Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagiestes
We've always found the website for Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagiestes (that's "Landscape Architects" for you non-franophones) to be rather amusing with it's theme of a landscape architect's Disneyland, excuse-moi, Courmierland in this case, with Frontierlandscape, Fantasylandscapes, Tomorrowlandscapes and Adventurelandscapes. To our dismay, the website is currently a bit low on content, but their work is interesting to browse even in abbreviated form.
What made us decide to feature Monsieur Cormier today was the discussion of our recent Shortcut post, which made us think of Cormier's design of Place d'Youville also in Montréal (shown right and below with more text).
Link: Place Youville
Firm: Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagiestes
The design for parkway strip of Place d'Youville is a crisscrossed overlay of pathways leading to and from various locations in the city. "The more public the destination, the harder and nobler the material leading to it." The different materials of the pathways as described are displays of the various construction techniques employed throughout Montréal's history.
Place Youville - Montréal
Other work by Claude Cormier
Commissioners Park / Camouflage Park - Toronto
Commissioners Park / Camouflage Park - Toronto
Montréal - Shanghai, China
Bluestick - Herstercombe Gardens, Taunton, Somerset, UK
save the music. Cherry Beach Sound.