ROOFSCAPES - cca.qc.ca fileROOFSCAPES We will connect our public spaces to a network of unexploited,...
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ROOFSCAPES We will connect our public spaces to a network of unexploited, available, private spaces: rooftops. We will access rooftops with ladders, stairs, homemade elevators and other inventive constructions. We will overcome alleys, party walls, height difference and other obstacles with bridges, gangplank and maybe rope swings. We will build with wood, ropes, metal etc. etc. We will open and adapt existing structures, or we will create new ones. Our project will connect blocks and neighborhoods. We want to introduce open collaboration into an individualized, fragmented urban population. We want democratic urban interventions. Our project will be resilient to socio-economic pressures and neighborhood transformations. Our project will be decentralized and peer produced. We declare that sloping roofs are anti-democratic. We will use residential, commercial and institutional rooftops. We will map our progress digitally and make the information accessible. Our project will be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our project will not be lucrative. Our project will reject every commercial exploitation. Our project will not conform to building codes and regulations. We will be responsible for our own safety. Our project will grow faster than it can be repressed. Our project will be too big to be controlled.
Transcript of ROOFSCAPES - cca.qc.ca fileROOFSCAPES We will connect our public spaces to a network of unexploited,...
ROOF SCAP E SWe wi l l connect our pub l ic spaces to a network of unexp lo i ted, ava i lab le , pr ivate spaces: rooftops .We wi l l access rooftops w i th ladders , s ta i rs , homemade e levators and other invent ive construct ions .We wi l l overcome a l leys , party wa l l s , he ight d i f ference and other obstac les w i th br idges , gangp lank and maybe rope swings .We wi l l bu i ld w i th wood, ropes , meta l etc . etc .We wi l l open and adapt ex is t ing st ructures , or we wi l l c reate new ones .
Our pro ject w i l l connect b locks and ne ighborhoods .We want to introduce open co l laborat ion into an ind iv idua l i zed, f ragmented urban populat ion .We want democrat ic urban intervent ions .Our pro ject w i l l be res i l ient to soc io-economic pressures
and ne ighborhood t ransformat ions .Our pro ject w i l l be decentra l i zed and peer produced.
We dec lare that s lop ing roofs are ant i-democrat ic .
We wi l l use res ident ia l , commerc ia l and inst i tut iona l rooftops .We wi l l map our progress d ig i ta l ly and make the informat ion access ib le .Our pro ject w i l l be access ib le 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our pro ject w i l l not be lucrat ive .Our pro ject w i l l re ject ever y commerc ia l exp lo i tat ion .
Our pro ject w i l l not conform to bu i ld ing codes and regu lat ions .We wi l l be respons ib le for our own safety.Our pro ject w i l l g row faster than i t can be repressed.Our pro ject w i l l be too b ig to be contro l led .
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