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Table of Contents
Professional Work
Native Child and Family Centre, Malvern
Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory
School Playground
Woodgreen Community Housing
Community Food Centres Canada National Headquarters
Public Installations
Festival International de Jardins de Metis: Making Waves
YK Pop-Up Park
Academic Work
LINE: Celebrating Yellowknife’s Living Heritage
Graphic samples
Renders, maps, diagrams, models
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VTLA Studio was landscape architect on the new Native Child and Family Centre (NCFS) at the Malvern Town Centre in Scarborough. Under guidance from the principal, the author worked on this project for over a year, from initial concept development and design development to final construction and planting. The project transformed a hot, dry mall asphalt parking lot into a cool, green gathering area for NCFS clients and community members.
Through this project, the author developed site drawings, construction detail drawings, detailed planting plans, and asbuilt drawings. The author engaged in multiple site visits, met with the client, architect, contractor, and consultants onsite, performed construction administration, and led the planting installation.
Special consideration was given to the tree and shrub selection. Fast-growing Populus tremuloides was mixed with large canopy trees to ensure ecological longevity. Ostrya virginiana and Quercus macrocarpa were planted along the existing sidewalk to provide shade for passerby as they grow.
Team: VTLA Studio, Susan Spiegel Architect, Boszco & Verity Construction, Ecoman Landscape Contracting, Moonstruck Lighting
Completed September 2021
All images belong to VTLA Studio and were created by author.
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Native Child and Family Centre Malvern,Toronto
NATIVE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (MALVERN)
Sketching development for a child-friendly a child-friendly outdoor space and medicine garden
NATIVE CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE, MALVERN
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Above: sketching development for a child-friendly outdoor space and medicine garden for an Indigenous family services centre. Below: a view from the new cedar bench in the garden interior, looking south towards the parking lot. Myrica pennsylvannica planted atop a berm will grow to screen the garden, and Ostrya virginiana will provide shade. A mulched footpath separates the berm from a raised scented garden of Comptonia peregrina and Ceanothus americanus.
for an Indigenous family services centre
NATIVE CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE, MALVERN - DETAILED PLANTING PLAN
In addition to a site plan, the author developed this detailed planting plan under the guidance of the Principal. Large canopy trees are planted with a lush understory of native, hardy perennials and shrubs that require minimal maintenance, are non-toxic, and culturally significant to the Centre’s Indigenous clients. A raised steel medicine garden in the northwest corner is to be planted through the Centre’s programming. Scale 1:200
7 36 TAPSCOTT ROAD: NATIVE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES + -0.05m + 0.00m + 0.00m + 0.00m + -0.40M + -0.05m + 0.00m SERVICE / LOADING AREA ASPHALT TO REMAIN EX. PAVER AREA TO REMAIN 1065 18300 3150 5250 EX.SIDEWALK EX. SIDEWALK +BW 0.0m +HP 1.5% +TW 2.1m +LP SERVICE / LOADING AREA ASPHALT TO REMAIN EX. WALKWAY +HP +HP +LP +HP +TW 0.4m +TS 1000 MAIN ENTRANCE ZONE 4 EAST CONFEROUS WOODLAND TREE PLANTING INCLUDES : 2 x THUJA OCCID. +SHRUBS + UNDERSTORY. ZONE 3 MEDICINE GARDEN 1 X AMELANCHIER + MEDICINAL PLANTS (BY OTHERS). ZONE 4 WEST CONFEROUS WOODLAND TREE PLANTING INCLUDES : 3 x THUJA OCCID. 1 X POPULAS TREM. SHRUBS + UNDERSTORY. ZONE 1 WOODLAND UNDERSTORY GARDEN TREE PLANTING INCLUDES : 3 x POPULUS TREM 3 X OSTRYA VIRGIN. +SHRUBS + UNDERSTORY. ZONE 2 SCENTED GARDEN TREE PLANTING INCLUDES : 1 X QUERCUS MACRO +SHRUBS + UNDERSTORY. MULCH PLAY AREA APPROX AREA = 37M2 36 VICTORIA TAYLOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MLA OALA 240 STERLING ROAD TORONTO M6R 2B9 +1 416 837 0344 VTLA.CA PROJECT: DRAWING: DATE: SCALE: DRAWN BY: VTLA ISSUED RECORD: No. YY MM DD Issued 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NATIVE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES 36 TAPSCOTT RD, TORONTO, ON PLANTING PLAN - SHRUBS + GROUNDCOVER MARCH 2021 1:3500 20 09 09 FOR DISCUSSION 20 10 30 FOR COSTING 21 03 11 FOR COSTING
PLANT Architect is the landscape architect and project lead for the renovation of the Dr. Eric Jackman Insitute of Child Study (JICS) Laboratory School Playground at the University of Toronto. The school was founded as a research institute and early years school in 1924, and is an international leader in early childhood education and pedagogy.
