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Claude Cormier Projects: The Ring, Montréal, Québec, Canada [8 of 10]
Following a $200 million renovation of rectilinear, modernist 1960s buildings designed by Henry Cobb, Cormier was asked to create an installation that unified the buildings and plaza. His solution was a 30-meter diameter stainless steel ring suspended between the two Cobb buildings. The protected visual corridor between the buildings framed the “borrowed” views to the Olmsted-designed Mount Royal Park in the distance. Cormier’s design honors that viewshed and places him in conversation with one of his chief sources of inspiration, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.
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Claude Cormier on Design: Landscapes are for People [7 of 10]
Просмотров 2902 месяца назад
Cormier says he “likes to blur the lines and create new genres in terms of social design” and says people should be the center of attention in a landscape. People are both voyeurs and exhibitionists; the landscapes are runways for people to show off or watch. He cites Sugar Beach in Toronto in which the main promenade diagonally cuts through the center of the landscape rather than being relegat...
Claude Cormier on Design: Being a Doer [8 of 10]
Просмотров 1522 месяца назад
Cormier cites his Harvard professor Martha Schwartz as a “raw artist” - a thinker and an intellectual. Cormier considers himself more a doer than a thinker and someone focused on getting things done. Small projects allowed him to test ideas. Experimentation is essential because it gives one “the ability to trust your intuition and the notion of being bold.” Risk taking, he says, is where succes...
Claude Cormier Projects: Dorchester Square, Montréal, Québec, Canada [2 of 10]
Просмотров 1952 месяца назад
To accommodate myriad physical and programmatic challenges, Cormier addressed the design of the historic park by deploying unexpected solutions that included grading that was inspired by the nineteenth-century French engineer Adolphe Alphand’s approach to Parisian parks, while also incorporating a Victorian-style fountain, bridges inspired by those in Venice, and a humorous, defiant gesture tha...
Claude Cormier on Design: Color is not Decoration [6 of 10]
Просмотров 1412 месяца назад
According to Cormier, color is not decoration; it is full of meaning. School buses are yellow. Swimming pools are blue. Color is also political. He cited the Blue Tree project in Sonoma, California, featuring a Monterey Pine covered in 80,000 blue balls/ornaments, a color inspired by the California sky.
Claude Cormier Projects: Chateau Noir, Montréal, Québec, Canada [10 of 10]
Просмотров 892 месяца назад
In a converted former garage Cormier created a space that would be his home. Working with architect Jacques Bilodeau, the one-level space was designed to become two floors with the innovative use of a ramp that can be raised or lowered. Cormier chose the architect based on another of Bilodeau’s projects that Cormier characterized as a “place of instability and miscomfort.” Of his home, Cormier ...
Claude Cormier Biography: CCxA is Born [8 of 8]
Просмотров 1282 месяца назад
After Harvard, Cormier decided to go back to Canada rather than stay in the U.S. and work for his professor, landscape architect Martha Schwartz. His first office was in his bedroom next to a washer and dryer. Over time his business grew into an internationally respected bi-lingual office. Cormier recognized the need for an entrepreneurial spirit and to fight, speak up, and negotiate - skills n...
Claude Cormier on Design: Power of a Team [9 of 10]
Просмотров 1562 месяца назад
Four weeks before his death Cormier reflects on the importance of building a great team that both challenges and empowers him. The team is his “family” and he’s comforted by the knowledge that the team he has built “will take over the business and take it to another level.”
Claude Cormier Projects: Place d’Youville, Montréal, Québec, Canada [3 of 10]
Просмотров 1042 месяца назад
Cormier’s first major project featured a pedestrian pathway built over a 400-year-old section of Montréal. The central blocks-long pedestrian spine features numerous pathways that branch off diagonally. The pathways each terminate at a building’s front door. If the terminus is a residence, the path is in wood; if it’s a cultural institution, the path is constructed from limestone; and, if it’s ...
Claude Cormier Projects: Pink Balls, Montréal, Québec, Canada [6 of 10]
Просмотров 1322 месяца назад
Along a kilometer-long stretch of Sainte-Catherine Street in Montréal Cormier had to create a visually powerful design on an almost non-existent budget. His solution was multiple strands of pink plastic balls suspended over the street - a total of 200,000 balls in all. The installation lasted six years and was then replaced by the temporary installation, 18 Shades of Gay, with balls representin...
Claude Cormier on Design: We Are Fighters [4 of 10]
