Fri, May 01
|Wigle Park
Sketch & Dream: Visualizing Architectural Possibilities
Bring your ideas and your imagination, an open mind and an open heart, and design your way through under utilized places in Windsor. Come for a walk with me and learn about architecture and urbanism through sketching.
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Wigle Park, 397 Erie St E, Windsor, ON N9A 3X3, Canada
About the event
Sketch & Dream: Visualizing Architectural Possibilities
Friday, May 1st from 2:30 to 3:30 PM
Host: Nicolas Lamoureux (Atelier Lamoureux)
Contact host: hello@atelierlamoureux.com
Most great design work starts with an idea and a sketch. No idea is too fanciful, no sketch too illegible. Join me on a walk where we will have a far reaching discussion on the art of sketching, architecture, urban planning, and creative problem solving as we travel through some under utilized spaces in downtown Windsor. All participants will be given a sketch pad and either a pen or a pencil at no cost. However, feel free to bring your own sketch pad and your own favourite sketching utensil if you so choose. No experience or skill required. Help me to imagine what could be!
We will have three major stops where we will spend some time sketching out ideas and talking about the possibilities. Community engagement, participatory design, democratized design, tactical urbanism, citizen led design, etc. all look to make our cities more inclusive places by asking its citizens what they want to see in the design of spaces. We need to work together to make these ideas a reality and there's no better way to do this than to learn from each other, talk to each other, and share with each other.
About the host:
Atelier Lamoureux is a small architecture firm dedicated to public interest design, research, and education.
Event type:
Jane’s Walk - One hour guided walking tour
Starting/Ending location of the walk:
Wigle Park
Walk starts/end at the free Public Parking Lot on Mercer Street
397 Erie Street East, Windsor
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FyXFP3ZfRgn16MSg8
Walking distance:
Participants can expect to walk 1.5 km.
Audience:
All ages welcome
Accessibility Notes:
Easy route: paved sidewalks/pathways, minimal hills
Wheelchair friendly: step-free route with curb cuts and wide path
Baby stroller friendly: paved paths and no stairs
Rest opportunities: there are benches/seats along the route
Is there a bathroom nearby?
Public bathroom available at business within 1 block (ex. Tim Horton's)
Where can attendees park?
Free parking lot at the starting/ending location
Are dogs welcome?
Dog friendly: participants can bring leashed dogs