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Repurposing Institutional Space in Montreal

What should we do with this building? I ask what we should do because I believe this building, like all public and institutional space, belongs to the citizenry, and not the government or any of its ministries. The government exists … Continue reading

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Recycling Institutional Space in the Mountain Domain

This scene is quite literally the stuff my somewhat Kafkan dreams are made of Lots of talk recently on the future of the Royal Victoria Hospital and Hotel-Dieu given that both facilities are supposed to shut down once the super-hospitals … Continue reading

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