Просмотров 1332 месяца назад
From his Harvard professor Martha Schwartz, he learned not to back down. Cormier notes that all of the projects his firm created that are now considered icons were initially rejected.
Claude Cormier on Design: One Big Idea [1 of 10]
Просмотров 2052 месяца назад
Cormier believes each project should be anchored by one big idea. The idea should resonate with the site and its history without duplicating it. It should also embrace notions of hope, joy, and beauty.
Claude Cormier on Design: Reflections on Postmodernism [5 of 10]
Просмотров 1232 месяца назад
Cormier got his education during the “postmodern” movement which saw the blurring of lines between the historical, contextual, and what he calls “a bit of tackiness.” He labels himself a “landscape conceptualist” and neither an intellectual nor a modernist. He favors one clear idea per project, clear naming of a place, and the ability to transmit a message quickly.
Claude Cormier Biography: Nursery Salesman - Teamwork [2 of 8]
Просмотров 1012 месяца назад
As a teen, Cormier worked in a nursery in Québec City one summer and became the top salesperson out of the 100-member sales force. He was partnered with the business owner’s son who had trisomy. The fellow’s disability did not inhibit the pair. In fact, they were a strong team that was built on trust and the sum was greater than its parts. This informed Cormier’s design approach for addressing ...
Claude Cormier Biography: University of Toronto [5 of 8]
Просмотров 1312 месяца назад
After two years at the University of Guelph, Cormier concluded “science and I are not compatible” and opted to move to Toronto to study landscape architecture. In the city the “farm boy” discovered culture. The school of design opened new worlds along with new ways of thinking and seeing. He discovered night clubs and loved going out, art museums and galleries, secondhand clothing stores and fo...
Claude Cormier Projects: Lipstick Forest, artificial by not fake, Montréal, Québec, Canada [1 of 10]
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Claude Cormier Projects: Lipstick Forest, artificial by not fake, Montréal, Québec, Canada [1 of 10]
Claude Cormier Biography: Hitchhiking - Discovering the World and Himself [4 of 8]
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Claude Cormier Biography: Hitchhiking - Discovering the World and Himself [4 of 8]
Claude Cormier on Design: Humor is Essential [3 of 10]
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Claude Cormier on Design: Humor is Essential [3 of 10]
Claude Cormier Biography: Phyllis Lambert - Canadian Center for Architecture [6 of 8]
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Claude Cormier Biography: Phyllis Lambert - Canadian Center for Architecture [6 of 8]
Claude Cormier on Design: Thoughts on Kitsch [2 of 10]
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Claude Cormier on Design: Thoughts on Kitsch [2 of 10]
Claude Cormier Biography: Agronomy [3 of 8]
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Claude Cormier Biography: Agronomy [3 of 8]
Claude Cormier Projects: Holocaust Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [7 of 10]
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Claude Cormier Projects: Holocaust Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [7 of 10]
Claude Cormier Biography: MDES - The Game Changer in My Life and Practice [7 of 8]
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Claude Cormier Biography: MDES - The Game Changer in My Life and Practice [7 of 8]
Claude Cormier Projects: Love Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [9 of 10]
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Claude Cormier Projects: Love Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [9 of 10]
Claude Cormier Projects: Sugar Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [4 of 10]
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Claude Cormier Projects: Sugar Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [4 of 10]
Claude Cormier on Design: Respect, aka “I’m going to have a little bitchy moment here.” [10 of 10]
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Claude Cormier on Design: Respect, aka “I’m going to have a little bitchy moment here.” [10 of 10]
Claude Cormier Biography: Childhood - Living on a Farm, Work = Fun [1 of 8]
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Claude Cormier Biography: Childhood - Living on a Farm, Work = Fun [1 of 8]
Claude Cormier Projects: Berczy Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [5 of 10]
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Claude Cormier Projects: Berczy Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [5 of 10]
Soak it Up: Designing with and for Flooding
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Soak it Up: Designing with and for Flooding
Clock Tower Beach, Montreal, QC, Canada
Просмотров 2014 месяца назад
Clock Tower Beach, Montreal, QC, Canada

