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/ Wildlifes Lives Matters
Riverdale Park is divided into two pieces by the DVP(Don Valley Parkway), Bayview Avenue, and railway. These traffic infrastructures completely divide the natural area and ravine. And, wildlife usually lives on both sides of rivers and move along rivers. Traffic infrastructures block wildlife migration and movement routes, causing roadkill, especially in highways and express that are much wider than roads and faster speed for driving.
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The roadkill affects not only the life of wildlife but also the safety of drivers. A statistics report presented that there are 10% of vehicle accidents happened due to wildlife crossing, and 14 thousand wildlife collisions happened each year in Ontario. As a result, the project aims to reduce roadkill around Riverdale park and to ensure the safety of drivers.
Location: Riverdale Park, Toronto
Professors: Peter North, Behnaz Assadi, Elnaz Sanati
Project Annual / Level: 2020, MLA
Studio Design
Site Issue
High Frequency of Roadkills
Wildlife Flow in the Site
Design Strategies
Flow of Water
Flow of Humans
Flow of Wildlifes
Detail Design
Perspective
