ARCH 551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Tract Housing, Megaproject, Urban Design

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22 Jun 2018

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ARCH 551: Topic 20

Growth & Development of the Montreal Metropolitan Region: Contemporary Landscape

Patterns

03/26/18

Post-war urban design & development: dominant patterns

oNormalization: full institutionalism of controlled city-building in Montreal

oFederal mortgage subsidies/ National Building Code (1949)

oLarge-scale corporate land development

oFull commodification of housing, landscape, and urban form

oSelf-conscious creating of an image

oMegaprojects/ strategic district-based citybuilding

oVille-Souterrain

oOffice towers

oTract housing & the superblock system

Due in part to the post-war housing boom

Resulted in the development trend of bungalows, walk-ups, and

industrial parks

oExamples: Angus District & Bois-Franc

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