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- 1. 1OFFICE FOR METROPOLITANARCHITECTURE ST. LAWRENCE HALL DAVID CROMBIE PARK MILL STREET BREWERY DISTILLERY DISTRICT YOUNG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ST. LAWRENCE CENTER FOR THE ARTS SONY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DOMINION PUBLIC COMMERCE COURT HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ST. LAWRENCE NORTH MARKET ST. LAWRENCE MARKET CANADA’S SUGAR BEACH (FUTURE) DON RIVER PARK / PAN AM GAMES (FUTURE) WETLANDS (FUTURE) SHERBOURNE PARK (FUTURE) BAY ADELAIDE CENTRE CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY OLD CITY HALL CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY ROY THOMPSON HALL UNION STATION AIR CANADA CENTER TORONTO ISLAND FERRY REDPATH SUGAR MUSEUM DUNDAS SQUARE ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL CITY HALL T.O. 2036Innovative Design Options for the Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment Toronto’s quality of life and economic development, even post crisis, have kept pace with or out- stripped its neighbors. Its economic successes are matched by its environmental successes, includ- ing the extensive green belt surrounding the city. Like many North American cities, Toronto has grown away from its urban center and waterfront. A dense core and suburban periphery form a collection of nodes linked through a road network and to a lesser degree by subway and commuter rail. Despite its competitive mix of auto and public trans- port, Toronto suffers from the worst commute times in North America. At the junction of the down- town, the periphery and the waterfront, the areas to the east and west of downtown are missing links within the city’s network. Could the key to unlocking the potential of Toronto’s waterfront be to create a new, more potent link between the core and the periphery? Can reducing the Gardiner’s footprint simultaneously remove an impediment to the development of its surroundings and INCREASE downtown’s connection its periphery? Removing the Gardiner as an obstacle is an important first step towards reorienting Toronto’s growth, but only a first step...Of the available options to lessen the Gardiner’s impact, removing the upper deck offers both the best integration of the New Gardiner with its surroundings and the great- est number of opportunities for navigating across it. The resulting reduction in road capacity—a reduction that will exacerbate an already congested road network—begs the question of what can step in to fill the void. Understanding Toronto Site Potential GARDINER EXPRESSWAY LAKESHORE BOULEVARD 5760 per hour TOTAL CAPACITY (12 Lanes) 3600 per hour CAPACITY (8 Lanes) Streecar Subway Train GARDINER EXPRESSWAY LAKESHORE BOULEVARD 5760 per hour TOTAL CAPACITY (12 Lanes) 3600 per hour CAPACITY (8 Lanes) 2160 per hour CAPACITY ? Removing the Gardiner How to fill the void? Reimagining the Gardiner creates opportunities for new north-south connections between the neigh- borhoods north of the highway and the waterfront, but these connections, while necessary, will not be sufficient to support the growth of the area surrounding the Gardiner. Our proposal looks not only at crossing the Gardiner, but at the potential new transit modes along it. By harnessing the potential of new east-west links between downtown and the rest of Toronto, and providing a new intermodal link between them (the transferium), it unlocks the untapped promise of Toronto’s waterfront not only as an environmental amenity but as a new ground for Toronto’s future growth in an age that has learned the limits of growth through sprawl. Our proposal uses the opportunity of the Gardiner’s alteration to imagine a new “smart growth” strat- egy for the city. This strategy offers the city a new dynamic between the old and new, development and the environment, focusing development adjacent to the city’s core. Smart Growth BATHHURSTSTREET BATHHURSTSTREET BATHHURSTSTREET SPADINAAVENUE JOHNSTREET/REESSTREET UNIVERSITYAVE/YORKSTREET BAYSTREET YONGESTREET JARVISSTREET SHERBOURNESTREET PARLIAMENTSTREET CHERRYSTREET DONPARKWAY CARLAWAVENUE LESLIESTREET DONVALLEY GARDINER EXPRESSWAY North-South Connections East-West Connections T T T T UNION STATION LAKESHORE BLVD GARDINER DONRIVERPARKWAY STOUFFVILLELINE LAKESHOREEASTLINE RICHMONDLINE Connection Districts ELEVATED GARDINER EXPRESSWAY RAILWAY RAILWAY WATERFRONT WATERFRONT + - VALUE $$$ $ SUBWAY TDOWNTOWN T DOWNTOWN TRANSFERIUM Land Value BEFORE: The elevated Gardiner suppressed land values around it... AFTER: The new multi-nodal transit corridor acts as an attractor for new development. HERITAGE MARKET LAKE- SHORE BLVD/ METRO PARK STRIP ARTS DISTRICT TRANSFERIUM ICT BAR CONFERENCE GATE Districts LAKESHORE BLVD QUEENS QUAY BLVDGARDINER CHEERYST CARLAWST LESLIEST PARLIAMENTST SHERBOURNEST JARVISST YOUNGEST DONRIVERPARKWAY LAKESHORE BLVD QUEENS QUAY BLVDGARDINER CHEERYST CARLAWST LESLIEST PARLIAMENTST SHERBOURNEST JARVISST YOUNGEST DONRIVERPARKWAY LAKESHORE BLVD QUEENS QUAY BLVDGARDINER CHEERYST CARLAWST LESLIEST PARLIAMENTST SHERBOURNEST JARVISST YOUNGEST DONRIVERPARKWAY T T T T T The east end of the site is a crossroads of two highways, the future relief subway line, commuter rail, etc. By creating a new transit hub at their conjunction, these various transport modes can be reorganized and amplified. Street Car Line Bus Route Subway Road Network The removal of the Gardiner allows for the development of the space of land between rail tracks and road structure, creating a new spine that links elements of the city. Lakeshore Boulevard 1. Before 2. After Existing View Potential 0 50 100 200 Section through Lakeshore Boulevard
