Project Toronto
Image Above (Velo City by Chris Hardwicke)
Exhibition Dates: September 1st – October 31st
Opening Reception: September 9, 7-10 PM
What is Project Toronto?
Project Toronto invited artists, architects, urban theorists, writers, and others from various disciplines to submit proposals that examine issues in the categories of atmosphere, space, community, environment and transportation.
Project Toronto is a valuable and necessary step towards more thoughtful and inventive solutions to improve the quality of our city – and our lives. We aim to offer intelligent criticism, vision and a call to action. Our intention is not to create a doctrine, but to provide a laboratory for new ideas and an initiator of discourse.
The categories are as follows:
1: Atmosphere
In this category we are looking for works that express the feelings, the smells, the sights, and the sounds that make up our perceptions of Toronto. Here we seek proposals that answer the question: How does one experience the city of Toronto?
2: Community
In this category we aim to address issues such as city planning and its effects on social interaction within communities, the impact of development/redevelopment on neighbourhoods and residents and the impact of dead zones created by poor architectural design and city planning.
3: Passages
As the city of Toronto expands and farmland gives way to urban sprawl, the need for travel exceeds the systems of flow that are currently in place. The downtown core is dense and its parameters are in gridlock. In this category we aim to address the issue of movement throughout Toronto. How do we move through our city? Are our passageways merely to transfer us from one point to another? What meaning, if any, do they hold? As Toronto expands, what happens to the places in between? Do they become merely tunnels and flow without meaning?
4: Space
The fourth category is about the use of space, both public and private, and how it affects the psyche of the residents. Why are some public spaces utilized and enjoyed by many while others remain vacant? How are existing structures used, (mis)used, or renewed and what are the ramifications on the city as a whole?
5: Environment
The final category seeks to discuss what is needed to make Toronto a clean, healthy, liveable city for all. In the category of environment, we are asking for proposals that address issues such as the incorporation of green spaces in architecture and communities, combining the natural world with our urban environment, and alternative means to power the world we live in.
Exhibition Dates: September 1st – October 31st
Opening Reception: September 9, 7-10 PM
What is Project Toronto?
Project Toronto invited artists, architects, urban theorists, writers, and others from various disciplines to submit proposals that examine issues in the categories of atmosphere, space, community, environment and transportation.
Project Toronto is a valuable and necessary step towards more thoughtful and inventive solutions to improve the quality of our city – and our lives. We aim to offer intelligent criticism, vision and a call to action. Our intention is not to create a doctrine, but to provide a laboratory for new ideas and an initiator of discourse.
The categories are as follows:
1: Atmosphere
In this category we are looking for works that express the feelings, the smells, the sights, and the sounds that make up our perceptions of Toronto. Here we seek proposals that answer the question: How does one experience the city of Toronto?
2: Community
In this category we aim to address issues such as city planning and its effects on social interaction within communities, the impact of development/redevelopment on neighbourhoods and residents and the impact of dead zones created by poor architectural design and city planning.
3: Passages
As the city of Toronto expands and farmland gives way to urban sprawl, the need for travel exceeds the systems of flow that are currently in place. The downtown core is dense and its parameters are in gridlock. In this category we aim to address the issue of movement throughout Toronto. How do we move through our city? Are our passageways merely to transfer us from one point to another? What meaning, if any, do they hold? As Toronto expands, what happens to the places in between? Do they become merely tunnels and flow without meaning?
4: Space
The fourth category is about the use of space, both public and private, and how it affects the psyche of the residents. Why are some public spaces utilized and enjoyed by many while others remain vacant? How are existing structures used, (mis)used, or renewed and what are the ramifications on the city as a whole?
5: Environment
The final category seeks to discuss what is needed to make Toronto a clean, healthy, liveable city for all. In the category of environment, we are asking for proposals that address issues such as the incorporation of green spaces in architecture and communities, combining the natural world with our urban environment, and alternative means to power the world we live in.