In addition to a a sound understanding of playground safety, material, and accessibility standards, the project required robust explorations into progressive play theory, namely ‘risky play’. Through workshops with teachers and parents and regular feedback from school principals, the site plan was developed to encourage ‘learning by getting messy’.
As project lead, the author managed this project from the start. In addition to developing the concept, schematic design, and resulting DD and CD drawing sets, the author managed the client, project schedule, costing and estimating, consultant team, materials and play structure procurement, communityfacing workshops, site visits, City submittals, successful execution of key project milestones, and an internal graphic support team.
Team: PLANT Architect, Urban Forest Associates, Creative Irrigation Solutions, KWA Site Development, Engineering Link, GPY + Associates Engineering, Summit Engineering
Anticipated completion Fall 2022
All images belong to PLANT Architect and were created by author.
Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School Playground, Toronto
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9 ARCH TEC SHEET T PA PRO E PROJECT ADDRESS SHEET No DAT NO LAND 21071 2 3 A To on o 45 WAL JICS PL B D C A B D C 4 1 2 3 4 1 A Wo k Cod e u sd c o h Th C d p DO NOT S Co y gh 021 1 022 2 G G G G G G FF FF FF CHP Ø0 3 GUY MH MH B B FF FF CR CR CR Ø0 15 Ø0 2 Ø0 6 Ø0 5 Ø0 1 MLS Ø0 1 Ø0 1 BB Ø0 1 Ø0 1 Ø0 1 Ø0 75 Ø0 35 Ø0 1 Ø0 1 Lot 12 Lot 11 Ø0 1 WW WW WW WW W W W W WW Ø0 25 WW W W W W WW LANDSCAPE S TE PLAN Sca e: 1 100 D1 2 STOREY BR CK BU LD NG D a n C L FENCE ASPHALT PAV NG WOOD MOUND C L F E N C E SAND EX ENTRY EX T THE ON ON EX GATE TO REMA N THE POTATO LONG BOARDWALK SHORT BOARDWALK BENCH RELOCATED P CN C TABLE RELOCATED P CN C TABLES NEW PLACEMENT OF BASKETBALL NETS AS SHOWN 1 8M FALL ZONE AROUND CUSTOM PLAY ELEMENTS AS PER CSA STANDARDS GATHER W A L M E R R O A D EX PLANT NG BEDS EX PARK NG FOR ADJ PROP OG 1 OG 3 LOG 4 BOULDER 2 LOG 3 BOULDER 1 PLAY STRUCTURE 1 PLAY STRUCTURE 3 4-SQUARE PA NT L NES ON ASPHALT POURED RUBBER SURFAC NG L 403 4 4 L 40 DASHED L NE ND CATES FALL ZONE AS REQU RED BY MANUFACTURER PLAY STRUCTURE 2 LOG 2 C 40 ASPHA T PAV NG MULCH MU CH MULCH MULCH A1 L402 HAND PUMP W TH CONCRETE BASE AND STONE EROS ON GUARD L NE OF PAV L ON ROOF ABOVE EX GATE 1610 3010 1600 1220 PROPERTY L NE PROPERTY L NE PROPERTY L NE 1 5 0 0 0 5 5530 1775 2 1 5 0 1 6 5 5 1 3 2 8 12290 750 985 2000 4 9 9 0 9 0 5 1 3 0 5 5 10870 00 0 7 4 4 4 3 0 15 MM D AMETER UPR GHT LOG BORDER W TH VAR ABLE HE GHT TO A MAX MUM OF 300MM 1220 3460 SAND AND WATER PLAY AREA B1 L 0 D1 L4 LEGEN F NAL SC LANDSC
JICS LABORATORY SCHOOL - LOG TOPOGRAPHY FEATURE, FROM START TO FINISH
Above and below: A major play feature developed especially for the JICS School is the log topography “mountain”, which provides a visual anchor in the site while encouraging childhood development of gross motor skills. Designed to be weather and play-proof, the author began with several sketch explorations and extensive materials research.
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JICS LABORATORY SCHOOL - LOG TOPOGRAPHY FEATURE, FROM START TO FINISH
Consulting closely with playground safety inspection, structural, and civil engineering consultants, the author developed detailed construction documentation for the log topography feature, showing how the original vision was achieved through custom design interventions and problem solving.
