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DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

Habiter le Nord québécois

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Habiter le Nord québécois

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Reuse and recycling to transform everyday life

Hackathon Kuujjuaq

Program

Tactical Reuse

Village

Kuujjuaq

Students

Collaborative project (McGill U.)

Context

Action-research charrette (2016)

Bringing together an interdisciplinary design team from Southern Quebec with more than 60 Kuujjuammiut, the five day long co-design and self-build project capitalized on local building expertise and leadership to reimagine key public spaces.


The event repurposed found materials from the village landfill (or Canadian Tire) to enhance a variety of public spaces, including construction of an all-season, outdoor sports pavilion. Hacks are a response to institutionalized inadequacy and are found in every culture: everyone can benefit from it.

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