The Ursuline School Playground, Québec, Canadian Real Estate, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Images
The Ursuline School Playground in Québec
Jan 20, 2022
Landscape Architect: EVOQ Architecture
Location: The Ursuline School, Old-Quebec Campus, 4 du Parloir Street, Québec (Québec) G1R 4M5, Canada

The Ursuline School Playground – Four Centuries of Learning at Play
Located in the heart of Old Quebec, the Ursuline Monastery is one of the few large conventual complexes dating from the establishment of the French colony beginning in the 17th century. This National Historic Site has been dedicated to education since the arrival of a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 and its built and landscape components bear witness to the different phases of its evolution. In keeping with its original vocation while meeting the needs of students attending the present-day elementary school, the Ursulines ceded part of their garden to enlarge the school?s playground. In the fall of 2020, EVOQ?s Landscape and Urban Design Team undertook the playground?s redevelopment. Anchored in the site?s heritage value and its many unique features, the new installations establish a dynamic and sensitive dialogue with their context.
The Ursuline School Playground
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