LIVING LABS AT BÂTIMENT 7
What is a Living Lab?
A Living Laboratory puts research and learning into action through a collaborative model; it allows students to practice the theories they engage with in the classroom which enhances their skill base thereby creating stronger graduates.
What is Bâtiment 7?
Bâtiment 7 is a former CN heritage industrial site in the neighborhood of Pointe-Saint-Charles that has been reclaimed by the community and is now home to 16 community-led projects that respond to local needs.
Photo Credit: Alex Megelas
Bâtiment 7 Projects
PedalBox Gallery
[us_single_image image="10482" size="us_600_0" align="center"] PedalBox Gallery supports the development of new works from emerging and established artists in any medium that can be dragged around town. We commission artists to...
Youth Anti-Racism and Climate Action Hub
[us_single_image image="8956" size="us_600_0" align="center"] This project brings together the Press Start youth to work on anti-racist and environmental justice initiatives. Working in collaboration with community members and utilizing the tools...
Buckskin Babes
[us_single_image image="10494" size="medium" align="center"]Buckskin Babes is a moose-hide tanning project undertaken by a group of Indigenous women. It is a tanning station constructed on contested land adjacent to Batiment 7...
Mushroom Project
[us_single_image image="8956" size="us_600_0" align="center"]The B7 Mushroom Project aims to develop a mycelium incubator/ laboratory as well as a sustainable outdoor mushroom growing facility at the Batiment 7/ Fermette de la...
Quarantine Kitchen Stories
[us_single_image image="8956" size="us_600_0" align="center"]Quarantine Kitchen Stories is a collaborative project based in the Montreal South-West connecting Point-Saint-Charles community hub Bâtiment 7 to the work of the food business incubator of...
Feel the Warmth in the Winter at the Beating Heart of the Neighborhood
[us_single_image image="9824" size="us_600_0" align="center"]Due to the home staying orders caused by the pandemic, people are spending more time in their own neighborhood, discovering its different corners. In order to make...
Sustainable Community Eco-Art Therapy
[us_single_image image="9800" size="us_600_0" align="center"]This series of eco-art workshops aims to support public health and wellbeing through sustainable community action on a neighbourhood level. These workshops facilitate the community’s connection with...
Portraits of the South West
[us_single_image image="9794" size="us_600_0" align="center"]Portraits from the Southwest is an oral history project, in collaboration with Press Start Coop, consisting of a series of interviews with residents and activists sharing their...
Performing Together
[us_single_image image="9833" size="us_600_0" align="center"]Performing Together is a series of theatre workshops designed for youth ages 16-24 who speak English. Over the course of 8 weeks, the participants and facilitators will...
By expanding our commitment to fostering sustainability off-campus this collaboration creates opportunities for students to engage with communities through impactful projects that address immediate social, economic, political, and environmental issues around Montreal.
-Sebastián Di Poi, Executive Director, Sustainability Action Fund Concorida