P.O.R.T PROJECT ON REVITALIZING TORONTO
POSTED ON: 06.01.2006
WXY collaborated with six other firms including Snohetta, Sasaki, nARCHITECTS, H3, Balmori, Joe Lobko, and Halcrow Yolles, for this competition to renew the Toronto central waterfront.The team was a combination of talented architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning firms who worked together to design several piers, slips, and new public spaces for the Toronto riverfront.
POSTED ON: 06.01.06
The collaboration between the seven firms yielded design ideas that emulate the diversity of the Toronto community, allowing a new experience at each stop along the waterfront.The overall approach was rooted in three fundamental ideas: the city's connection to the lake; the power of weather; and the importance of gestures at different urban scales.
POSTED ON: 06.01.06
POSTED ON: 06.01.2006
This design for Yonge Street Terminal created by WXY features a cantilevered pier jutting into the water to provide city-goers with panoramic views of the Central Harbor and the Islands. On the same trajectory as Yonge Street, the extension of a new pier allows the construction of a set of ferry slips as well as the symbolic extension of the longest street in the world.
POSTED ON: 06.01.2006
Certain elements such as a wave-energy trellis interact and move with the rhythms and measures of the changing climate. Continuing with the team's all-weather approach, a primeval pine forest facing the city and a glass-roofed winter garden provide year-round greenery. These architectural features add a new, iconic element to the city and a center of activity at the foot of one of Toronto's most important streets.
POSTED ON: 05.18.2006
NEWS:
WXY's collaborative project P.O.R.T. with nARCHITECTS, Balmori, H3, Snohetta, Joe Lobko, Halcrow Yolles, Sasaki is published in nARCHITECTS' first monograph DD Design Documents Series_29, nArchitects.For more information about the book click here.
POSTED ON:12.17.2008
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P.O.R.T.'s design for the Toronto Waterfront Competition is presented on the Official Website for WATERFRONToronto.To read more click here.
POSTED ON:05.14.2007
NEWS:
The P.O.R.T. team's entry to the Toronto Waterfront Competition receives strong viewer support. Competition stats were presented in the Toronto Star.To read more click here.
POSTED ON: 05.27.2006
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P.O.R.T. is officially announced as a finalist for the Toronto Waterfront Competition.POSTED ON: 05.16.2006
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P.O.R.T.'s design is featured in The Globe and Mail (May 13, 2006) in the article "Designers float visions of waterfront to the public."To read more click here.
POSTED ON: 05.13.2006
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Toronto Waterfront competition entires are unveiled. The Toronto Star introduces entries in the article "Harbour of Our Dreams."To read more click here.
POSTED ON: 05.13.2006
NEWS:
Five international design teams including P.O.R.T. visited Toronto as the Waterfront Competition begins. The teams face several design complications as they attempt to revive the city's waterfront. The Toronto Star presents the discussion in the article "Mission Impossible on the Waterfront."To read more click here.
POSTED ON: 03.31.2006
NEWS:
The Toronto Waterfront Competition begins underway and the teams are announced in the Globe and Mail (March 20, 2006) under the article "Seeking Design on the Edge."To view the official announcement from the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation click here.
To view the article in Globe and Mail click here.