Making the Edible Landscape McGill Downtown Campus

Making the Edible Landscape

McGill Downtown Campus

Survey for an adequate site in partnership with Santropol Roulant

Minimum Cost Housing GroupSchool of Architecture, McGill University

Tel: 514-398-1619

March, 13th 2007

I. Previous Rooftop Garden

II. Proposed New Site

III. Sunlight Study

IV. Proposed Plan

V. Proposed Views

MAKING THE EDIBLE LANDSCAPE

Ms. Helen Fotopulos, mayor of the borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal& Ismael Hautecoeur on the rooftop

Edge view of the rooftop garden

I Previous Rooftop Garden

Low Cost Plastic Containers and the watering system

Planted Containers

I Previous Rooftop Garden

Planted Containers, other alternatives

I Previous Rooftop Garden

Organic Buffet on the Rooftop Garden

I Previous Rooftop Garden

II Proposed New Site

Location On McGill Downtown Campus

II Proposed New Site

Schematical plan of the proposed sites

Garden Staircase

Garden Strip

III Sunlight - May

Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of May

7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am

11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm

III Sunlight - May

Natural sunlight, May 1st

1 Garden Staircase : 10.00 am – 06.00 pm

2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.15 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon

Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 8 hours

2 Garden Strip : 5 h 15**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 45 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 22 min

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III Sunlight - June

Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of June

7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am

11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm

III Sunlight - June

Natural sunlight, June 1st

1 Garden Staircase : 10.30 am – 06.00 pm

2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.45am: + 2 hours in the afternoon

Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.30 hours

2 Garden Strip : 5.45 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 65 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 32 min

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III Sunlight - July

Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of July

7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am

11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm

III Sunlight - July

Natural sunlight, July 1st

1 Garden Staircase : 10.45 am – 6 pm

2 Garden Strip : 7 am - 11h00 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon

Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.15 hours

2 Garden Strip : 6.00 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 60 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 30 min

x

III Sunlight - August

Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of August

7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am

11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm

III Sunlight - August

Natural sunlight, August 1st

1 Garden Staircase : 10.25 am – 06.00 pm

2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 10.40 am: + 2 hours in the afternoon

Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 7.35 hours

2 Garden Strip : 5.40 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 50 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 25 min

x

III Sunlight - September

Sunlight on the proposed sites during the month of September

7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am

11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm

III Sunlight - September

Natural sunlight, September 1st

1 Garden Staircase : 10.00 am – 06.00 pm

2 Garden Strip : 07.00 am – 09.50 am : + 2 hours in the afternoon

Total sunlight1 Garden Staircase : 8.00 hours

2 Garden Strip : 4.50 hours**Amount of total sunlight, however it takes an extra 70 min before x is in complete shadow. As an average, we could add 35 min

x

IV Plan

Picnic site

Plant pots

Path

Garden

Schematical plan of the proposed sites

Garden Staircase

Garden Strip

V Views

Proposed view of the garden staircase + surroundings

V Views

Proposed view of the garden strip