Комментарии

  • @beatricetaylor1959
    @beatricetaylor1959 19 дней назад

    This is so moving. I agree 100%. We need to demand more acknowledgment from the general public, politicians and publications. This has happened to me so many times when I worked on public projects. In residential landscape architecture, I often see article sin architectural magazines and newspapers that applaud the architects, but give no credit at all to the landscape architects even though there are many photos in the article highlighting the landscape (this has happened to me numerous times). I also see design/build companies showing photos of a project that they built (but did not design), with no credit given to the actual designer (this has happened to me). It often irks me that the photographer who showed up one day to snap a photo of the finished project gets their name prominently on display in the photo credit, and my name is no where to be seen as the designer of that project.

  • @Willchannel90
    @Willchannel90 Месяц назад

    Some day the memorial for George Floyd become crime haven. - Ex criminals senses.

  • @richarddrum9970
    @richarddrum9970 Месяц назад

    Interesting story by Sara and her journey into landscape architecture and her awareness of how the profession influences land development with concerns for different cultures. One must be aware, not only of the environment in which you are designing but also the people and their history on that land. I was in Mississippi following Katrina for several weeks working out of the Mobile USACE office to formulate a nonstructural approach to addressing post event damages and redevelopment of the MS coastline in such a way to minimize future storm damages. It was fascinating to work with the local population on how their future landscape could be redeveloped in light of possible future catastrophic events. Good luck Sara in your professional career. 😮

  • @ItsMe-yv9jd
    @ItsMe-yv9jd Месяц назад

    ?? Gotta ask, why does such a self absorbed community choose to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on more and more obnoxious monuments to glorify themselves, while whining 24/7 about the millions of jews that died and completely IGNORING the millions of heroic men and women that volunteered and fought and DIED to free the jews during the war... would it be too much to ask for them to just say THANK-YOU once in awhile and maybe spend some money building a few monuments to those amazing heroes that risked their lives fighting during the war and saved their lives! (It's such a slap in the face to those that risked everything and fought in the war, and to the families that lost loved ones that volunteered to fight and the war, and saved so many lives. Me, me, me, it's all about me... maybe if the jewish community could be bothered to look past their own noses and think of someone else for a minute!) And the jewish community wonders why they have been despised all over the world, for centuries!) SHAME ON YOU!

  • @Aiyana.Slayz_
    @Aiyana.Slayz_ 3 месяца назад

    I used to go there

  • @guzelaziz
    @guzelaziz 3 месяца назад

    Whoever the guy is apparently had a hard time reading in general

  • @saintjerome23
    @saintjerome23 4 месяца назад

    masterpiece

  • @ehjo4904
    @ehjo4904 4 месяца назад

    Dommage qu'on ne puisse pas nager dans le go fleuve. Ça aurait compléter l'expérience

  • @lynnebelknap462
    @lynnebelknap462 4 месяца назад

    How can the community help save this local treasure?

  • @shaneyeestudio
    @shaneyeestudio 4 месяца назад

    Love it

  • @judahrise5022
    @judahrise5022 5 месяцев назад

    No cash payments for black ppl huh!!!??? 🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝

  • @edwarda.fabela8099
    @edwarda.fabela8099 5 месяцев назад

    Mary Miss is truly an Artist and Pioneer of our time. Kelly Baum, you should be ashamed of yourself. Not even having the heart or brains to include the Artist. Des Moines Art Center, is a TRAITOR to the Arts.

  • @evan9574
    @evan9574 6 месяцев назад

    👉 "promosm"

  • @shelley2217
    @shelley2217 8 месяцев назад

    get rid of the background music!!!!

  • @VijayaSun1
    @VijayaSun1 9 месяцев назад

    I am so moved by this video! Thank you, Mr. Kongjian Yu, for being so thoughtful, creative, caring, and innovative! We need more people like you to save our planet. "Ecological Utopia" - so inspiring and beautiful! ❤

  • @davidkuener2951
    @davidkuener2951 9 месяцев назад

    Tell em

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 10 месяцев назад

    He lived a very short life, and yet his creative genius will live on; all around us.

  • @Billy-qv7dc
    @Billy-qv7dc 10 месяцев назад

    That guy does not know the history....It was built in the 1960s

  • @ndch4787
    @ndch4787 11 месяцев назад

    ❤great house. Had many Thanksgiving dinners there!

  • @davidtomlinson2239
    @davidtomlinson2239 11 месяцев назад

    😊 You are a creator translating your expectations into physical form , the World is just a reference point . Thank you for sharing .

  • @deandredeshong7287
    @deandredeshong7287 Год назад

    I lived on Potreo Hill back in 89, I remember the earthquake hardly affecting the architecture, those buildings held up really well. Very well designed, master crafted.

