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9 May, 2013
Discover the Green Line event in photos
Workshop Architecture organized the Green Line competition and the event on May 4 with the Davenport Neighbourhood Association and a number of sponsors including: Canada Council for the Arts, Astley Gilbert Ltd. and the Ontario Association of Architects. See images of the event here:
→ Launch Photo Gallery
→ Download Photos
Workshop Architecture’s new website created by Backyard Design is now live:
→ workshoparchitecture.ca or
→ publicworkshop.ca
4 May, 2013
Share your thoughts on the Green Line, complete an online survey
Together the 77 competition entries show the amazing potential for the hydro corridor as a “Green Line”. The ideas proposed will not be built—not even the winners—but they are meant to start a dialogue between the decision-makers and the people who live, work or study nearby about the possibility of a unified Green Line.
Please share your thoughts on the future of the Green Line by completing a short survey here: Click to take the survey
4 May, 2013
Here is the full Green Line winner list:
Competition A: Green Line Vision
First place: Gabriel Wulf, student ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Second place: Windmill Developments & Susan Speigel Architect (Toronto, ON)
Third place: Antti Auvinen, student Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland)
Competition B: Green Line Underpass Solution
Astley Gilbert first place prize: Brown & Storey Architects (Toronto, ON)
Second place: Janet Rosenberg & Studio (Toronto, ON)
→ For more info see the press package here (zip, 95.8MB)
4 May, 2013
Winners announced for Green Line Ideas Competition!
Competition B, first place went to local architects Brown and Storey—designers of Yonge-Dundas Square—who proposed a simple and beautiful solution to the underpass crossings that improve safety and double as a public art platform.
For Competition A, first place was awarded to Gabriel Wulf, an architecture student studying in Switzerland—who came to Toronto for the announcements! Gabriel envisions the Green Line as a cycling and pedestrian artery connecting Toronto neighbourhoods that would each keep their individual characteristics.
13 April, 2013
DISCOVER THE GREEN LINE
Discover the Green Line at a free community event on Saturday, May 4 from 1
to 5pm in Geary Avenue Parkette (north of Dupont at Ossington).
→ See the poster for more info (pdf)
3 April, 2013
SCOTIABANK CONTACT
See info about the Green Line photo exhibit on CONTACT’s website:
→ www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com
21 March, 2013
THE GREEN LINE ENTRIES ARE ONLINE!
Check out the Green Line competition entries. On May 4 we’ll announce the jury’s selection at a community event in Geary Avenue Parkette (north of Dupont St at Ossington Ave). Come to the event to share your thoughts on the entries and the future of the Green Line.
19 February, 2013
COMPETITION CLOSED
We received 78 entries to the Green Line Ideas Competition in total! 64 for Competition A and 14 for Competition B. Thanks to all of you who submitted. The jury will meet in March and the winners will be announced at a live event on May 4 (stay tuned for info about this) and at this website soon afterwards.
9 January, 2013
QUESTION PERIOD CLOSED
The question period for the Green Line Ideas Competition is now closed. See here for competitors' questions and the organizer's answers:
→ Q&A (pdf)
4 January, 2013
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The deadline to submit to the Green Line Ideas Competition has been extended to February 11.
Also, a pdf version of Map A has been added to the files available to download here:
→ www.greenlinetoronto.ca/downloads.html
4 January, 2013
GREEN LINE IN THE PRESS
Helena Grdadolnik, the Green Line competition organizer, was interviewed by John Lorinc in the Globe and Mail and by Matt Galloway on CBC Radio's Metro Morning:
→ www.theglobeandmail.com
→ www.cbc.ca
See other press on the Green Line Ideas Competition here:
→ www.spacingtoronto.ca
→ www.blogto.com
→ www.treehugger.com
→ www.thestar.com
→ www.dirt.asla.org
→ www.bdonline.co.uk
→ www.canadianarchitect.com
→ www.canadianinteriors.com
4 December, 2012
Competition now open!
The Green Line Ideas Competition is now open!
Questions are due by January 7. Deadline is February 4.
→ Download the press release (pdf)
28 November, 2012
Competition launch
The Green Line Ideas Competition is launching soon! Come back to greenlinetoronto.ca on December 5. Also, check out Shawn Micallef's stroll of the Green Line at spacing.ca
