One Spadina Crescent / en Star Trek transforms U of T building into futuristic space school /news/star-trek-transforms-u-t-building-futuristic-space-school <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Star Trek transforms U of T building into futuristic space school</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/stst-epi0008-0099bi.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Fi57yE0L 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/stst-epi0008-0099bi.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=FwTuVZ1N 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/stst-epi0008-0099bi.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=e3cHUtso 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/stst-epi0008-0099bi.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Fi57yE0L" alt="Ilmaria Ebrahim as Kima; Sadie Munroe as Lil of the the CBS All Access series Star Trek, Short Treks"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>geoff.vendeville</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-01-22T14:51:01-05:00" title="Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 14:51" class="datetime">Wed, 01/22/2020 - 14:51</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Characters Kima and Lil are pictured in a recent episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, which transformed the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design into a space school (image courtesy of Michael Gibson/CBS/Bell Media) </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/geoffrey-vendeville" hreflang="en">Geoffrey Vendeville</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/architecture" hreflang="en">Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/film" hreflang="en">Film</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina-crescent" hreflang="en">One Spadina Crescent</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The şüŔęĘÓƵ&nbsp;prepares students&nbsp;to boldly go&nbsp;into their chosen field.&nbsp;</p> <p>So perhaps&nbsp;it’s fitting that the makers of <em>Star Trek: Short Treks</em>, a web TV series, shot a recent&nbsp;episode inside One Spadina Crescent,&nbsp;home to U of T’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the episode, which can be streamed on Crave TV, the historic, neo-gothic&nbsp;building&nbsp;– which re-opened to critical acclaim in 2017&nbsp;–&nbsp;is transformed into an extraterrestrial school, where students arrive in a flying shuttle bus and work on 3D screens.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Richard Sommer</strong>, the faculty’s dean, said the building is “very cinematic” and&nbsp;a natural choice for a sci-fi film or one set in the future.&nbsp;</p> <p>“If you look at the architecture of our [design] studio it's very grand. It's among the most interesting large spaces in the city now,” he said.</p> <p>“You see in these shots both a layer of history –&nbsp;you see the brick, the Gothic-shaped windows –&nbsp;but you also see something that alludes to the future.”</p> <p>The <em>Short Treks&nbsp;</em>episode, titled “Children of Mars,” tells the story of two 12-year-old girls, Kima and Lil, who&nbsp;start off at odds&nbsp;but soon set aside their differences when disaster strikes.&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Experience the day enemies became friends.<br> <br> Star Trek: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShortTreks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ShortTreks</a> “Children of Mars” January 9th. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StarTrek</a> <a href="https://t.co/f2vY22gjVZ">pic.twitter.com/f2vY22gjVZ</a></p> — Star Trek (@StarTrek) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1212827710877249543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Those familiar with One Spadina might immediately&nbsp;recognize the 30,000-square-foot design studio&nbsp;with its undulating ceiling and tall windows. In the<em> Star Trek</em> version, holograms float above students' heads. Other parts of the U of T building make an appearance, including a classroom where Lil gets Kima in trouble with their teacher.&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/stst-epi0008-0030bi.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>Another scene from Star Trek: Short Trek's “Children of Mars” episode, which filmed in One Spadina Crescent’s design studio and a classroom (image courtesy of Michael Gibson/CBS/Bell Media)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p> <p>The<em> Star Trek</em> spin-off isn’t the only show that has put One Spadina on screens. Disney came to campus last year to shoot another sci-fi project, the <em>Secret Society of Second-Born Royals</em>, set to come out this year on Disney+.&nbsp;</p> <p>U of T also boasts another connection&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Star Trek</em> universe. Actor and <a href="/news/seen-tv-u-t-grad-changing-channel-representation-film-and-television">r</a><a href="/news/seen-tv-u-t-grad-changing-channel-representation-film-and-television">ecent U of T Mississauga graduate</a><a href="/news/seen-tv-u-t-grad-changing-channel-representation-film-and-television"><strong> George&nbsp;Alevizos</strong></a>&nbsp;landed&nbsp;a small part on <em>Star Trek: Discovery</em> that sparked conversation about the representation of people with disabilities in entertainment.