Studio Projects
At the School of Urban and Regional Planning, undergraduate and graduate students gain practical experience and valuable career insights while working with community-based clients.
Below are just a few examples of exceptional student work. For more information on studio projects that relate specifically to faculty members’ research, please visit Research centres and labs.
Developing an Interpretive Tree Story Map: The Story of the Tree Team (external link)
We are a team of six graduate students in the Master of Planning in Urban Development program at the School of Urban and Regional Planning. As part of our degree, we have the opportunity to put theory into practice through project-based experiential learning studios for community-based clients over a 12-week period.
Planning for Complete Communities
In 2016, a team of undergraduate students supervised by faculty member Jaclene Begley worked with TMU's CBI for the studio class City Building: Planning for Complete Communities.
WET INFRASTRUCTURE: Building Blue and Green for Resilience
Climate change has increased the frequency and severity of storms throughout Ontario, contributing to overwhelmed stormwater systems and greater risks of urban flooding.
A People’s Plan for the Don Valley River Park
The People’s Plan presents a vision for a 500-acre riverfront park on the banks of the Don River to embrace the potential to reconnect Toronto to the Don River Valley.
Toronto’s Cultural Landscape Guide
Students developed comprehensive guides that outlined various forms and sites of cultural heritage that exist in Toronto across temporal and spatial scales.
RAVINE XING: A Landscape Connectivity Plan for Toronto’s Ravine System
Students built on a master planning and design project undertaken by Evergreen Brick Works, ARC Solutions, The City of Toronto, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) that focuses on developing landscape infrastructural design solutions for long-term sustainability and resiliency.
Planning for Sustainable Communities
Undergraduate students participated in a studio class that was designed to provide an advanced understanding of the theory and practice of planning for sustainable communities.
Encouraging the Development of Rental Housing
Professor Steven Webber supervised a team of graduate students who partnered with York Region’s Human Services Planning Board (HSPB) to conduct research on rental housing.