Toronto Waterfront - Ferry boat Terminal
Jack Layton was a visionary Canadian leader who still embodies a spirit of hope, optimism, community and democracy. We envisioned the Jack Layton City Terminal Park as a meeting and transit place where the city meets Lake Ontario. It is also the place where residents and visitors can access the lake from Union Station. This is a key step that currently is a missing link and should be a continuous pedestrian experience since the development of the central portion of the lake front to the eastern part of the site. This site is also a passage from the city to the island (Toronto island) and vice versa.
The framework of the masterplan and the elements proposed for the design of this project represent a strategy that will be developed and committed in particular in a kind of extensive process of reflection, engaging all the actors of the project.
This Jack Layton City Terminal Park project is defined by three founding elements that we have developed through an intense process of reflection, research and consultation.
Rebuild the city to the water and its coast and the island of Toronto to its city. Create unity through diversity and simplify complexity.
Model
credits
Architects: Clément Blanchet Architecture
Client: Waterfront Toronto City
Nature of the operation: Idea competition
Realised in: 2015
Site: Jack Layton Waterfront, Toronto, Canada
Program: Ferry boat terminal
Budget: NA
team composition
Architects: RVTR, Scott Torrance
Landscape: Batle I Roig