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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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