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BE NSERTED HALFWAY FROM BOTTOM OF SHORTEST LOG SEGMENT N BUNDLE GEOTEXT LE BARR ER M N 200MM HPB SUBBASE 5 4 5 MIN LOG LENGTH 400MM 4 2 0 3 0 0 400 B4 L405 +HP 1580 400 200 200 400 400 600 600 400 200 200 400 600 600 800 800 800 1000 1000 1200 1200 1400 1400 +LP 0 0 0 0 +150 +350 +550 PLAN Scale: 1 50 B1 5 6 1 5 10860 7 8 1 5 744 X 300MM D AMETER LOG P ECES LOGS TO BE ASSEMBLED N GROUPS OF THREE GROUPS TO BE SAME FIN SHED HE GHT AS SHOWN VARY HE GHTS OF OTHERS AS PERMISS BLE BY CONTOURS D3 L404 C3 L404 B4 L404 B3 L404 C1 L402 C1 L402 A3 L402 VO DS BETWEEN LOGS AND BETWEEN LOGS AND BOARDWALK TO BE FILLED WITH HPB PERIMETER LOGS TO BE SAME HE GHT AS BOARDWALK WHERE ADJACENT TO BOARDWALK EDGE TO CREATE FLUSH SURFACE BOARDWALK LOGS CUT TO BOARDWALK SHAPE A B D C 1 1 WOOD TOPO SOUTH ELEVAT ON S 1 50 3 1 0 0 0 WOOD TOPO WEST ELEVAT ON S 1 0 6 8 2 5 ARCH EC SEAL ONTARIOARCHITECTSASSOCIATION LISA RAPOPORT LICENSE 5181 SHEET T LE PA PROJECT NUMBER DATE PRO ECT NAM ADDRESS SHEET S E SHEET No DATE SSUE REV S ON NO SCALE L402 LOG TOPOGRAPHY 21071 3 610 x 914 (24 x 36 ) A 2021 xx xx As No ed To on o ON 45 WALMER ROAD J CS PLAYGROUND B D C 4 A Wo k s n o m e app ca e o a B d n Co e a s s e an o he e va au o es w d D g n s hey h ve been s gn d a d sea ed by he A ch c he Con c sh e a d men on an epo an h A h p DO NOT SCA E DRAW NGS C py gh © 2022 2 21 1 9 R 1 2 22 4 8 9 % Re w 2 S TO EX END M N 400MM GRADE SE UPR GHT LOG S D RECT Y ONTO HPB ETWEEN LOGS TO BE W TH HPB AND TAMPED PB SUBBASE TO AL OW MM O LOG BUND E TO BELOW GRADE A L THREE EACH LOG BUND E TO BE ED ON SAME BENCHED HPB ON CREW FASTENER TO BE D HALFWAY ROM BOTTOM RTEST LOG SEGMENT N T LE BARR ER M HPB SUBBASE ENGTH 4 0MM ALL OGS TO EXTEND M N 40 MM BELOW F N SHED GRADE SET UPR GHT LOG BUNDLES D RECTLY ONTO HPB VO DS BETWEEN LOGS TO BE F LLED W TH HPB AND TAMPED DOWN 45 MM SCREW FASTENER TO BE NSERTED HALFWAY FROM BOTTOM OF SHORTEST LOG SEGMENT N BUNDLE GEOTEXT E BARR ER M N 200MM HPB SUBBASE M N OG LENGTH 00MM B L4 5 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LOGS TO EXTEND M N 400MM BELOW F N SHED GRADE SET UPR GHT LOG BUNDLES D RECTLY ONTO HPB VO DS BETWEEN LOGS TO BE F LLED W TH HPB AND TAMPED DOWN EX ST NG SUBSO L BENCH HPB SUBBASE TO ALLOW M N 400MM OF LOG BUND E TO EXTEND BELOW GRADE ALL THREE LOGS N EACH LOG BUND E TO BE NSTALLED ON SAME BENCHED HPB ELEVAT ON 450MM SCREW FASTENER TO BE NSERTED HALFWAY FROM BOTTOM OF SHORTEST LOG SEGMENT N BUNDLE GEOTEXT LE BARR ER M N 200MM HPB SUBBASE 5 4 5 M N LOG LENGTH 400MM 4 2 3 0 0 400 B4 L405 +HP 1580 400 200 200 400 400 600 600 400 200 20 40 600 00 80 8 0 800 1000 1000 1 00 1200 1400 140 +LP 0 0 0 0 150 +3 0 +550 PLAN Sca e: 1 50 B1 5 6 1 5 10860 7 8 1 5 744 X 300MM D AMETER LOG P ECES LOGS TO BE ASSEMBLED N GROUPS OF THREE GROUPS TO BE SAME F N SHED HE GHT AS SHOWN VARY HE GHTS OF OTHERS AS PERM SS BLE BY CONTOURS D3 L4 4 C3 404 B4 404 B3 L4 4 C1 L4 2 C1 402 A 402 VO DS BETWEEN LOGS AND BETWEEN LOGS AND BOARDWALK TO BE F LLED W TH HPB PER METER LOGS TO BE SAME HE GHT AS BOARDWALK WHERE AD ACENT TO BOARDWA K EDGE TO CREATE FLUSH SURFACE BOARDWALK LOGS CUT TO BOARDWALK SHAPE LOG BUNDLE A Sca e 1 25 A3 A B D C WOOD OPO SO TH 3 WOOD TO 6 SOUTH EL Sca e 1:100 B3 A B D C A B D C WOOD OPO SOUT 3 S WE Sca D3 2 A B D C 1 2 1 WOOD OPO OUTH EL VAT ON 1 0 3 WOOD S e WOOD TOPO W ST EL VAT ON S EAST E Sca e 1 C3 2 A B D C 1 2 1 SHORT SECTION Sca e 1 50 C1 ALL LOGS TO EXTEND M N 400MM