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Year: 2015

Exploring Rail-Adjacent Development Alternatives

Exploring Rail-Adjacent Development Alternatives
BROWN+STOREY has undertaken an ongoing alternatives study of redevelopment approaches for urban railway corridors, consulting with a variety of partners. Join our conversation on ways of improving the coherence and public value of rail-adjacent sites.
By admin Posted on January 28, 2015 Posted in News

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brownandstorey

A Toronto-based office of architects, landscape architects, and urban designers. We help make modern cities livable.

What does a public washroom owe the city? We thin What does a public washroom owe the city?

We think: more than it’s ever been asked to give.

Our entry for the TO the Loo Toronto public washroom competition wasn’t selected, but the thinking behind it - about dignity, light, disidentification, and what public space can genuinely be - feels too important to leave in a drawer.

Our project was a refusal to treat the washroom as an isolated object of shame, and instead asked: what if it were a gateway? A courtyard-maker? A catalyst for connection between housing, parks, and the street?

What if going to the loo became a genuinely surprising, beautiful, light-filled experience?

The ideas live on. Swipe to see them.

To see the full vision, and the thinking behind it, visit the link in bio.

#Architecture #UrbanDesign #Toronto #publicspace #parkette
From the 2004 archives... Before intensification From the 2004 archives...

Before intensification became a buzzword, we were asking a simpler question on St. Clair Avenue West: what if parking could pay for a piazza?

The Piazzetta Santa Chiara was a prototype we developed for the City of Toronto - a half-below-grade parking structure whose rooftop became a public square. Shaded seating, event space, and a land-bridge connecting to the schoolyard next door. The ground plane, used twice.

It's an idea that still holds up. 

Learn more about the Piazzetta at the link in bio.

Project: Capital Design Strategy, St. Clair Avenue West
Client: City of Toronto, Dept. of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism
Collaborator: Richard Gilbert
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 #Streetscapes #FromTheArchives #UrbanDesign #Toronto #StClairWest #PublicSpace #LandscapeArchitecture #CorsoItalia #StreetscapeDesign #Architecture #parksandrec #publicrealm #parks #urbanism
Today we had the opportunity to attend the Blessin Today we had the opportunity to attend the Blessing of the Villa Charities Italian Canadian Immigrant Tribute Installation where His Eminence, Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, came to the Columbus Centre to bless the Immigrant Tribute donor name plaques.

BSA is proud and honoured to have had the opportunity to work on this meaningful project in collaboration with @villa_charities , which pays tribute to the legacy of Italian Canadian immigrants.
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#VCITributeProject #PublicPlaza #Urbanism #TorontoArchitecture #ArchitectureDesign #UrbanDesign #CulturalDesign #Landscapes #HonourYourFamily #ShareYourImmigrationStory
The unveiling of the Italian Canadian Tribute Wall The unveiling of the Italian Canadian Tribute Wall with @villa_charities opened at the Columbus Centre in Toronto.

BSA is proud and honoured to have had the opportunity to work on this tribute that pays respect to Italian Canadian immigrants.

The tribute includes a large public plaza including new plantings and benches, and features 2000 plaques designed to flutter in the wind.
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#VCITributeProject #PublicPlaza #Urbanism #TorontoArchitecture #HonourYourFamily #ShareYourImmigrationStory
In March 2024, the OAA announced a design competit In March 2024, the OAA announced a design competition that would have architects design a landscape for the headquarters’ and the winner’s design would be implemented. We were tasked with creating a welcoming experience while being conscious of the Don River Watershed nearby.

Despite the fact that we did not win the competition, we are still pleased to share the work on our website https://shorturl.at/EOyyD
Given the near beginning of summer, we would like Given the near beginning of summer, we would like to remind ourselves and the public how important public parks are to small towns and small cities. They are important, and we keep getting nice comments about how popular the @visitchathamkent Kingston Park is as a summer and all-season park and water play venue. 🌞💧

We’re taking the opportunity to show some images as to what role a specific place could be.
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