"The Supplies/repairs/maintenance of "transport machines" Station proposes to exploit and answer the needs of the transport vehicles of the canal and of the parallel networks, the trucks and cars, that all require constant supplying, periodical and emergency repairing. The implantation of the project at the junction of several axes that serve these different "transport machines" allows for their interception and their effective service; the project therefore becomes the converging point for the users of the linear park and reaffirms the industrial vocation of the canal."

"Due to its location, the site addresses the underlying premises of the project. Situated on the south bank of the Canal, between the highway 15 which crosses it and the Cote Saint-Paul bridge, the site is located at one of the junction points of the Canal where different axes of circulation cohabit and cross: metropolitan highway, canal waterway, cycle path and sidewalks and streets of the bordering district. The variety of axes that frame the site implies a variety of "transport machines" that use them."

"The site is a residual space of the functional activity of the transport axes and the contemporary industrial buildings that define and flank it. The Turcot interchange, emblem of points of transfer and circulation acts as a backdrop. To the east, highway 15 flanks the site from above and spans the canal. Industrial and service buildings border the canal on the south, on each side of Saint-Patrick’s street. On the northern bank, some factories are situated on the industrial fringe behind a screen of trees that border the current cycle path."

My basic design approach for this project was to start with the rationalization of a circulation infrastructure for the different kinds of traffic; pedestrian, cycle (and in line skating), car and boat. Articulated paths were designed for each kind of traffic and the subsequent buildings resulted from the use of the interstitial spaces that were created.