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Dencity
Aldo Barajas//Alexa Miranda//Brianne Moreno//Chase Conk
A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR: URBAN DESIGN IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST
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CONTENTS
PHASE ONE
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Readings
Precedent Studies
Significant Trends
PHASE TWO
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Regional + Site Inventory
Site Investigation
PHASE THREE
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Vision
Site Strategies
Districts
Studio Culture + Process
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Investigation + Inventory + Exploration
PHASE ONE
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READINGS
//ANITA BERRIZBEITI
Re-placing Process
Seasonal Landscape
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SILVER MAPLE
RED OAK
WEEPING WILLOW
WINTER
SPRING
GREEN SPACES
CONNECTIONS
RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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SUMMER
FALL
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Landscape (Sub)Urbanism
LANDSCAPE (SUB)URBANISM RICHARD WELLER
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EMBRACING PARADOXIAL/CHAOTIC SCENARIOS
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dangers of scale
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//ROBERT L. THAYER, JR.
The Word Shrinks, The World Expands
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POST OIL-PEAK WORLD
SCENARIOS // SYSTEMS OF TRADE
IMPLICATIONS Shipping
Travel
UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL TRADE
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//MICHAEL POLLAN
Second Nature
Second Nature
Michael Pollan
WOODBINE
NORTH OF WOODBINE RESIDENTS
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An average house takes up 400 SQ. FT. of LAWN
more houses = more lawns = less space 14//
DOWNTOWN TORONTO
APARTMENT BUILDING OF RESIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO
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An average apartment complex takes up 4,000 SQ. FT. of LAWN
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PRECEDENT STUDIES
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The Water’s Edge Promenade and Simcoe Wave Deck Water’s Edge Promenade is a street on the edge of Toronto’s urban fabric and Lake Ontario. This site conveys the potential of industrial brown field sites to be envisioned as new destinations to serve public programming. The promenade enages the edge of Toronto’s East Bayfront, bordered by downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario, in order to provide access to the water’s edge in a celebrated pedestrian context. It is part of a larger masterplan actively being applied to Toronto’s Waterfront to increase civic space and underused sites.
Morphology Precedent Studies
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The Simcoe Wavedeck is one of multiple artistically articulated docks that provide a unique take on function and use. The Wavedeck is part of the Waterfront masterplan to spark the use of underused spaces to seek out improved function and programming opportunities. Originally a basic lakeside dock, the Wave-deck was conceived through forms that are inspired by the local context surrounding Toronto. Both Canadian cottages and Lake Ontario’s shoreline served as inspiration for the forms produced through West 8’s design of the Simcoe Wavedeck. It is a popular site along Toronto’s waterfront with its whimsical form and diverse range of pedestrian uses.
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//THE ALLY
THE DISTILLERY DISTRICT LOCATION: 55 Mill st., Toronto ON MSA 3C4 Canada SIZE: 13 acres PROGRAM: modernly historic, distillery district PROJECT BY: Cityscape Holdings Inc. industrial victorian-era with a modern interior formerly known as the Goodham and Worts Distillery, created for trade of coal, wheat, and the production of alcohol. Contains 10 streets within the distrct. It was the largest ditillery in the world in 1860 and became a National Historic Site of Canada
1811 wide beachfront with a meadow
1813 “merchanists’ shipyard” becomes established due to an invasion in York
1830 the railway begins to merge into the roadways, due to an endowment for the Toronto Hospital
WOODBINE
THE DISTILLERY DISTRICT
1835 the land is subdivied into lots for merchants
1855 cattle byers become residence as they use the slopes for distilling
1858 Gooderham’s wharf becomes a coal, wheat and distillery industry. The railroad passes through the south of the distillery for trade cargo. //23
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//The Square-Park
SUGAR BEACH, HTO PARK AND NATREL POND
Sugar beach is a 2 acres piece of land that contains three different components that break up the area -- a waterfront beach, urban plaza, and a tree-lined promenade. On the beach front, there are light pink umbrellas, which is one element the beach is known for. Sugar Beach lays across form the Redpath Sugar factory, which gives off a sweet smell. Viewing the beach from a certain point, the sugar factory lies as the background and with the pick umbrellas and gives off a surreal look.
Location: Foot of Lower Jarvis Street Size: 8500 square metres (2 acres) Shoreline Frontage: 225 metres Number of Trees: 57 Beach Chairs & Umbrellas: 150 chairs, 36 umbrellas Opening Day: August 9, 2010
the Redpath Sugar factory is an old building that is used to store sugar. Since 1979 Redpath has had a museum within the building with exhibits that show the process of refining sugar and the making of sugar products
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Urban Plaza Within the urban plaza lays two oversized granite rocks that have candy colored stripes on them to make the space more fun and whimsical. Strategically placed, the rocks will serve as informal seating, play, and a gathering space.
