POST-CIAM
Dundas-Sherbourne Lanes and Infill Development
SAINA MOTAHARI
Dundas-Sherbourne Lanes and Infill Development in Toronto is an award winning project by Barton Myers and Jack Diamond. This project was the first urban renewal arrangement in Toronto incorporated with infill housing instead of destroying the remaining houses. It was done in order to construct an affordable non-profit housing project and also to protect the character of the neighborhood. A lot of thoughts were taken from the Regent Park North urban revitalization in 1940s and South during late 1950s to early 1960s, as well as Moss Park and block developments in St. Jamestown by private developers (both finished in early 1960s) were implemented into the design procedure. Looking at CIAM Principles explored in planning and issues that were confronted during the project development and the ways these challenges were solved. This consists of re-zoning of land and neighborhood issues. It will also look at how the planning of the project affected the way it is being used today by the residents and why it has become successful. Also, examination of the political, social, physical and cultural context of the project, starting with the site itself after that moving out to the bigger scale of the City. These factors will also be compared with the substantial urban interferences inside the city of Toronto in the period of the project’s completion. Furthermore, CIAM principles about matters on public land and housing, traffic and pedestrian flows around the building and the strategies that the architect chose to avoid on any matters will be discussed.
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