CLAUDECORMIER

WHAT IS HE ALL ABOUT?

martha schwartzquebec farm

agronomy

landscape architecture

history & theory of design

impressionist art

experience is not defined in or of intention...

we’re challenging perception

FAKE versus ARTIFICIAL

a lot of places are trying to be natural, but they’re not ...

it’s all fake, it’s all manmade

CORMIER M E T H O D

we define a design narrative as a story ...

get, define, build, one idea

p l a y f u l n e s s

bringing universal quality into a place...

humour is playful, it’s optimism

m o d e r n v i s i o n

A n A f t e r n o o n a t l a G r a n d e J a t t e

S e u r a t , 1 8 8 4 - 1 8 8 6 S e u r a t , 1 8 8 4 S e u r a t , 1 8 8 7

B a t h i n g a t A s n i è r e s T h e S e i n e a t l a G r a n d e J a t t e

+ =

s e q u e n t i a l

l a y e r e de n g a g i n g

d e s t i n a t i o n

a m b i e n c es p a t i a l

+ =

e s c a p e

i n d u s t r i a ls e n s i t i v e

c h a l l e n g i n g

o p t i m i s t i cw h i m s i c a l

colour

I don’t like the kind ofwishy washy colour...

I like “the real colour”

bluec a m o u f l a g e

d e c o m p o s i t i o n

b l u e b a r o m e t e rr e f l e c t n a t u r a l p r o c e s s

l u m i n o s i t y

n a t u r a l p r e c o n c e p t i o n sa r t i f i c i a l i t y

n a t u r e

a s s o c i a t i v em a k e r s o f l a n d s c a p e

blues h o c k

1

2

3

45

6

p e r c e p t i o n

r e f r e s h n o r m a t i v e a p p r o a c h

s p a t i a l q u a l i t y

+ =

a r t i f i c i a l i t y

f e a t u r e a t t e n t i o nd e f a m i l i a r i z a t i o n

pinks h o c k

++ =

f u t u r i s t i c e n v i r o n m e n t

j o i e d e v i v r ec o s m e t i c i n d u s t r y

f u t u r i s t i c e n v i r o n m e n t

j o i e d e v i v r ec o s m e t i c i n d u s t r y

oranges h o c k

++ =

r e v i t a l i z a t i o n

j o y f u l + v i b r a n tu n e x p e c t e d c o l o u r

permanence

we’re trying to do work that is specific to a place...

address a local geography

contexth i s t o r i c a l

silk forest

hist

ory

site

+ =silk flowers

x 16,000

t a p e s t r y

s p a c t i a l p e r c e p t i o n

f a i r y - t a l e

s t a t u e o f k i n g e d w a r d h o u n d s t o o t h

p a v i n g

i d e n t i t y

e v e n t s p a c ev i s u a l f o c u s

1997-2008

Centre d’histoire de Montréal Place Royale

Gare Maritime Iberville

Notre Dame Basilica

Marc-Aurele-Fortin Museum

Museum of Archeology and History

h i s t o r i c a l r e f l e c t i o n

q u i l tl i n k a g e s

1999-2002

i n t e r s e c t i o n

m e e t i n g p o i n tv e g e t a t i o n m o u n d s

ecologyl i n k e d s y s t e m s

+ =stormwaterdrainage

green corridors connected

At the end, the style doesn’t matter, it’s how you bring in drainage, water management, and green corridors.

o v e r a l l s i t e e c o l o g y

w e l l d r a i n e ds i t e c o n n e c t e d t o c i t y a n d g r e e n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e

t h e r o m a n t i c s i d e

p e o p l e c o n n e c t e d t o c o m m u n i t y a n d e c o l o g y

the concept of nature is romantic and once you

start tweaking it you can become a little bit more subversive with it.

+ =stormwaterdrainage

green corridors connected

o v e r a l l s i t e e c o l o g y

w e l l d r a i n e ds i t e c o n n e c t e d t o c i t y a n d g r e e n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e

t h e r o m a n t i c s i d e

a m o d e r n p i c t u r e s q u ea r o l l i n g m e a d o w u n d e r aa c a n o p y o f p o p l a r s

At the end, the style doesn’t matter, it’s how you bring in drainage, water management, and green corridors.

+green corridors

+ ...green corridors

green corridors

We could have done it more progressively with

regards to nature but there were too many

people and we couldn’t do it per se.

o v e r a l l s i t e e c o l o g y

r e s t o r i n g o r i g i n a l e c o l o g y s i t e c o n n e c t e d t o c i t y a n d g r e e n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e

systems that are all linked together ...

style doesn’t matter

I like THE REAL COLOUR

spatial quality