Coconstructions entre acteurs académiques et communautés : habiter autrement Lac-Mégantic (Québec, Canada)

This paper presents an experiment involving the community of Lac-Megantic (Québec, Canada), academic actors from different fields (architecture, urban planning, geography, arts), as well as students. This exercise takes place within the post-disaster context of the 2013 rail disaster, without a common project defined upstream. The chosen approach combines transdisciplinary, cognitive and spatial dimensions of the transition experiment. It evolves over time in a series of opportunities, and is both experimental and experiential. We show how transitional and transformational values, associated with the living environment and its resources, are central in the reflection of the Megantic community and student future professional practices.