The Advanced Urban Laboratory (AUL) is a one-year studio in urban planning and design. The AUL is a required course for the students enrolled in the B.A specialization in urban planning. Here is a sample of their work over the past five years.

Enjoy,
-Pierre Gauthier Ph.D.
-Assistant Professor and Instructor of the AUL

Redevelopment projects in Pointe-Saint-Charles (2004-2005)
Imagine that a tramway line replaces the CN railroad in Pointe-Saint-Charles. Imagine the Alstom site transformed into an ecological industrial park surrounded by hundreds of new dwellings, a local commercial street and a food market. Imagine a permanent Crafts Market alongside the Lachine Canal…

To learn more about these student proposals:

• Watch a presentation on the redevelopment of the Alstom site
• Watch the 3-D animation 01/Alstom


• Watch the 3-D animation 02/Alstom

(Eliz Demirciyan, Dania El-Aintabli, Jason Gamache, Habiba Ismaili)

• Watch a presentation on the redevelopment of the Canal area
  (Sara Lopez with Nechia Brazeau, Xiao Dan Zhang and Chan Siu Hong)

Redevelopment projects in Griffintown (2003-2004)
Imagine a “Cité du cinema et de la television” at the foot of the Bonaventure Highway in Griffintown. Imagine yourself living along water basins in the “Canada Post” site…

• Watch a presentation on the Cité du cinéma et de la télévision
  (Jason Burke, Ryan Heays, Matthew Ippersiel, Terry Jeans, Melissa Summerton)

• Watch a presentation on the redevelopment of the Canada Post Site
  (Linda Babins, Desmond Bliek, Catherine Brunet, Emily Caldwell, David Lewis)

• Watch a presentation on the redevelopment of the Berri Corridor
  (Kevin Greener, Jodi Ostrzega, Donny Seto, Naomi Thomas, Nicholas David Tristram, Kent Watt)

Redevelopment of Décarie highway (2001-2002)
Imagine some portions of the Décarie highway covered to make room for an urban park…

• Southern Décarie Design Brief
  (Pierre Gauthier, editor)
• Watch a 3-D animation
  (Dan Blais, Lee Boros, Jake Dulay, Alexander Kravec, Sandra Trantino)