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:51:01 +0000 geoff.vendeville 161905 at U of T's One Spadina Crescent: merging the past with the future /news/u-t-s-one-spadina-crescent-merging-past-future <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">U of T's One Spadina Crescent: merging the past with the future</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-05-08-one-spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jbcNeUm4 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2017-05-08-one-spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Tf8ku2fG 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2017-05-08-one-spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jprdBVfQ 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-05-08-one-spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jbcNeUm4" alt="one spadina"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-05-08T17:41:34-04:00" title="Monday, May 8, 2017 - 17:41" class="datetime">Mon, 05/08/2017 - 17:41</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">“The Globe and Mail” writes about the new home of the şüŔęĘÓƵ’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design (photo by Tom Ryaboi) </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/daniels" hreflang="en">Daniels</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/architecture" hreflang="en">Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina-crescent" hreflang="en">One Spadina Crescent</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/cities" hreflang="en">Cities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/landscape-design" hreflang="en">Landscape &amp; Design</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em>'s Alex Bozikovic&nbsp;calls the new home of the şüŔęĘÓƵ’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design “one of the best Canadian buildings of the past decade.”</p> <p>“Up front, the old Knox College is all Victorian adornment, an array of gables, turrets and lancet arches,” writes Bozikovic, of One Spadina, an&nbsp;1875 building, designed by Smith &amp; Gemmell as a Presbyterian seminary. “But around back it has a very different vibe. A long, flat glass façade pulls in northern light. Green roofs feed on rainwater. Zigzagging concrete forms say, in their own language: Welcome to 2017.”&nbsp;</p> <p>He says the building is “spectacular....rich with arguments about how contemporary architecture, landscape and urbanism can work with history and build the city of the future.”</p> <h3><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/spectacular-new-home-of-u-of-ts-daniels-faculty-merges-past-andfuture/article34906578/">Read more at&nbsp;the <em>Globe&nbsp;</em></a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__4545 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/one-spadina-embed.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> North facing side of One Spadina Crescent (photo by&nbsp;Nic Lehoux)&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 08 May 2017 21:41:34 +0000 ullahnor 107489 at Embracing superarchitecture: U of T researcher on how design can be green and good for our health /news/embracing-superarchitecture-u-t-researcher-how-design-can-be-green-and-good-our-health <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Embracing superarchitecture: U of T researcher on how design can be green and good for our health</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/Terri%20main.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MMUC69dL 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/Terri%20main.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=qnsz9Yka 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/Terri%20main.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=SrnM_b8j 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/Terri%20main.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MMUC69dL" alt> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Romi Levine</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-04-17T11:49:13-04:00" title="Monday, April 17, 2017 - 11:49" class="datetime">Mon, 04/17/2017 - 11:49</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Terri Peters says the natural light at U of T's One Spadina building has "super" qualities (photo by Romi Levine)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/romi-levine" hreflang="en">Romi Levine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Romi Levine</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina-crescent" hreflang="en">One Spadina Crescent</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>şüŔęĘÓƵ post-doctoral researcher <strong>Terri Peters </strong>admires the sunlit graduate studio space on the third floor of the just-renovated One Spadina building – the new home of U of T’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.</p> <p>The large north-facing windows and the numerous skylights brighten the space without the need for artificial light.</p> <p>Peters says this space is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it also has benefits to our well-being.</p> <p>“You’ve got the natural light coming in and there's numerous studies that show increased productivity in day-lit environments,” she says. “Daylight is central to architecture and experience and to energy savings.”</p> <p>Peters is the Daniels faculty’s only post-doctoral researcher. She studies how architecture and design can be used to both improve people’s well-being and be sustainable – calling the design practice “superarchitecture.”