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Toronto: middle city passages

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“Infrastructures of continuity in the Horizontal Metropolis”: interventions with major infrastructure projects. How to design the interaction between the stops of the new LRT lines and local pedestrian routes, incorporating passages to improve urban life in the suburbs?

The challenges: designing interactions between the rapid transit systems and local access routes; incorporating passages as integral components of the railway line and stations; helping to bring urban quality to suburban areas

The site: the competition will focus on developing strategic design proposals for two emblematic sites – Palmdale Drive and Agincourt Drive – on the new East Sheppard LRT line

IInternational competition in two phases, open to young professionals and emerging practices in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, urban planning and related disciplines. Each team has to be multidisciplinary and should include, at least, one architect.

Organized by Metrolinx, and the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, in partnership with the French Institute of Toronto and the Municipality of Toronto,

Timetable: 6 March 2015: registration opens; 30 April 2015: deadline for applications; 13 May 2015: announcement of the six finalist teams; 2-9 July 2015: workshop in situ; 9 July 2015: public presentation, final jury and prize award

Official website of the competition: brief of the competition, complete file of the site, pictures, rules, FAQ…

Passages competition in Toronto

What?

“Small suburban interventions with multiple impacts”
The multi-billion dollar investment in the expansion and improvement by Metrolinx of Toronto’s public transport system, provides an opportunity to combine a series of small, high-impact interventions with major infrastructure projects. How to design the interaction between the stops of the new LRT lines and local pedestrian routes, incorporating passages to improve urban life in the suburbs?

For whom?

International competition in two phases, open to young professionals and emerging practices in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, urban planning and related disciplines. Each team has to be multidisciplinary and should include, at least, one architect.

Where?

the competition will focus on developing strategic design proposals for two emblematic sites – Palmdale Drive and Agincourt Drive – on the new East Sheppard LRT line.

When?

6 March 2015: registration opens; 30 April 2015: deadline for applications; 13 May 2015: announcement of the six finalist teams; 2-9 July 2015: workshop in situ; 9 July 2015: public presentation, final jury and prize award
Prize

6 selected teams will receive C$1,000 for their participation to the workshop.

After the competition?

The prize-winning team will be retained as a special advisor to Metrolinx’s Chief Design Excellence Officer to advance the design of walking and cycling access to transit stations and corridor rapid transit projects up to a value of $25,000.


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