Field Trip and Exercise Five: A Sectional Tour of Downtown Toronto

As a prologue to Project Two, we will begin next class with a tour of Downtown Toronto. This tour will take advantage of Toronto's PATH system and other non-street interconnections to explore the sectional relationships that exist in this urban environment.
I have assigned each of you a site, shown below (click to enlarge).
For Thursday, please research your site and be prepared to present a minimum of three interesting facts. Be creative about the facts you choose to present, and remember - the site includes more than its resident buildings. In order to acheive an "exceptional" grade for this Exercise, you will need to present at least one fact that I don't already know. Hint: if it's on Wikipedia, then I probably know it. Post your facts to the blog before 830AM on Thursday, October 16.

Click here to download a PDF of the tour map above.

PLEASE MEET AT 8:30AM AT THE NORTH-EAST CORNER OF UNION STATION.

We will conclude the tour with the launch of Project Two, back in room 556.

Field Trip: Fringe Benefits @ The Design Exchange

Next Thursday, we will be beginning the class with a field trip to a free show at Design Exchange entitled Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City.

Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City is an exhibition curated by Ian Chodikoff, urban designer, architect and editor of Canadian Architect magazine. The exhibition explores questions and ideas that will influence the future identity of our suburbs — a geography constantly evolving into something much more dynamic than big-box retail outlets and housing subdivisions. Through photography, video, maps and art, the exhibition explores the surprising ways in which diverse contemporary multiculturalism is shaping our suburbs and improving the quality of our cosmopolitan city.

Please meet at 245 Bay Street at 8:45AM on Thursday, September 18.

Click here for directions.

Do not be late.

We will be walking back to OCAD together at the conclusion of our field trip for the launch of Project One.