</p> <p>“The idea with superarchitecture isn't that our buildings will get better, it's that we get better being in our buildings,” she says. “What if the jeans I was wearing were also toning my thighs and exercising me or my jacket should be charging my phone – all these things in our environment are designed and could be making us better.”</p> <p>Peters<u> <a href="https://daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2017-03-08/terri-peters-explores-design-health-guest-editor-ad-magazine">guest-edited the most recent edition of Architectural Design Magazine</a></u> on the topic of designing for health. Starting next month, she will be researching superarchitecture as a cross-disciplinary initiative between Daniels and the School of the Environment in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science.</p> <p>“U of T has so many different people working on different parts of this puzzle,” she says. “No one discipline can claim all of this territory.”</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__4278 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/active%20house.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>The Centennial Park Active House in Toronto was designed by superkĂĽl</em><em> architects with Great Gulf and Velux Canada. It's an example of how superarchitecture can be used when designing homes, says Peters (photo courtesy of Terri Peters)</em></p> <p>There has&nbsp;been plenty of proof that improving our surroundings – by boosting natural light, adding greenery and plenty of fresh air –&nbsp;makes us feel healthier, says Peters.</p> <p>“I've been gathering the evidence for this stuff. If we can prove it and we can argue it better, maybe it'll become a part of green building.”</p> <p>There are certifications that measure well-being and sustainability, such as&nbsp;the WELL and LEED standards – but there needs to be a more comprehensive system, she says.</p> <p>“There are challenges because fundamentally it should be about taking the existing condition and making it better whereas these green and wellness rating systems are about benchmarks and standards and measurement – they don't compare itself to itself,” says Peters.</p> <p>Toronto is beginning to embrace superarchitecture, she says. <a href="https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architecture/superkul-active-house/1003733874/">The Active House</a> – an experimental home designed by architecture&nbsp;firm superkĂĽl, which is led by U of T instructor <strong>Meg Graham</strong> – is putting these principles into practice.</p> <p>“They're measuring green-ness and health and well-being and they're a bit like demonstration houses – they're not a mainstream way of building but they could be,” says Peters.</p> <p>As these small examples of superarchitecture become more prominent, people will start to see – and feel – the benefits of conscientious design, she says.</p> <p>“As people see it paying off, they’ll want these spaces and environments more – it will take off.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:49:13 +0000 Romi Levine 106829 at Toronto in 2017: U of T cities experts on the year ahead /news/toronto-2017-u-t-cities-experts-year-ahead <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Toronto in 2017: U of T cities experts on the year ahead</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/One%20Spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=fGyYv_vI 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/One%20Spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=dCdSW7eq 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/One%20Spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=FrwQ7i6W 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/One%20Spadina.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=fGyYv_vI" alt="photo of One Spadina"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Romi Levine</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-12-19T17:02:21-05:00" title="Monday, December 19, 2016 - 17:02" class="datetime">Mon, 12/19/2016 - 17:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/romi-levine" hreflang="en">Romi Levine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Romi Levine</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/cities" hreflang="en">Cities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/urban" hreflang="en">urban</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/transit" hreflang="en">Transit</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina-crescent" hreflang="en">One Spadina Crescent</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/mcluhan-centre-culture-technology" hreflang="en">McLuhan Centre for Culture &amp; Technology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/toronto" hreflang="en">Toronto</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">Making Toronto "a stronger, more resilient and more inclusive city”</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>While global events might bring the doom and gloom, it’s Toronto’s chance to shine in 2017, urban experts say.</p> <p>As our skyline continues to evolve, planners and architects are making sure our public and private spaces are livable and sustainable. Researchers are finding better ways to move people around the city – and we’re continuing to prove that our cultural scene can compete on the global stage.</p> <p>So what will move the city forward in the coming year? We asked some of U of T’s most notable city building experts.