infra eco logi urbanism | Montreal, PQ

Infra Eco Logi Urbanism is a solo exhibition of urban and architectural design research that assembles an urban design manifesto, research and design proposals undertaken by RVTR, primarily under the Conduit Urbanism research project. The total exhibition presents a vision as well as a design process that operates from the scale of the region to specific designs for urban architectures. The exhibition is organized as a territory. In both its form and content it posits an approach to urban design that is not about a singular vision or a grand scheme; rather, proposed is an assemblage of reciprocal relations nested at micro and macro scales of both time and space. The exhibition consists of a field of illuminated panels that depict extensive regional cartographies, relational analyses, drawings of design proposals, historical research, photography, and critical writings describing the design intent and methodology. These are suspended in the exhibition space creating a nonlinear field array which allows for multiple interrelations, scales and connections to be made by the visitor, from multiple viewpoints and routes. Within the field of panels are also four large scale illuminated models.