Stories in the Making: Transforming the Toronto Waterfront

As part of the Spring Research Convention for Quality in Canada’s Built Environment, a national ongoing research project, (external link)  the Department of Architectural Science will host an exhibition of student work in the Paul H Cocker Gallery on April 30 - May 2nd. There will be work on display from the Fall 2024 Master of Architecture Studio “System City”, which explored opportunities for the radical reimagining of the Toronto Waterfront and included study tours of Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin. Further, the exhibition will also review how the East Bayfront Precinct has evolved over the past twenty years, since the publication of its master plan in 2005. There will also be an exhibition of physical models from the Winter 2025 Collaborative Studio. This year, the Collaborative Studio partnered with The Bentway as the community partner to explore the potential for expanding the definition of design excellence in the built environment to include critical issues such as accessibility, equity, well-being, and inclusion, specifically in the context of Toronto’s waterfront. For the full program of the 2025 Convention, running April 30th to May 2nd in Toronto see here (external link) .