— Since 2024
“De bord en bord” (“From Edge to Edge”) is an attempt to soften the hard infrastructural edges of injustice that have devastated Beauport’s wetlands and hindered the physical and socio-economic mobility of residents of Quebec City in accessing its natural resources. The project aims to reconnect the urban fabric of the city to its waterfront by reframing its divisive Dufferin Montmorency freeway as an ecological corridor and an urban common that allows its citizens to reclaim their right to the river.
Project Credit:
Oliver Shi (Master Plan), Tanushri Dalmiya (Urban Design), Celina Abba (Landscape), Mengyu Zhao (Architecture)
the freeway is capped as a land bridge park offering a diversity of amenities from amphitheaters to community gardens, that leads people to the waterfront and invites moments of play, rest and community gathering.
Historically used as a port facility, Beauport's industrial past is remediated through stormwater retention ponds, rain gardens, bio-swales, and permeable pavers. as historical monument, it evokes the memory of Quebec City’s past identity.
