The Collectif Escargo, at the intersection of landscape architecture, public art, and design, explores the poetry of everyday life through an open and joyful approach. The collective aims to forge connections between elements with wonder, play, and imagination, addressing the universal need for connection among communities, stories, microscopic landscapes, vast universes, and living beings.
Comprising five members from diverse backgrounds, the collective brings essential synergy to each project, whether small interventions or large-scale developments. Since its inception, Collectif Escargo has won several competitions and received accolades in Quebec and abroad, including the AAPQ 2021 Excellence Awards in urban planning. Through inclusive designs sensitive to community needs, our practice seeks to unveil the poetry of places, creating spaces conducive to slowness, wonder, and contemplation.
Artwork description
The slide, both enticing and impressive, evokes anticipation. It’s a playful space where, almost magically, we’re whisked from one place to another at lightning speed. This mix of excitement and nervousness recalls fairy tales, where a door, passage, or connection often opens between the mundane and the wondrous worlds.
Dent-de-lion offers a fresh perspective on a familiar flower, magnified to fantastical proportions. Once upon a time, an extraordinary plant thrived. The dandelion, a small, rebellious, resilient, and unassuming flower, grows freely wherever it pleases. Its airy heads scatter in weightless winds, carrying children’s wishes as it stands resilient in cracks, sidewalks, and lawns. Determined, it perseveres to bloom.
This underappreciated plant proudly reclaims its place, much like giant plants in the story universe. What awaits at the summit? How do we descend? What if we dared to approach a bit closer?