Tree-Lined Promenade This tree lined promenade runs diagonally through the space, breaking it up and blurring the boundaries between eh beach and the plaza.
The Beachless Beach Part of the design strategy was to improve the waterfront and for the beach and plaza to be handicap accessible. To accomplish this, a small boardwalk was installed level with the sand. A lounge chair and the iconic pink umbrella stands on top, making it accessible to anyone.
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LOCATION: Toronoto’s central waterfront community PROGRAM: Urban Plaza and Parks DESIGN TEAM: Janet Rosenberg + Associates Landscape Architects, Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagistes & Hariri Pontarini Acrhitects - Used to be a very heavy industrial site. - Waterfront real estate skyrocketed. - Polluted industrial wasteland. - Remediation of contaminated brown-field. - HtO park was complete in June 2007 as Toronto’s way of reclaiming the waterfront. - The site was covered with layers of clean dirt, resulting in the parks terrain. - The parks green spaces are irrigated from Lake Ontario, saving the city money and good drinking water. - Along the waters edge and throughout the inlet, fish habitats are restored and supported by reefs made from recycled concrete.
Sugar Beach
1.74 kilometers HTO Park
Netral Pond
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Streets
HTO
Parks
HTO
Waterfront
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//The Unique
AGA KHAN MUSEUM LOCATION: north-east of downtown. PROGRAM: museum of islamic art. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Vladimir Djurovic ARCHITECT: Fumihiko Maki Aga Khan Museum, designed by architect Fumihiko Maki and landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic, house cultural and historical art collected by the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
LAND BOUGHT FROM SHELL CORPORATION (2002)
BUILDING ADJACENT WAS ALSO PURCHASED BATA SHOE HEAD OFFICE (2002)
AGA KHAN MUSEUM ANNOUNCED -- BATA SHOE HEAD OFFICE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY (2007) THE MUSEUM OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2014
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Juxtaposition The facade of the museum is extremely obscure -- the converging plans clash together to make an unpredictable form. The starkness of the material aids the dynamism by creating heavy contrast with surrounding elements.
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The idea of heavy contrast makes this architectural marvel a very interesting one -- but interesting isn’t enough. There becomes a sense of disinterest because the museum does not engage the same rhythm the surrounding landscape expresses.
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Dynamism using contrast The converging planes of the architecture is an element that many find amusing and entertaining, but it turns somewhat into a distraction from the actual content and intent of the design which hinders design integrity. However, because it is accepted and appreciated by so many people, it continues to be an extremely unique component of Toronto.
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TRENDS
BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATIONS + INFLUENCE
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REGIONAL TRENDS Toronto is a city that is exploding with develop-ment and population growth. The land within the city is rapidly being built out to accomodate for the growing population. The city is no longer able to expand horizontally and must therefore expand vertically, nding new ways to accomo-date population growth in a limited amount of spa space. These two trends in Toronto have innuenced the current organiztion and planning of the city with high density downtown areas with fast amounts of high rises. This world in Toronto of high density landscapes with a massive population have already been put in place TORONTO and will continue to as land is reclaimed and built upon to allow for futher verticality to a accmomodate more poeple in the city vertically instead of horizontally. The good thing about this scenario is that undeveloped land around Toronto stays protected, but the urban core of the city is becoming very dense that most of it is shaded and is difficult to escape the city.
Regional Trends Scenario
Dense City Accessible Empty Sprawl
Patches Empty Sprawl
Dense City Accessible Layers of Urban Scale Diverse Space Verticality
Vast Urban Sprawl Horizontal IneďŹƒciency
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FOOD TRENDS
Food Trends Vegan foods Dessert foods Pubs & Breweries Food trucks (summer)
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Investigation + Mapping + Vision
PHASE TWO
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INVENTORY
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DENSITY IN TORONTO
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DENSITY IN TORONTO
DENSITY IN TORONTO
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POTENTIAL DENSITY
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THE SITE
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INTENSITY OF THE HORSE
old Woodbine grand stand
1970’s skyline
standardbred racing former railroad lands CN tower, 3rd largest tower in the world
thoroughbred racing
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FIELD TRIP TO WOODBINE
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Potential + Oppertunities
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TORONTO TAKEAWAYS
destinations
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density- vertical expansion
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INVESTIGATION
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POTENTIAL CAPACITY
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DEFINING THE GRAIN - DENCITY
Defining the Grain-Dencity
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URBAN TYPOLOGIES
Toronto
Portland
Los Angeles
Barcelona
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TYPOLOGY
VISUAL ASPECTS
VIEW
Terminus as generator of movement
Quadrilateral - as by geometry
Sequence of intensification
The axis unifying elements such as movement, use, and vision
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DENCITY ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES DENSITY ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES
5m
30m
65m
33m
26m
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5m
36m 5m
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36m
30m
50m
50m
40m
30m
NOT TO SCALE*
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massing
-6m
green corridor
depression
-3m
0m
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+3m 0m
+3m
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depression -3m
depres
green corridor
620,000 sq m
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TOPOGRAPHY AGAINST DENSITY
massing massing
-6m
depression -3m
+3m
ssion
0m +3m
0m
0m
-3m
+3m
meters
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MIDTERM MASTER PLAN
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SECTIONS
A-A
B-B
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VISIONS OF A DENSE CITY
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WE BELIEVE WOODBINE CAN BE A MODEL THAT USES SCALE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE WHICH WILL HELP IN ANCHORING THIS REGION OF TORONTO.
