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LIBERATION AT THE DON
Setting free Riverdale Park’s history through public memory
Scale: 50 ha Type: individual / academic Date: Fall 2020
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The Don Watershed is a hub of heritage features, especially in its lower section. While not all the existing ones are recognized and enlisted, they have the potential to illustrate the impact of 19th century man in the site’s transformation for urban development: the river channeling, the draining of wetlands, landfilling and the construction of vehicular infrastructure such as Don Valley Parkway. These have translated in strains for nature, stablishing its reading as an impervious border and creating continuous degradation such as the loss of the riverbed’s natural morpho dynamics.
The proposal aims to deepen the visitors’ connection to the site through public memory: a new interface is proposed where memory, knowledge, proximity, and experience are main tools in this layered intervention.
Interpretative path | Path adapts alongs the site’s heritage, unveiling a new reading and understanding.