</p> <p>For President<strong> Meric Gertler</strong>, it’s the dramatic change to the university’s downtown campus &nbsp;– the future home of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design – <a href="/news/toronto-comes-out-support-one-spadina-crescent">One Spadina</a><a href="/news/toronto-comes-out-support-one-spadina-crescent">&nbsp;Crescent</a>.</p> <p>“I just think the transformation that's underway on that piece of land is absolutely breathtaking and profound,” he says. “As Torontonians become familiar with what's happening in that little circle, they're going to get the sense of an amazing transformation and hopefully they'll see it as a very powerful symbol of how the university wants to approach its relationship with the city around us.”</p> <p>Gertler also hopes the City of Toronto will move forward with projects that will help to make the city more livable.&nbsp;</p> <p>“That means we have to get to work on building more spaces for recreation,” he says.&nbsp;“We have to continue to move the needle on cycling and alternative forms of transportation rather than car use while ensuring that transit is adequate to the task.”</p> <p>Public transit has to reach all parts of the city and the surrounding areas to ensure that all residents in the GTA have equal opportunity and access, Gertler&nbsp;says.&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2990 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/StudentMove_2.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"></p> <p><strong>Matti Siemiatycki</strong>, an associate professor of geography and planning at the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science hopes the massive student transportation survey he helped to create – <a href="/news/uoftbts16-u-t-research-student-transportation">StudentMoveTO</a> – will help to improve the GTA’s transportation systems. &nbsp;</p> <p>The survey continues to inspire researchers from across disciplines, he says.</p> <p>“Different groups at the universities [in Toronto]&nbsp;have run in different and interesting ways with the data, ways that I'm not sure we would have predicted,” he says. “U of T's engineering and geography and planning faculties have been doing really ambitious data modelling to understand the relationship between travel and the city. Ryerson faculty and students have done that too. OCAD has pushed the boundaries on the visualizations.”</p> <p>Data from the survey is free to access, providing opportunities for students to get involved, says Siemiatycki.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Students are driving a lot of this because for them, getting access to data is often the key barrier. They have tons of ideas but actually having raw, good-quality, professional grade data is hard for them. And in this case they have it, and they've run in all sorts of amazing directions,” he says.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://www.studentmoveto.ca/">Read the StudentMoveTO survey results</a></h3> <p><strong>Shauna Brail</strong>, associate professor, teaching stream, and the director of the urban studies program at Innis College, is looking to bring U of T’s city-building experts together in one place, with the launch of a communications hub for all things urban at the university.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The hub will be a central place to highlight and connect to the incredibly diverse range of work we do in terms of urban research, teaching and outreach across all three campuses and numerous divisions,” she says. “It will feature guest blogs, a faculty directory&nbsp;and links to programs, policy-relevant research and student-centred engagement initiatives.”</p> <p>Brail, who is the urban affairs adviser to President Gertler, is also involved in a city-led strategy, working together with groups from education, industry and non-profit to find better ways of addressing urban issues like transportation and affordable housing.</p> <p>“The university has teaching and research strengths in essentially all of the areas under study – from data monitoring to social equity – and we have an opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of a plan that can help make Toronto a stronger, more resilient&nbsp;and more inclusive city,” she says. &nbsp;</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2986 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/Paolo.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"></p> <p>Following the success of the first two<a href="/news/u-t-mcluhan-salons-take-classroom-city"> McLuhan salons</a>, <strong>Paolo Granata</strong>, visiting professor and McLuhan Centenary fellow, says he is looking forward to the first salon of the new year, taking place on Jan. 19 at the Toronto Reference Library.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The salons release the energy of new and outrageous ideas, innovative thought,&nbsp;and transformative understanding and action,” he says.&nbsp;</p> <p>Granata would love to see Toronto rise to global cultural significance with a UNESCO Creative City designation. He’s hoping&nbsp;the city will take on the initiative.</p> <p>“The rich diversity of Toronto’s population and its vibrant and ever-growing arts and culture community make it a prime candidate,” he says.