The city forest on the historic west side of the UQAM (L’Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada) campus gives the landscape a strong seasonal identity–bright yellow gingko colors the campus in the fall, an explosion of magnolia blossoms announces the end of the spring semester.
The courtyard of the Biological Sciences building centers around the super-scale shapes of two magnolia blossoms that appear as if seen under a microscope. The giant petals become colorful beds of low planting; the stamens are translated as tree branches.
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