Five design proposals for the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park in Toronto will be on public display at Toronto City Hall from March 16 to March 20.
The Innovative Design Competition plans, selected from 33 design teams in 12 countries, are also viewable via Waterfront Toronto’s blog.
Christopher Glaisek, vice-president of planning and design for Waterfront Toronto, says the exhibition invites public conversation, which will inform the feedback encouraged via an online survey.
Public comments will eventually be reported to a deciding jury of design professionals and members of the public, including Donald Schmitt, Diamond Schmitt Architects; Claude Cormier, Claude Cormier + Associes; Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Dialog; Pina Petricone, Giannone Petricone Associates; and Sevaun Palvetzian, CivicAction.
Pam McConnell, deputy mayor and city councilor of Ward 28, added that such feedback is essential to the final choice. “The final vision will create both an extraordinary gateway to the Island for residents and visitors,” she says, “as well as an important gathering place that will become the centerpiece of the waterfront.”
The five competing design teams include:
- Clement Blanchet Architecture(Paris) + Batlle I Roig (Barcelona) + RVTR (Toronto and Ann Arbor) + Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. (Toronto)
- Diller Scofidio+ Renfro (New York City), architectsAlliance (Toronto)
- KPMB Architects(Toronto), West 8 (Rotterdam), Greenberg Consultants (Toronto)
- Quadrangle Architects(Toronto), aLLDesign (London), Janet Rosenberg & Studio (Toronto)
- Stoss Landscape Urbanism(Boston), nARCHITECTS (New York City), ZAS Architects (Toronto)
