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1-1 Residential Entry Porch1-2 Sculptural Streetscape Icon1-3 Willow Park Junior Public School Full Day Kindergarten Addition1-4 MARKET 7071-5 Brick Works Welcome Hut 1-6 Embryonic Canopy1-7 Pottery Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing1-8 Humber College Centre for Justice Leadership1-9 Momofuku Toronto

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Residential Entry Porch2 Virtue Street, Toronto

Project TeamProject TeamReigo & BauerGroup-Two Design Inc.

Developer/Owner/ClientPrivate Residence

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Residential Entry PorchIn a part of the city where the urban fabric is dense, the porch provides a

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welcome clearing at the congested intersection of a back alley and the terminus of a dead end street.

Without the buffers of sidewalk and front yard elevating the porch on a Without the buffers of sidewalk and front yard, elevating the porch on a tripod perch reveals and extends the ground plane beneath, making the most of this small plot of land.

With few connections to the building the new porch has the appearance of a free-standing structure, keeping it visually light and airy. The zig-zag pattern of the aluminium panels give the homeowners some shade and privacy and present a sculptural element in the public realmprivacy, and present a sculptural element in the public realm.

Stainless steel bollards protect the porch and property from the sort of repeated damage previously caused by turning cars. One bollard is finished with a hole for the homeowners to attach their bicycle lock.

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Sculptural Streetscape IconTheatre Area King StreetTheatre Area – King StreetToronto Entertainment District

P j TProject TeamKramer Design AssociatesJeremy Kramer, Janet YoungDoug Logtenberg, Adam KellyOmari Dos Santos:Atec Signs - Manufacturer

Developer/Owner/ClientToronto Entertainment District, Janice Solomon, Executive Director

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Sculptural Streetscape IconIn coordination with the Toronto Entertainment District’s (TED) master plan, a new

Theatre Area – King StreetToronto Entertainment District

branding icon system was developed to communicate the diversity of TED’s five distinct areas– Warehouse, Commerce, Events, Union Station and Theatre, and to complement on-going enhancements of the overall streetscape beautification programprogram.

Each of the five areas are now uniquely defined by a kaleidoscopic icon that incorporate representational images essential to the area’s character, its attractions and amenities attractions and amenities.

The icon for the Theatre area pays tribute to and promotes its musical halls, live performance venues, and international film festival attraction by presenting masks, musical notes, musical instruments and filmstrips layered to create a colourful, sculptural form.

To animate and bring an artful quality to the Theatre area’s streetscape, these sculptural icons are showcased along King Street on a series of new pedestrian-scaled poles that intensify in quantity at major cross-streets, while helping to clearly delineate the area’s location within the Entertainment District.

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Willow Park Junior Public SchoolFull Day Kindergarten Addition45 Windover Drive, Toronto, ON

Project TeamBORTOLOTTOTania Bortolotto, OAA,Alex Horber, OAA

Developer/Owner/ClientToronto District School Board

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The design attempts to re-energize the entire school and community.

School Full Day Kindergarten Addition45 Windover Drive Toronto ON

At Willow Park Junior Public School, two kindergarten classrooms were added to an existing TDSB elementary public school as part of the Province of Ontario’s $1.4 billion capital funding for the implementation of the full-day kindergarten programme.45 Windover Drive, Toronto ON g p g

The addition is modest in scale and forms a part of a larger tired and old existing school. The major challenges were the intense budget and timelines and the necessity to design a simple box to ensure these constraints were y g pmet.

The design attempts to re-energize the entire school and the community along the street by introducing a modernized exterior façade through

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g y g ç gattention to the details at the corners of the building, the recessing of the windows, angling of walls and the use of contrasting materials and colours, all to create a three dimensional skin.

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The design also included improvements to the outdoor play area, the interior design of the new classrooms and upgrades to the existing kindergarten classrooms and cubbies.

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MARKET 707Scadding Court Community Centre707 Dundas Street West

Project TeamLevitt Goodman Architects

Developer/Owner/ClientScadding Court Community Centre


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MARKET 707Market 707 is a bold urban intervention unique in Toronto. The design

Scadding Court Community Centre707 Dundas Street West

q grevitalizes the residual urban space along Dundas West at Bathurst Street and transforms it into an engaging community gathering place by re-purposing derelict shipping containers as market stalls and vendor booths. With a very small investment the market has created an opportunity for With a very small investment, the market has created an opportunity for young adults, newcomers and first time business owners’ to access to a large client base eager to consume multi-cultural and inexpensive culinary offerings.

Market 707 was quickly recognized as a significant player in Toronto's locavore movement and has brought positive attention to the Alexander Park community It has increased the success of the Scadding Court


Park community. It has increased the success of the Scadding Court Community Centre, complementing their innovative programs, including trout fishing in the swimming pool and urban agriculture. In return, the Centre in partnership with the vendors, has released a free "How-To" manual for navigating city and zoning by-laws and health licensing.

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Brick Works Welcome HutEvergreen Brick Works550 Bayview AvenueToronto, Ontario

Project TeamL itt G d A hit tLevitt Goodman Architects

Developer/Owner/Client


Evergreen Brick Works

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Brick Works Welcome HutIn the months leading up to the official opening of the Brick Works into a

Evergreen Brick Works550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON

g p p gcommunity environmental centre, Evergreen commissioned this Welcome Hut. The design of this unique building type amplifies the mandate of this new urban precinct which is to offer the public a new appreciation of nature in an urban context and to provide a high quality experience of the nature in an urban context and to provide a high quality experience of the formerly derelict industrial site. A shipping container – inherently mutable and purpose made for mobility and re-location - offered a robust shell within which artifacts from the site such as rusty electrical fuse boxes and graffiti encrusted kiln doors are re-imagined and deliberately contrasted to the refined wrapper of sustainable water resistant wood. Within a contemporary architectural aesthetic, the Welcome Hut serves as both microcosm and metaphor for the possibilities inherent in the reinvention of microcosm and metaphor for the possibilities inherent in the reinvention of the Brick Works and the renewal of a historically significant and environmentally sensitive neighborhood of the city.

