Pre-design Roadmap for Highly Complex Urban Development with The Bentway Conservancy

This architectural and urban design proposal is a collaboration with The Bentway, to investigate the significance of place and civic identity at the intersection of radical accessibility and inclusion, social and environmental resilience, and dynamic multi-functional infrastructure to advance the Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan. The Bentway leads a creative movement to re-imagine the hybrid possibilities of the Gardiner highway and a growing “under-Gardiner corridor” of connective public spaces, active transportation routes, intersections, and transit routes. The project includes multiple tracks of research and development, related to site-specific and corridor-wide design and feasibility studies, that directly impact The Bentway’s role as a delivery agent of civic projects on behalf of the City of Toronto. The work done in collaboration with the researcher and partner institution will lay a new foundation for how we collectively improve the conditions of the Gardiner Expressway and adjacent land parcels for the generations to come, as well as outline strategies for innovative civic and partner engagement in design processes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Terri Peters

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Partner:

The Bentway Conservancy

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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