Faculty Research / Collaborations
The Department of Architectural Science (DAS) supports and inspires critical thinking, excellence, and innovation in the built environment with a robust culture of scholarly, research and creative activities. Learn more about our expertise at individual bio pages for DAS professors, on the Faculty research page, and with the project highlights below.
The Banff Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion
Seven Toronto Met professors will draw the plans reconstructing Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of the Banff Pavilion. For 25 years, the pavilion stood on the bank of the Bow River, a testament to Prairie style and social functionality. However, after over two decades of detrimental freezing and flooding, it was demolished. The site stood vacant and unpurposed for the next 78 years, until a team of Toronto Metropolitan University professors entered a bid in the FLW Revival Initiative.
Faculty: Prof. Hitesh Doshi, Dr. Zaiyi Liao, Dr. Albert Smith, Dr. Paul Poh, Prof. Yew-Thong Leong, Dr. Kendra Schank Smith, Dr. Ramani Ramakrishnan
ECOstudio
ECOstudio is a collaboration between students and faculty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Architectural Science, and the Ted Rogers School of Management. ECOstudio’s mission is to address the need for affordable, sustainable mid-rise urban housing through research, design and prototyping.
Students: Jamie Fine, Matthew Ferguson, Danilo Yu, Brandon Wilbur, Joshua Goodfield, Tamoril-Dembeck Kerekes, Cristina Mazza
Faculty: Prof. Cheryl Atkinson, Dr. Alan Fung, Dr. Phil Walsh
Endeavour Team Members (project partners): Chris Magwood, Shane MacInnes, Jen Feigin
Carrot City Canada
Carrot City Canada, a collaboration between students and faculty that explores how the design of cities, landscapes, buildings and gardens has been enabling the production of food in Canadian cities. By examining the intersection between urbanism, design and food, the exhibit demonstrates how design can be used to bring healthy food systems closer to home, showcasing projects and objects that challenge the urban-rural and form-function dichotomies.
Students: Please refer to the Carrot City Canada website for a full listing.
Faculty: Dr. June Komisar, Dr. Mark Gorgolewski, Dr. Joe Nasr, Vera Straka, Dr. Leila Marie Farah
Other Support: Sophie Augurusa, Frank Bowen, Samantha Chow, Prachi Khandekar, Noémie Monnier, Leo Roytman
