Download - ROOFSCAPES - cca.qc.ca fileROOFSCAPES We will connect our public spaces to a network of unexploited, available, private spaces: rooftops. We will access rooftops with ladders, stairs,

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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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