A 30-year local area plan for Western Hochelaga — bounded by the Saint Lawrence River, the CP Railway, rue Rachel, and rue Davidson — developed across a full-semester studio moving from neighbourhood diagnosis, through individual visioning, to a final team plan submitted to the borough.

Phase 1: Context Analysis

• Researched the neighbourhood's economic, industrial, and real estate landscape, with particular attention to key stakeholders and land-use trends

• Identified a still-strong industrial core undergoing de-industrialization and a shift toward creative/service-based industries, and flagged several formerly industrial sites with redevelopment potential

• Found the neighbourhood remains primarily working-class, with rents rising despite still being comparatively low for Montréal

• Deliverable: 12-page report, cover memo, and 12-minute team presentation on two boards

  
  

Phase 2: Individual Concept Plan — "A Connected Future"

Independently authored a 20–30 year vision diagram and memo, pitched to the class in a 1-minute presentation. Diagnosed the neighbourhood's core problems as unsafe mobility, rising rents, weak commercial centres, poor medical access, cut-off waterfront access, and flood risk. Proposed:

• A connected active mobility network — protected bike lanes across six key streets, a naturalized multi-use corridor linking rue Rachel to Dezery Park, and a bicycle escalator/staircase to stitch together the cul-de-sac sections of rue Darling

• A new tram line down rue Dezery into downtown, paired with 5 new Bixi stations in underserved pockets

• A land bridge over the port rail lines into a new riverside park, plus a linear park along the ruelle Verte and an outdoor-theatre park at the old Angus factory site

• Three new social housing projects, a new supermarket on rue Moreau, and a new medical clinic at Hochelaga/Préfontaine

• Adaptive reuse of underutilized rue Moreau warehouses into artist/maker space, and conversion of Square Dézéry into an open market plaza

  
  

Phase 3: Final Local Plan — "Western Hochelaga 2049"

Vision: "In 2049, Western Hochelaga is a socially and physically healthy neighbourhood powered by vibrant communities, inclusive mobility, and innovative solutions to environmental challenges."

Synthesized individual and team input into three goals, seven objectives, and 20 actions:

• Healthy Communities — a Community Food Sustainability Fund; a 500m-access community garden network modeled on Lufa Farms and Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie; a Vulnerable Person Registry modeled on Beaconsfield/Kirkland

• Healthy Environment — bioretention basins in flood-prone zones; canopy cover expansion from 17% to 40%; a Solar Reflectance Index standard raised from 56 to 78, matching the Sud-Ouest borough

• Healthy Movement — a north-south active mobility corridor along the CP rail line; protected bike lanes on seven priority streets; a high-frequency tram along rue Dezery to the Saint-Michel metro; safety upgrades at intersections with documented pedestrian fatalities/injuries

  
  

Two flagship interventions:

• Green Multipurpose Community Hub — expropriation and remediation of a contaminated former CP lot (1950 rue Moreau) into a Batiment 7–style hub with vertical/outdoor urban agriculture, a produce market, maker space, and surrounding flood-mitigating parkland

• Facteur de Résilience Climatique (FRC) policy — a green-infrastructure requirement for new construction, phased in via city-owned buildings first, based on Sud-Ouest's existing program