FINANCIAL DISTRICT (Canada, 2006-2008)
In the financial district of Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, you find the headquarters of banks, stock brokerages, financial institutions and law firms. During the winter months, at night the district is also home to many homeless people, who are attracted by the waste heat from the massive heating installations. The hot air that is blown out through gratings on the pavement makes the nights, when temperatures can drop to twenty degrees below freezing, a bit more bearable. Palu shows how people use urban space to work and survive, sometimes despite the intentions of the planners and architects.
