I Went for a Walk: Observations, Reflections, and Imaginings upon Montreal's Everyday Thresholds

I went for a walk. Borrowing from the methods of The Situationist Movement and setting out to explore "the in-betweenness" of the city of Montréal, I set out on a series of personal "drifts." These spaces I was looking for are most commonly defined in architectural practice as threshold space. A threshold is a space of anticipation existing at the convergence between different spatial conditions. It possesses such depth that it may elicit a profound stimulation of the senses in a human body. A threshold in the city may be perceived as impressive or innocuous according to the subjective and personal relationship with the inhabitants. Monumental thresholds tend to be remembered for their uniqueness, while everyday thresholds are forgotten for their repetitive nature. Therefore, this thesis attempts to explore the everyday thresholds we use to shape our daily lives. Eventually, this thesis becomes a space to imagine new threshold conditions based on observations and reflections from the drifts.