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the urban space into a linear stage, made of pixel patterns along the whole
with striking pixelated pop-up seating length of the street, providing an ever-
arrangements placed at intervals along changing visual journey for pedestrians.
the street. A paired strategy of visual/graphic
Mainly located in front of the historic dressing of key commercial windows
St-Sulpice Library in 2022, then along along the street enhances the immersive • Project type: Urban design, Tactical
the whole street in 2023 and 2024, the stroll and urban experience between de urbanism, Temporary & Events
modular platforms offer accessible Maisonneuve and Sherbrooke streets. installations, Industrial design,
open spaces for pedestrians to socialise Street furniture
and take in the scenery. Their stepped Technical sheet • Technical description: An assembly
profile evokes the main staircases of the • Project Name: Agora Maximus of pixels of 5 different heights in
cultural institutions of the Quartier Latin. • Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada painted steel and wood. The pixels
Informal and playful, they take the form • Client: SDC Quartier Latin and can be used as platforms, seats or
of colourful mounds of "pixels" filled with the Partenariat du Quartier des planters.
greenery, enhancing the tree coverage spectacles de Montréal • Challenges: A modular system, easy
of St-Denis Street. The pixels' colourful • Architects/Designers: LAAB Col- to assemble, install, dismantle for
swatches use GREY to integrate into lective in collaboration with Signa- summer use over 3 seasons.
heritage surroundings, WHITE to evoke ture design communication • Installation: summer 2022 (2023
modernity, and ORANGE to deliver a • Design team: Michel Lauzon, and 2024)
playful nod to roadwork visual codes. Vincent Clarizio, Maëva Lonni, • Photographer: Raphaël Thibodeau
The various platforms are linked by a Frédérick Gagliolo, Adam Ghadi- dw
continuous street-art graphic intervention Delgado, Margot Greenbaum.
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