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Vision + Master Plan
PHASE THREE
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dense(ity) - the degree of compactedness of a substance.
dense + city -
city of the future.
walkability, efficiency, locality
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VISION
To establish Woodbine as the downtown of the future for this region of Toronto by generating experiences through the variations in density, intensity, and scale.
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GOALS: 1. Engage Human experience across multiple scales 2. Use intensity through program in landscape 3. Maximize density and open space 4. Utilize layers to create density through connection
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SITE STRATEGIES
PROPOSED PROGRAM
HWY
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Humber College Rexdale Blvd
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PROPOSED PROGRAM
PRIMARY SITE CONNECTIONS Major Streets
Maxed out at 50 meter building height
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SITE CAPACITY Potential Vertical expansionToronto Dense/Walkable Cities
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HWY
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Humber College
Rexdale
FWY
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PRIMARY SITE CONNECTIONS Major Streets
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SECONDARY SITE CONNECTIONS Minor Streets Creating Parcels/Lots City Studies
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ESTABLISHING DISTRICTS Massing Core Density at Track Example of Waterfront/City
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DEFINING GRAIN OF PARCELS Density through grain Mass vs Void Streets, Alleys, Plazas,
PARCEL
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OPEN SPACE CONNECTIONS Provide big open space to complement dense massing Establish links in dense city Allow for future growth Green sinks Connect to green corrdiors
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THE INTENSITY OF PROGRAM
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Humber River
27 Y4
FW
DENCITY MASTER PLAN
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Rex
dal
eB lvd
7 Y2
HW //99
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DISTRICTS
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DISTRICTS
Humber Greens
Core Distr
Woodbine
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rict
Rex
dal
eB lvd
Transit Hub
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TRANSIT HUB
Rex
dal
eB lvd
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TRANSIT HUB DIAGRAM
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TRANSIT HUB PLAN TRANSIT HUB PLAN
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TRANSIT HUB
HOTE RETAIL/ OFFICE RETAIL/ OFFICE
OFFICE / RETAIL
TRANSIT HUB SECTION Pyrus calleryana
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Betula x caerulea
LRT Station
CASINO
EL OFFICE / RETAIL/ RESIDENTIAL
RETAIL/ RESIDENTIAL
GROVE OF TREES
LRT STATION
Office / Retail
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ber River
CORE DISTRICT
Rex
dal
eB lvd
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CORE DISTRICT PLAN CORE DISTRICT PLAN
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CORE DISTRICT DIAGRAM
CORE DISTRICT DIAGRAM
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CORE DISTRICT VISION
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WOODBINE FRONT
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Rex
dal
eB lvd
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AM
WOODBINE FRONT DISCOVERY DIAGRAM
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WOODBINE FRONT UNIQUE SPACES
WOODBINE FRONT DIAGRAM
SHELTER
OBSERVATION
PLAY
WELCOME SPACE
GATHERING
HORSE INTERACTION
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WOODBINE FRONT PLAN WOODBINE FRONT PLAN
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HUMBER GREENS
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Density applied in open space
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form
function
mounds
connection
forest
ravine
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humber greens through density
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Humber Greens Plan
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greem corridor
seasonal program space elevated walkway ravine forest
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meadow promenade
trail connections
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5m 10
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Humber Greens Program
meadow/ meadow/gathering gathering
water/ water/seasonal seasonal
view deck/plaza view deck/ plaza "
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promenade/street promenade/street
forest/adventure forest adventure
ravine/drainage ravine/drainage
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to Woodbine Front to Woodbine Front
Humber Greens Drainage Strategy
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Humber Greens Section
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Section A-A
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Aldo Barajas; Chase Conk Brianne Moreno; Alexa Miranda
TORONTO
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