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This picture was taken from the right side of the church looking into the place´. Of the examples from other urban spaces, the top, right example best fits this picture. In the picture there is a street to the right that can be seen straight down leading out of the space. This is also well exemplified in plan. Also in plan, there is a street directly in front of the church that comes in, runs tangent to the far side of the place´, and finally passes all the way through the place. This street is perpendicular to the street that, from the image, can be seen down and out of the place. There are two other streets that make up the last corner of the place´. This corner cannot be seen from the picture. In plan, it is clear that the other two streets, which are perpendicular to each other, come into the place´ and are terminated by the surrounding buildings. One these streets pass directly in front of the church. This street is also easiest to see from the picture. The buildings surrounding the place´ are really what make the space so well defined. From the picture, only the far façade of buildings can be seen. The streets are the inner lining of the space, but the buildings come together to form sharp corners that well delineate the space.
01.02
Jean Paul Riopelle is located at St. Antoine and Placè Jean Paul Riopelle. The space is a rectangular area that is defined by the surrounding buildings. Square Victoria is located right down the street from Jean Paul Riopelle at St. Antoine and Rue du Square Victoria. Square Victoria is also a rectangular place´, but unlike Jean Paul Riopelle Square Victoria is defined by the streets rather than the surrounding buildings. Paths, symmetry, and use, are all important considerations in the design of a place´. Square Victoria is a better-delineated place than Square Victoria.
Jean Paul Riopelle has no definite path. The path weaves in and out of the seating and there is really no definite flow of movement. Even though there are a lot of unpaved areas, the paving allows you to cover most of the space in the place´. In opposition to Jean Paul Riopelle, Square Victoria has a definite path and direction. The path has a definite flow of movement and restricts you from straying from that flow by lining the path with seats on one side and fountains on the other.
Because of the directional path of Square Victoria, there is an axis created down the length of the place´. The axis is well delineated by the fountains in a linear sequence down the center of the path. The benches also help illustrate the axis by lining the outside of the path the entire length of the square. Jean Paul Riopelle does not have the line of symmetry. There is no element the place´ that is used enhance any axis. The benches are scattered along the unorganized path and the path continues to open up into a series of areas that lead you to the sides of the place´.
These two elements discussed help illustrate the uses of the place. Because of Square Victoria’s strong axis and directional path, this place encourages movement and flow. It encourages its users to walk the length of the place´ by restricting lateral movement. On the other hand, Jean Paul Riopelle has not direction or definite path. It allows the user to walk from side to side and almost roam the entire area of the space.
Clearly, the three elements, path, symmetry, and use, are used in different ways for these two places. Because of its informal elements of path, symmetry, and use, Jean Paul Riopelle is not a well-defined place. Square Victoria has a direct path, a definite symmetry, and because of these things has an obvious use. These elements help to strongly delineate the space of Square Victoria.
02.01
This picture is taken from the side of the church into the place´. The space is well delineated by the surrounding buildings. There are three streets that pass through the space and one that ends at the place´. The streets also help define the space. The square is a large open space that serves as a connection between the church and the other buildings. From the view you have a good view of two of the buildings that create an almost sharp corner for the square. You can see down the other side past the bounds of the square into more of the city.
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Jean Paul Riopelle
Jean Paul Riopelle is located at St. Antoine and Placè Jean Paul Riopelle. This place is well defined by the buildings around it on three sides. The fourth side of the placè is left open and not as well defined by a buildings façade. The space uses trees to give it a covered, enclosed feeling rather than the open feeling you get from Square Victoria. Jean Paul Riopelle has no definite axis. The path weaves in and out of the seating and there is really no definite flow of movement. Even though there are a lot of unpaved areas, the paving allows you to move throughout all of it as if you would use this space to roam in no particular method or direction. At one end of the placè there is an open area with a fountain in the center.
Square Victoria
Square Victoria is located right down the street from Jean Paul Riopelle at St. Antoine and Rue du Square Victoria. Unlike Jean Paul Riopelle, Square Victoria is not well defined by buildings and as a result is defined by the surrounding streets. Square Victoria has a definite axis that extends throughout the placè. The seating follows the axis of the placè as well as the few fountains in the middle. The path has a definite flow of movement and restricts you from straying from that flow by lining the path with seats on one side and fountains on the other. This placè is bisected by a street and continues its linear axis on the other side.
Both of these places have a rectangular shape defined by either the streets or buildings surrounding them. While one seems to have a very linear direct path for movement, Square Victoria has a more free roaming area that is not as restricted.
