SLA is part of the winning team for Toronto Quayside Project.
2022.02.28
SLA is the Lead Landscape and Public Space Designers behind the winning proposal for the 12-acre (4.9 hectares) Quayside development in Waterfront Toronto, led by developers Dream Unlimited Corp and Great Gulf Group.
Following a competitive process with four teams, it was on February 15 announced that the Quayside team – consisting of Dream Unlimited Corp and Great Gulf Group, Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen Architects, Alison Brooks Architects, KPMB Architects, Murray Twohig, and SLA – is given the opportunity to develop the prominent site on Toronto’s waterfront.
Highlights from Dream and Great Gulf Group’s winning Quayside proposal include:
— A landmark cultural destination and multi-use arts venue in downtown Toronto that brings together space for the performing arts, Indigenous-centered cultural celebrations, and flexible education spaces.
— New public spaces and parks for all. Including a two-acre (0.8 hectare) urban ‘community forest’ that will provide a network of car-free green spaces for residents and visitors and add social, commercial, and biodiverse amenities to the city,
— An public network designed to be barrier-free and accessible for all ages and abilities.
— A significant 1.2-acre (0.5 hectare) urban farm atop one of Canada’s largest residential mass timber buildings.
— 800+ affordable housing units, more than doubling the affordable housing Waterfront Toronto has brought to the waterfront, with many delivered in the earliest stages to address an urgent need.
— Exemplary low-carbon development and innovations, making Quayside the first all-electric, zero-carbon community at this scale.
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▪ Source: SLA | https://www.sla.dk/news/sla-is-part-of-the-winning-team-for-toronto-quayside-project/
▪ Image Credit: ©Waterfront Toronto / ©SLA
