fit in with the QDS theme. That means anything with illuminated red polkadots<\/a> is a go.<\/p>\n

The 5 Shukos are each open to a design competition, moderated by Design Montreal<\/a>. To participate, or learn more about the specific rules of the competition, add yourself to the mailing list at www.shukomontreal.com<\/a>. <\/a><\/p>\n

Champ-de-Mars image from metrodemontreal.com; palais de justice and taxi images from shukomontreal.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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