Portlands Redevelopment

This project seeks to catalyze a new urban ecosystem in Toronto’s industrial portlands. To fuel development, it strikes harmony between competing interest groups: Toronto’s film industry, the TRCA, and Waterfront Toronto. The design constitutes a radical marriage of ecological conservation with high density development, of contemporary and historic architecture, and of private interest with public amenities. To this end, six distinctive districts cater to a variety of programs and zoning while an expansive wetland manages flood waters of the Lower Don River.

Daniels Faculty of Architecture / Fall 2019 / Supervised by Michael Piper + Laura Miller for ARC 2013

Collaborators: Yasmina Parto, Michael Tam + Manzure Yari