Étude exploratoire sur les espaces équivoques, leurs dynamiques d’appropriation et les enjeux urbanistiques à Montréal
This research takes an interest in the equivocal spaces, which means the ambiguous spaces resulting form different forms of spatial appropriation that take place in them. By a heuristic process and with an exploratory two case studies, which use ethnographic research methods, this master thesis aims to characterize the equivocal spaces. The two spaces considered, both situated in the north part of the Plateau-Mont-Royal’s borough in Montreal, are a wasteland informally called Parc sans Nom and an industrial vacant lot informally called Champ des Possibles. With a qualitative approach, the positions of the municipal authorities and of the users of the two sites, in terms of the physical constraints, the coercive measures and the perceptions of risk and potential of conflict in the two spaces, will be analyzed. The results of this analysis allow us to find that the equivocal spaces emerge from a co-construction process. The results allow us also to underline some considerations on the people’s relationship to urban space.
Co-construction Public spaces Private spaces Appropriation of space Design Management Conflicts Negociations Co-construction