Making the Edible Landscape
McGill Downtown Campus
Survey for an adequate site in partnership with Santropol Roulant
Minimum Cost Housing GroupSchool of Architecture, McGill University
Tel: 514-398-1619
March, 13th 2007
I. Previous Rooftop Garden
II. Proposed New Site
III. Sunlight Study
IV. Proposed Plan
V. Proposed Views
MAKING THE EDIBLE LANDSCAPE
Ms. Helen Fotopulos, mayor of the borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal& Ismael Hautecoeur on the rooftop
Edge view of the rooftop garden
I Previous Rooftop Garden
Low Cost Plastic Containers and the watering system
Planted Containers
I Previous Rooftop Garden
Planted Containers, other alternatives
I Previous Rooftop Garden
Organic Buffet on the Rooftop Garden
I Previous Rooftop Garden
II Proposed New Site
Location On McGill Downtown Campus
II Proposed New Site
Schematical plan of the proposed sites
Garden Staircase
Garden Strip
III Sunlight - May
Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of May
7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am
11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm
3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
III Sunlight - May
Natural sunlight, May 1st
1 Garden Staircase : 10.00 am – 06.00 pm
2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.15 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon
Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 8 hours
2 Garden Strip : 5 h 15**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 45 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 22 min
x
III Sunlight - June
Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of June
7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am
11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm
3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
III Sunlight - June
Natural sunlight, June 1st
1 Garden Staircase : 10.30 am – 06.00 pm
2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.45am: + 2 hours in the afternoon
Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.30 hours
2 Garden Strip : 5.45 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 65 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 32 min
x
III Sunlight - July
Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of July
7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am
11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm
3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
III Sunlight - July
Natural sunlight, July 1st
1 Garden Staircase : 10.45 am – 6 pm
2 Garden Strip : 7 am - 11h00 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon
Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.15 hours
2 Garden Strip : 6.00 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 60 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 30 min
x
III Sunlight - August
Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of August
7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am
11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm
3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
III Sunlight - August
Natural sunlight, August 1st
1 Garden Staircase : 10.25 am – 06.00 pm
2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.40 am: + 2 hours in the afternoon
Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.35 hours
2 Garden Strip : 5.40 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 50 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 25 min
x
III Sunlight - September
Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of September
7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am
11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm
3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
III Sunlight - September
Natural sunlight, September 1st
1 Garden Staircase : 10.00 am – 06.00 pm
2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 09.50 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon
Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 8.00 hours
2 Garden Strip : 4.50 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 70 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 35 min
x
IV Plan
Picnic site
Plant pots
Path
Garden
Schematical plan of the proposed sites
Garden Staircase
Garden Strip
V Views
Proposed view of the garden staircase + surroundings
V Views
Proposed view of the garden strip
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