UQAM City Forest

Left: A series of shortcuts are created connecting the campus to the city across numerous access points, Right: The central pedestrian street is landscaped as an asymmetrical allee .

Words from the designer

"The city forest on the historic west side of the UQAM (L'Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada) campus gives the landscape a strong seasonal identity--bright yellow gingko colors the campus in the fall, an explosion of magnolia blossoms announces the end of the spring semester. The tree canopy's sculptural branches allow light to penetrate in the winter; and in the summer, provide textured shadows. The horticultural palette also includes Kentucky coffee trees, honey locusts and American elms. These species were specifically chosen to create a high, diaphanous canopy that admits enough light for grass to grow beneath, eventually creating the sense of paths tracing through a grassy forest."

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