Category: Public Space
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Slicing through history
Second World War bunker in the Netherlands was turned into a sculptural attraction by slicing it down the middle to reveal its insides. The bunker is part of a 20-year masterplan begun in 2000 to transform the Dutch Waterline into a national park.
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Hamilton Marathon
Several Sundays ago I ran the Hamilton Marathon. Thousands of runners and I gathered together and raced on roads that were dedicated and designed for cars yet became the grounds for human movement. Starting at the top of the escarpment and ending at the edge the waterfront, the total distance was 42.2 kilometres. The reason…
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Expressive Skies
On a recent trip to Paris, architecture editor Lauren Grieco captures an epic image of the Eiffel Tower taking center stage after the rain dissipates across the horizon.
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Trick-or-Treat
What I love most about Halloween is how my neighbourhood transforms itself from a suburban area into a spooky cemetery full of ghostly ghouls. This house always goes all out with the decorations to scare the local children. Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!
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Ai Wei Wei – Bicycles Forever at Nuit Blanche Toronto
Nuit Blanche is an evening when the streets of Toronto come alive. From sunset to sunrise, pockets of the city are filled with modern and contemporary art from around the world. This year, my journey thorough the extensive maze began at one end of the city and finished in the center of the action. Video…
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Light is Falling
28.280 is a massive vertical installation by Vancouver-based designer Omer Arbel. Located in the main atrium of the Victoria and Albert Museum for the 2013 London Design Festival, the exhibition features lighting by Canadian design brand Bocci. The intent of the installation is twofold; On the one hand, it is a pure celebration of the…
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TIFFing in Toronto
For 10 days in September, Toronto becomes ‘Hollywood North’. Celebrities flock to the city premiering their latest films in hopes of creating some Oscar buzz. For a veteran of the scene, the Toronto International Film Festival is more like a marathon of screenings and epic long lines. With over 40 celebrities in attendance, star gazing…
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Yarn Bombed Train by Olek
“Yarn bombing”—also known as guerrilla knitting and yarn storming—is a type of street art that involves covering anything from trees to benches in brightly coloured knits. This is the first time that anything as big as a train has been attempted. Stationed in Lodz, Poland, Polish-born, New York-based artist Olek recently worked for two days straight…
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North Korea Exposed
North Korea is not only wonderfully interesting, but also surprisingly accessible. The following photo series showcases a traveler’s week in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Exclusive travel is an understatement here because less than 5000 western tourists visit this Asian country annually. Pristine public spaces and epic monuments capture a mixture of tastes and…
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Arboretum Playground
The National Arboretum Playground, designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean challenges the conventional idea of play environments, featuring giant acorn cubby houses floating in the sky, and enormous Banksia cones nestled on the forest floor. Located in Canberra, Australia, the work takes it’s form from the Arboretum’s 100 forests of rare and endangered trees from around the…
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The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum
The Temporary Andy Warhol Museum designed by LIKEarchitects is a cultural space within a commercial space. It was designed to host the exhibition “Andy Warhol—Icons | Psaier Artworks and the Factory,” which was open between April 11 and July 11 at the Colombo Shopping Mall in Lisbon and included a total of 32 original works by…
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The Stop’s Night Market
Inspired by night markets from around the world, The Stop’s Night Market transformed the alley and parking lot next to Honest Ed’s into a tantalizing feast for the senses. This year’s event provided a mash‐up of Toronto’s best street food and art, offering Torontonians a unique chance to experience Honest Ed’s iconic space like they’ve…
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Custom Road Signs
The Road Sign Project is a production of Centre3 for Print and Media Arts in Hamilton, Ontario, presented in partnership with Atelier Imago in Moncton, New Brunswick. The two art centres each invited artists to create road signs that incorporated the vernacular and syntax of email and text messaging. The initiative served two goals: to…
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Sacred Spaces
This body of work explores the idea that great buildings create an experience of beauty and space that takes us to a place of personal sanctuary. These images of public space interiors call the viewer to feel their harmony of space, form, line and light. This combination of qualities is what photographer David Simmonds calls…
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Resonance
On May 28th, protests over the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park located in Istanbul, Turkey arose when 50 environmentalist publicly expressed their objection to the replacement of the space with the reconstruction of the historic Taksim Military Barracks and a potential shopping mall.
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A Quick Dip
Shot from doorless helicopters from around the world, the collection looks at a diverse range of swimming pools and how it can become a blank canvas for a new world of art.
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An Ant’s View
Taken from Wellington Station in New Zealand, photographer Catherine De Vries captures the street scape as a journey, traveling along the pedestrian access ways.
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Pop-Up Hotel
Dutch firm pink cloud has proposed a solution to the existing vacant office space located in high urban areas as a result of the recession. Using a kit of parts, the infrastructure of old towers can be transformed into a series Pop-Up hotels providing tourist with a diverse set of accommodations across the urban metropolitan.…
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Colour in the Streets
In a city as vibrant as Toronto it seems like the most dynamic elements of public space are hidden away from view.
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Kitchen Table Landscapes
Luke Evans has traveled the world from his kitchen table by exploring the visual qualities of common household materials: shaving foam, glycerine, flour, bricks, and more.
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Pan Am / YMCA Recreation Facility
Toronto-based firm, MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA), is part of a large integrated team responsible for the recreation centre and training facility that will form part of Toronto’s 2015 Pan Am Games Athlete’s Village. The program includes a sports medicine clinic, fitness centre, pool, and ancillary athletic and wellness facilities. The building design balances the…
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Parkour!
Practitioners of parkour challenge their minds and bodies creating freedom of movement; paths defined by city planners are erased and a concrete playground is established, presenting and re-presenting unique ways of using living, social and commercial spaces.
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One Yonge by Hariri Pontarini Architects
One Yonge by Toronto-based firm Hariri Pontarini Architects will be a mixed-use development that re-defines the typical ration between residential, commercial and retail space within a single city block. Located on the longest street in North America, this proposed landmark will comprise of six new buildings, and the re-cladding and addition of 10 storeys to…
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Edmonton Eskimos Field House and Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre
Toronto-based firm Maclennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects have designed the Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre. The project is a joint-use partnership between the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club; combining football operations, stadium programming, and a recreation centre. The facility adaptively reuses the 1978 stadium fitness centre and connects these usergroups over 4 stories through…
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A Golden Stadium
New renderings reflect the latest design for the Golden State Warriors Stadium. Situated along the San Francisco waterfront the public space now occupies 50% of the site allowing for more amenities and access to the harbour.
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Sentinels on the Rise
Located deep in the Vancouver’s Pacific park are the remains of seven ‘Sentinels’. Hand picked by creative studio Dear Human, these grand Douglas firs were cut down over a century ago.
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Captured Moments in Thailand
Thailand is known for its great food, tropical climate and vibrant culture. Its diverse landscape attracts a variety of visitors because you can find almost anything there.
Richelle Sibolboro 