- 2. OFFICE FOR METROPOLITANARCHITECTURE T LAKESHORE BLVD DONRIVERPARKWAY STOUFFVILLELINE LAKESHOREEASTLINE RICHMONDLINE Residential Mix Leisure Culture/Education Commercial Office Hotel Industry Program Distribution 1 2 Reorganize Infrastructue The park strip connects the David Crombie parks which run East West along Front St, to the proposed Sher- bourne Park. A fragment of the Gardiner is kept, provid- ing an elevated pedestrian platform. The Heritage Market, links two the St. Lawrence market and the Redpath Sugar Factory located on the waterfront still operates, period in Toronto’s history. A series of outdoor markets, organic in their growth provide a continuous link be- tween the two buildings. ICAE SILO PARK AND SLIPHEAD VICTORY SOYA MILLS SILO DAVID CROMBIE PARK TRINITY STREET BRIDGE CHERRY STREET BRIDGE DON RIVER PARK EXISTING DISTILLERY The transferium clarifies the cur- rent infrastructure network, facili- tating the removal of the Gardiner by increasing modal use, provid- ing connections to Subway, GO Trains (Richmond, Stouffville and Lakeshore East lines), Street car (along Queens Quay Boulevard) aswell as regular bus. View from the Transferium P Don River Valley Below the Transferium Transportation Hub View from CN Tower mum tower height of 120m. In order to encourage a mix development, the tower has been developed specifically to accomodate office, residential. Historically, the Distillery District stands in the location of the first settlements of Toronto. A complex of different Distillers, during the 1860’s it was one of the largest Whiskey distillerys in the world. Now the area has been converted into an arts district. With a mix of cultural arts, galleries and Transferium The ICA&E museum located on the Waterfront, provides a clear counter- point to the Distillery District in the North of the zone. Access to these two destinations creates a series of clearly defined routes through the site. ICA&E - Institute of Contemporary Arts and The Environment Gathering Space Embedded within the Railway Berm Section through the Arts District Connective Trajectories 0 50 100 200 0 50 100 200 Creative city provides a link between the downtown creative city and the waterfront, while encouraging inno- vation in Toronto. Parking Ground Subway F7 F8 Tower TRAIN CONNECTION TRAMWAY TRAIN CONVENTION CENTER GYM TOBUSINESSCENTER TO PAN AM STATION VISITOR FACILITIES CONCOURSE WATER PARK&FER RY CONVENTION CENTER CONVENTION CENTER CONVENTION CENTER CONVENTION CENTER RETAIL UP DOW N DOWN UP OFFICE SKY LOBBY CONFERENCE RETAIL PARKINGPARKING CONCOURSECONCOURSE RETAIL HOTEL SUBWAY GO TRAIN STREET CAR OFFICE Program 0 50 100 2000 50 100 2000 50 100 200 Section through Sherbourne Park Section through Heritage Park
- 3. 3OFFICE FOR METROPOLITANARCHITECTURE Waterfront Area Grid Layout Transportation Green Program Distribution Proposed Buildings TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRID LAYOUT WATERFRONT AREA GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS PROPOSED T T T T 0 50 100 200 The Gardiner has long been acknowledged as a barrier between Toronto and its waterfront, sequestering the city from one of its key ecological assets and limiting development along its path. Removing the upper deck of the Gardiner offers both the best integration of the roadway with its surroundings and the greatest number of opportunities for navigating across it. Reimagining the Gardiner as a grade-level boulevard—Lakeshore Boulevard—we have elaborated several key connections across it. Each of these navigates the new Lakeshore Boulevard in a different way, passing over, under or across it to create links between key cultural and urban points and the waterfront. These connections, while necessary, will not be sufficient to support the growth of the area. Our proposal looks not only at crossing the Gardiner, but at potential new transit modes along it. The east end of the site is a crossroads of the highway, the future relief subway line, and the commuter rail. By creating a new transit hub at their conjunction—a Transferium that combines 6,000 parking spaces with stations for various modes of public transit— transportation to and from downtown can be reorganized and amplified, unlocking the untapped promise of Toronto’s waterfront as not only an environ- mental amenity but as a new ground for Toronto’s future growth. In an age that has learned the limits of growth through sprawl, our proposal uses the opportunity of the Gardiner’s alteration to imagine a new “smart growth” strategy for the city. This strategy offers a new dynamic between the past and the future, development and the environment, focusing develop- ment adjacent to the city’s core and linking it with the city as a whole. T.O. 2036
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- 5. 5OFFICE FOR METROPOLITANARCHITECTURE SIDEWALK SIDEWALK 4.5 1.5 3.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 BIKE WAY BIKE WAY SWALE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE SUBWAY RIGHT OF WAY TYPICAL CONDITION ALONG BOULEVARD PLATFORMPLATFORM Section through Lakeshore Boulevard