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://www.mcluhansalons.ca/mcluhan-salons.html">Find out more about McLuhan Salons</a></h3> <p>Urban studies undergrad and Jackman Humanities Institute fellow <strong>Katerina Mizrokhi </strong>can’t wait for the big cultural events coming to Toronto in 2017. After <a href="/news/u-t-undergrads-find-friendship-mentorship-during-new-york-internship">spending the summer researching New York City’s cultural institutions</a>, she’s bringing her critical eye to Toronto’s art scene.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I hope to see the city thoughtfully frame and contextualize these works against our dynamic but contested cityscape,” she says.&nbsp;</p> <p>A big player in Toronto’s cultural scene, U of T grad <strong>Sara Udow</strong> – one half of the <a href="/news/these-crazy-dames-want-us-rethink-way-we-engage-city">Crazy Dames</a> – encouraged residents to think creatively about introducing laneway housing to the city at an event that took place at Evergreen Brickworks.</p> <p>“In 2017, we will be releasing a summary report from the events that outlines participants concerns, ideas and opportunities that came out of the consultations,” she says.&nbsp;</p> <p>She’ll be spending the coming year travelling to other Canadian cities&nbsp;– from Yellowknife to Vancouver&nbsp;– to spread the world about out-of-the-box city building while also participating in "Growing Conversations" – a City of Toronto project that looks to make Toronto the most engaged city in North America.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:02:21 +0000 Romi Levine 102928 at Toronto comes out to support One Spadina Crescent /news/toronto-comes-out-support-one-spadina-crescent <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Toronto comes out to support One Spadina Crescent</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/daniels_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=-Jejl9xx 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/daniels_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=gf4JqvzP 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/daniels_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=tP9YoJ-m 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/daniels_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=-Jejl9xx" alt="John H. Daniels with Eb and Jane Zeidler"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lavende4</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-11-07T12:26:34-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 12:26" class="datetime">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 12:26</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Left to right: John H. Daniels, Myrna Daniels, President Meric Gertler, MPP Peter Milczyn, Mitchell Cohen of The Daniels Corporation (Photo by John Hryniuk)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/dale-duncan" hreflang="en">Dale Duncan</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Dale Duncan</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina-crescent" hreflang="en">One Spadina Crescent</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/architecture" hreflang="en">Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/cities" hreflang="en">Cities</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In June of 2013, U of T’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design unveiled its plans to transform One Spadina Crescent into a focal point for education, research, and outreach – a centre where students, scholars, artists, and urbanists throughout the city and around world can convene to discuss and debate the most pressing design issues and creative challenges facing society today.</p> <p>Today, with the project well underway and scheduled for completion in 2017, the Faculty hosted an event in the emerging Daniels Building to thank and celebrate the many members of Toronto’s architecture, design, development, business, and philanthropic communities who have come together to support this vision. Their gifts, totaling over $28 million to date, are a testament to the incredible promise of this project, which aims to situate architecture, landscape architecture, art, and urban design among the key disciplines to transform the way we conceive and build cities and other environments in the 21st century, said&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;<strong>Richard Sommer</strong>, the dean of the Daniels Faculty.</p> <p>“Our donors’ generosity will have a profound impact not only on the quality of education and research at the Faculty, but also on our ability to engage communities in the Greater Toronto Area as well as a global network of partners and collaborators,” Sommer said. “Our role is to bring critical new ideas, technical know-how and artistry to the task of imagining and – literally – building a better future.</p> <p>“The new Daniels Building at One Spadina is a physical embodiment of that promise and possibility.”</p> <p>Among the celebrated donors present at today’s event were alumnus and honorary grad&nbsp;<strong>John H. Daniels</strong> and his wife Myrna Daniels, whose historic $24 million donation, $19 million of which was earmarked for the One Spadina project, has been a catalyst for the Faculty’s recent expansion and transformation.