Spadina ReShift
Team
Name: Hussain Alharbi
Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Institution / Company: N/A
Name: Brent Haynes
Nationality: Canadian
Institution / Company: N/A
Name: Lucas Rebelo
Nationality: Brazilian
Institution / Company: N/A
Name: Andrew Lee
Nationality: Canadian
Institution / Company: N/A
-HONOURABLE MENTION of Street of Tomorrow Competition
Investing in motorized vehicle transit within dense urban locations has consequently resulted in the depreciation of pedestrian friendly forms of transportation, while limiting safe and active public realms. This proposal looks at the idea of transforming existing large vehicle corridors within cities by treating them as a canvas to create publicly active environments that enhances the character, commerce, and function of its urban setting. This approach of urban design and street transformation utilizes site specific characteristics to inform spatial and architectural typologies.
The project looks at implementing this approach to Spadina Avenue, a vehicle artery downtown Toronto cutting through Chinatown on both sides. Characteristics of Chinatown now spill into a street that has been designed as a permanent ‘Street Market’ or Bazaar, putting a focus on leisure, shopping, and eating. Pagodas, and mobile canteens house a variety of venues; spaces in between include street art, parks/parkettes, and cutting down the middle is the existing streetcar line visually depicted as a dragon in celebration of the local culture.
By shifting the priority of how streets function, there is an opportunity to create enhanced and vibrant urban arteries that consequently provide better spaces for the city and its inhabitants.
#Slowmobility #Travelheritage #UrbanRegeneration #PublicSpace #SharedMobility