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Embryonic CanopyMel Lastman Square, North YorkSeptember 30 – October 3, 2012

Project TeamCraig DeebankGi G ll hGina Gallaugher

Developer/Owner/ClientSukkahville 2012 Design CompetitionKehilla Residential Programme

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Embryonic CanopyThis Sukkahville 2012 Competition Finalist was one of five proposals

Mel Lastman Square, North YorkSeptember 30 – October 3, 2012

p p pselected and built for public display at Mel Lastman Square. The pop-up Sukkah exhibit temporarily transformed the square into a unique and bustling urban experience, attracting many curious onlookers.

Embryonic Canopy re-imagines the Sukkah as both a temporary shelter and permanent fixture within the agricultural ecosystem. It challenges the notion of the traditional static Sukkah while creating a playful sense of enclosure. Using large, biodegradable latex helium balloons tethered to a central platform, each individual balloon functions as an embryonic capsule, as they are filled with small amounts of fruit and vegetable seeds. The lightweight enclosure will sway in the wind and collide with other balloons


lightweight enclosure will sway in the wind and collide with other balloons to create a rattle sound, acoustically defining its presence. If a balloon floats away or bursts, the act of falling seeds will populate the ground and create new agricultural opportunities for the environment.

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Pottery Road Bicycle and Pedestrian CrossingPedestrian CrossingIntersection of Pottery Road / Lower Don Recreational Trail

Project TeamArchitect/Landscape Architect: PLANT Architect Inc. PLANT Architect Inc. Structural Engineer: Blackwell

ClientClientCity of Toronto · Parks, Forestry & Recreation

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Pottery Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing

The design of the Pottery Road Bicycle & Pedestrian Crossing improves safety and creates a landmark entry to the Lower Don Recreational Trail in Pedestrian Crossing

Intersection of Pottery Road / Lower Don Recreational Trail

safety and creates a landmark entry to the Lower Don Recreational Trail in Toronto.

As a streetscape and gateway, the controlled crossing draws on key elements of the Don River, with select materials echoing the site’s ecological and post-industrial location. These include water graphics and laser-cut signage that directs and controls both pedestrian and cyclist traffic. The project comprises a road-island with safety and street signage, traffic. The project comprises a road island with safety and street signage, pathwaysthat link converging bicycle trails, and seating/safety thresholds that slow traffic. Calibrated to anticipate the speed and sightlines of passers- by, the

j ’ f b i i h d i l hi h project’s custom fabrication, typography, and visual graphics announce the site to cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians.

The project is part of a larger scheme to provide interpretation, p j p g p p ,accessibility, and environmental control for the Trail, and creates a more formalized experience of the site while protecting its fragile conditions for future construction.

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Humber College Centre for Justice LeadershipCentre for Justice Leadership3120 Lake Shore Boulevard WestToronto, OntarioProject TeamGow Hastings Architects:Philip Hastings, Valerie Gow, Jim Burkitt, David Colussi, Janice Lee, Julian Ocampo, Richard D’Alessandro, Dan Malka


Developer/Owner/ClientHumber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learninggy g

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Humber College Centre for Justice Leadership Faceted and fissured, this perforated metal screen shrouds a former car Centre for Justice Leadership3120 Lake Shore Boulevard WestToronto, Ontario

pdealership to transform the building into a school for police sciences. Inspired by the nature of the school’s activities, the mesh facade re-presents the building with an appropriately alluring and discrete appearance

without relying on a new skin It also provides a new focal point to the —without relying on a new skin. It also provides a new focal point to the otherwise nondescript street.

A vertical garden cascades through the screen, and is visible through large fissures. The planting provides a lush, natural contrast to the screen’s sculptural form and to the street’s harsh paving. It also gestures to the city park across the street. The ‘double façade’ lets in lots of natural light while softening the bright light that previously permeated the large showroom softening the bright light that previously permeated the large showroom windows. After dark, a large LED sign projecting Humber's wordmark from behind the screen radiates an ambient glow– providing both drama and safety to the surrounding area.

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Momofuku Toronto190 University AvenueProject TeamInteriors: The Design AgencyArchitecture: James K.M. Cheng

Architects JV with Hariri Pontarini Architects

Local Project Architect: HPA Local Project Architect: HPA Artist: Zhang HuanKitchen Design: Mark Stech-NovakMechanical: Sterling Cooper


Mechanical: Sterling CooperFoodservice Consultant: Cinni Little

Developer/Owner/ClientWestbank CorpWestbank Corp.Chef David Chang

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Momofuku Toronto Momofuku Toronto is a 6,600 sq. ft. restaurant over three levels that 190 University Avenue combines Asian influence with New York energy and local Toronto

flavors. Designed by Toronto-based studio, The Design Agency, the restaurant interior is housed within the new glass “ice cube” by architect James K M Cheng The restaurant’s entrance is marked by architect James K.M. Cheng. The restaurant s entrance is marked by Chinese artist Zhang Huan’s 33-foot tall and 65-foot long, twisting, energetic stainless steel sculpture, ‘Rising’ which bridges the ground and the sky with stainless steel birds taking flight. The natural white oak, concrete and raw steel palette creates a stacking effect of spaces comprised of the Noodle Bar, Nikai bar, Daisho and Shoto restaurants, creating a combined effect of organized chaos.


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