</p> <p>“The Daniels Faculty stands out among its peers in North America for its excellence in scholarship and breadth of programming,” said U of T President&nbsp;<strong>Meric Gertler</strong>. “John and Myrna Daniels, and our wider community of alumni and friends, are enabling us to enhance the Faculty’s standing as a world-leading school of architecture, landscape, and design, while contributing to U of T’s growing role as a city-builder in this great urban region. Thanks to your leadership, generosity and commitment, a very important building – and precinct – are being revitalized.”</p> <p>Eberhard and Jane Zeidler, well known throughout Toronto for effecting positive change in their own right, were among other distinguished guests. The architect of Toronto’s Eaton Centre and Ontario Place, Eberhard Zeidler and his family – which includes alumna <strong>Margie Zeidler</strong>&nbsp;– have left a lasting mark on the city. The couple’s generous gift to One Spadina will fund the Eberhard Zeidler Library, which will provide students, researchers, and design aficionados throughout Toronto with unrivalled collections in art, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.</p> <p>Also recognized was Eve Lewis – who together with her late husband Paul Oberman brought to light the important role that developers can play in heritage preservation in Toronto. Lewis joined forces with Oberman’s business partner Ron Kimel and their respective families to provide funding for the planned Paul Oberman Belvedere, an elevated terrace on the formal south-facing entrance to the original 19th century heritage building, where students and the public will gather for celebrations with a view down Spadina Avenue to the lake.</p> <p>Nader Tehrani, principal of the firm NADAAA — who, with collaborator Katie Faulkner, designed the new complex at One Spadina — was also in attendance, along with alumnus&nbsp;<strong>Michael McClelland</strong>, founding principal of ERA Architects, the project’s preservation architects, and Marc Ryan, principal and co-founder of Public Work, the project’s landscape architects.</p> <p>Architecture and development firms throughout the city — including The Daniels Corporation, Stantec Architecture, KPMB Architects, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Perkins+Will, Greensoil Investments, DiamondCorp, Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects, Janet Rosenberg &amp; Studio, ERA Architects, superkĂĽl, Kohn Shnier Architects, and Shim-Sutcliffe Architects — have provided generous support for the Daniels Building at One Spadina as well. Thanks to their engagement and charitable gifts, the Daniels Faculty’s capital campaign has met 80 per cent&nbsp;of its fundraising goal. The Faculty is working to raise an additional $8 million in private gifts to meet its ambitious target as part of U of T’s Boundless campaign.</p> <h2><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/71041967@N02/sets/72157672496911424/">See a photo gallery of One Spadina</a></h2> <p>With a combined 30,000 square feet of undergraduate and graduate studio spaces that boast commanding views over the city<strong>,</strong> an innovative fabrication lab, and additional spaces for graduate and undergraduate scholars to meet informally, the Daniels Building will further enhance the faculty’s ability to attract exceptional students to its programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and art/visual studies.</p> <p>The new building will help strengthen the Faculty’s award-winning research and outreach facilities as well. Its Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT Lab), for example, will have the opportunity to expand its research through a second site at One Spadina, with funding from Tremco Incorporated, while the Global Cities Institute (GCI) — which is leading the creation of the first internationally certified standards on city data and metrics — will relocate to a 2,324-square-foot street-front pavilion on the north-western edge of the building in a future phase of the project. GCI will be linked to a planned Model Cities Theatre and Laboratory that will bring together the Faculty’s talents in data visualization, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, and design and analysis, and place them within a public forum to develop holistic solutions to complex urban problems. A new 400-seat principal hall will enable the Faculty to elevate its popular public programming and lecture series, while a large 10,000-square-foot Architecture and Design Gallery will present internationally significant curated exhibitions on architecture, design, and cities — the only one of its kind devoted to these themes in Ontario.</p> <p>“The Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent will provide us with a site to advance collaboration across all disciplines with a stake in the built environment, creating a space for modeling new modes of research, practice, and outreach,” said Sommer. “This is a key moment in the history of our Faculty, and I am heartened by the members of the community who have stepped forward to join us in creating this project. The citizens of Toronto and the many visitors to Toronto — and actually anyone who is interested in architecture or the nexus between landscape, art, and cities — will be drawn to the Daniels Faculty at One Spadina.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/71041967@N02/albums/72157672496911424" title="The Construction of 1 Spadina Crescent"><img alt="The Construction of 1 Spadina Crescent" height="459" src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5600/30139238483_28ac16dc6a_z.jpg" width="640" loading="lazy"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:26:34 +0000 lavende4 102230 at