  • @thirdeyeinsomnia9776
    @thirdeyeinsomnia9776 Год назад

    Love this place. I was just there today, while the sun was beginning to set.

  • @afternoondelites3761
    @afternoondelites3761 Год назад

    The thing that makes San Antonio parks so vibrant is that the trees keep the park cool in the hottest season. If you thin the trees the park will not be as cool. Your best bet is to relocate the trees within the park as to keep some visibility and maintain its density.

  • @josephhuether1184
    @josephhuether1184 Год назад

    Great film!

  • @keleniengaluafe2600
    @keleniengaluafe2600 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @justaglance6388
    @justaglance6388 Год назад

    My Grand Parents and Parents were also in Poston block 2 and my Dad use to tune in L. A. Kcbs only at night he then was told get ready to go to boot camp back east then get ready for Europe for the war effort

  • @keleniengaluafe2600
    @keleniengaluafe2600 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @VANTAGLOW
    @VANTAGLOW Год назад

    This place is featured in ghost in the shell season 1 episode 2

  • @whereisthedollar
    @whereisthedollar Год назад

    I'll be coming there soon.

  • @Travis1Bickle
    @Travis1Bickle Год назад

    Picturesque black heaven. Really? How it be now?

  • @townsend5321
    @townsend5321 Год назад

    I've never heard anyone talk about Nikwasi-Franklin like this, thank you.

  • @george6679
    @george6679 Год назад

    *promosm* 🎶

  • @derangedandconfused9861
    @derangedandconfused9861 Год назад

    Excellent video! Lovely couple those two are <3

  • @Emlizardo
    @Emlizardo Год назад

    Four Freedoms Park is not a Louis Kahn Project.

  • @carollehuber4806
    @carollehuber4806 Год назад

    Finally listening to this conference. Thank you Edwina! This is so important.

  • @maplesugarkat97
    @maplesugarkat97 Год назад

    wonderful exposition of a pragmatic urban approach that looks at how plants function (not freaking out over native, invasive divide, free of nostalgia), funny and illuminating with the emphasis on survival and adaptation.

  • @lawrencefeldman462
    @lawrencefeldman462 Год назад

    Thanks for posting

  • @edwards8545
    @edwards8545 2 года назад

    "An opportunity to design for an urban center". It's a strip mall. It's a suburban failure in the city that kills the spirit of the city. The tourists roam through there unsatisfied. Waste of space. Whatever stables or shacks that were there would be better.

    • @edwards8545
      @edwards8545 Год назад

      @Troll ViolatesRUclipsguidelines It's half-empty always. It's just tourists wondering through unsatsified.

  • @gerardofaustin8156
    @gerardofaustin8156 2 года назад

    I find myself interested in the landscape, architecture, feel and what this person is saying is absolutely fantastic. I feel more comfortable and confident in the pursuit of a degree in landscape architecture. PS it’s best to watch this video at 1.75 speed.

  • @KenanGuvenc
    @KenanGuvenc 2 года назад

    Respectely..

  • @jcq1961
    @jcq1961 2 года назад

    Why has this been broken up into such small parts?

  • @brooksmiller5597
    @brooksmiller5597 2 года назад

    I love Lawrence Halprin so much, he is one of the few landscape architects I remember learning about in college. Truly an inspiration

  • @JanJohnsen
    @JanJohnsen 2 года назад

    FANTASTIC - so well done. Finally getting his spotlight.

  • @vgfder7831
    @vgfder7831 2 года назад

    I enjoyed laurie lectures while studying with him at Penn.....long time ago.

  • @ThePeteroc79
    @ThePeteroc79 2 года назад

    I got my first kiss in that playground 🤣

  • @Zan-qc8ir
    @Zan-qc8ir 2 года назад

    As the great great nephew of Frederick law Olmsted . I truly appreciate what you have put together. Sincerely Brian Olmsted

  • @stevenhunter3212
    @stevenhunter3212 2 года назад

    Where are these larger conversations on Race and Space, please? Only 4mins or so shared here.

  • @MisterMcKinney
    @MisterMcKinney 2 года назад

    Goddidit!

  • @chocolatemidnight455
    @chocolatemidnight455 2 года назад

    I am SOOOO looking forward to this series. Huge fan of Olmsted it has been on my bucket list to see each and every park he has ever created.

  • @poccoboy
    @poccoboy 2 года назад

    As a landscape architect myself, I totally agree with Mr Olin 100%. Great session!