Isabelle Hayeur's recent work is situated in the perspective of an ecological and urbanistic critique. Having lived in a suburb for some twenty years, she was confronted with the spectacle of urban sprawl and the many disappearances that accompany it. Her approach is linked to this experience and is nourished by the discourses surrounding the environmental question as well as the problems of land use planning. She is particularly interested in feelings of alienation, uprooting and dislocation. In the context of this publication at the Centre Sagamie, the artist presents works from the Maisons Modèles series (2004 - 2007). These images were made from photographs of suburban houses and model houses. The body of work is presented as an investigation into the suburbs of today, but it is also a portrait of society. The artist photographed various houses at a prefabricated house manufacturer and in new housing developments in the Montreal suburbs. Using computer graphics, they were then metamorphosed and relocated in new contexts. Each of these new models develops a different aspect of the relationship of our societies to their territories and thus becomes a witness to our current occupation of the world.