Patrick Marcoux
Patrick Marcoux
Patrick Marcoux
Canada
Canada
Canada
Series: Phase One
Series: Phase One
Series: Phase One
“Phase One‚”started as my university thesis, which was made into a book and is an ongoing project that documents the changing landscape in the areas I grew up in (Carlisle, Waterdown, Burlington). These lands that once flourished with wildlife, farmland and dense forests and a slow but steady increase of urbanization are now rapidly expanding at a rate unseen in the past. The project has an emphasis on the town I spent most of my childhood, Waterdown, which is still classified as a “Village”; a title that no longer seems fit. Growing up and living here my entire life has given me the chance to see this growth first-hand. Such rapid change pushed me to document so I can remember how it once was.
A bundle of wood sits isolated surrounded by snowdrifts
A bundle of wood sits isolated surrounded by snowdrifts
Developer sign advertising 2&3 storey homes for sale
Developer sign advertising 2&3 storey homes for sale
A sub-divisions new streetlights illuminate massive bundles of wood in a Burlington development
A sub-divisions new streetlights illuminate massive bundles of wood in a Burlington development
Building supplies ready to be used on what once was a supply road, now a major 3-lane road in Waterdown
Building supplies ready to be used on what once was a supply road, now a major 3-lane road in Waterdown
A new water tower in Waterdown just days before the massive holding tank was lifted to the top. Once in service, this tower will supply water to hundreds of new homes, condos and commercial buildings in the surrounding area
A new water tower in Waterdown just days before the massive holding tank was lifted to the top. Once in service, this tower will supply water to hundreds of new homes, condos and commercial buildings in the surrounding area
Concrete pipes sit abandoned for months across from fully developed houses in Waterdown’s north end
Concrete pipes sit abandoned for months across from fully developed houses in Waterdown’s north end
Massive piles of dirt as seen from a new development
Massive piles of dirt as seen from a new development
Newly finished houses see owners immediately
Newly finished houses see owners immediately