BELOW GRADE SET UPR GHT LOG BUNDLES D RECTLY ONTO HPB VO DS BETWEEN LOGS TO BE F LED W TH HPB AND TAMPED DOWN EX ST NG SUBSO L BENCH HPB SUBBASE TO A LOW M N 400MM OF LOG BUNDLE TO EXTEND BELOW GRADE ALL THREE LOGS N EACH LOG BUNDLE TO BE NSTALLED ON SAME BENCHED HPB ELEVAT ON 7815 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 3 9 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 1 4% 31% 1 5 8 0 450MM SCREW FASTENER TO BE NSERTED HALFWAY FROM BOTTOM OF SHORTEST LOG SEGMENT N BUNDLE GEOTEXT LE BARR ER M N 200MM HPB SUBBASE 4 0 5 M N LOG LENGTH 400MM C1 405 LONG SECT ON Sca e 1 50 D1 10860 2 0 0 200 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 9 5 5 1 0 1 5 8 0 A L LOGS TO EXTEND M N 400MM BELOW F N 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VTLA Studio developed a detailed planting strategy for a largescale affordable housing complex operated by Woodgreen Community Housing Services.
The site is dominated by mid-rise residential buildings, and is shaded for much of the day. Hardy, low-maintenance, and native planting was a must to accommodate a limited landscape operating budget. The existing planting beds were small and had restricted soil volume. The dignity, comfort, and joy of the residents was a driving principle.
For this planting plan, VTLA Studio used an “ecological reference”. An ecosystem from Southern Ontario was chosen that closely resembled the site conditions, and a planting list was generated from that ecosystem. From there, the plant lists could be refined to the specific site conditions.
Under the guidance of the Principal, the author conducted multiple site visits for site inventory and analysis, met with the landscape contractor onsite to discuss potential planting strategies, met with the team architects on a regular basis, and developed a detailed planting plan.
Team: VTLA Studio, Susan Spiegel Architect, Woodgreen Community Housing
Completed September 2021
All images belong to VTLA Studio and were created by author.
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Woodgreen Community Housing, Toronto
WOODGREEN COMMUNITY HOUSING, PAPE AVENUE
Above: A concept plan of the ecological references for the planting strategy, canyons and cliffs. Selected plants included, but were not limited to, Thuja occidentalis, Tilia americana, and Diervilla lonicera, all low-maintenance once established and suited to limited soil volume. Below: A site plan shows proposed planting across the site. The planting strategy changed through the site to address changing sun and shade conditions, microclimates, available soil volumes, screening and privacy, seasonal interest, and user experience. Scale 1:600
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WOODGREEN COMMUNITY HOUSING, PAPE AVENUE
Above: Completed planting for section L1-5 as per planting plan on page 20 (see dashed line on plan).
Below: Detailed planting plan for section L1-1 as per the planting plan on page 20 (see dashed line on plan). Scale 1:100
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VTLA Studio is landscape architect for the new national headquarters of Community Food Centres Canada. CFCC is a nonprofit organization that builds health, belonging, and social justice in low-income communities across Canada through the power of food.
The proposed site, fronting a former industrial warehouse in the east end of Toronto, is a large asphalt parking lot set back 25m from the sidewalk. VTLA Studio’s scope of work is to develop a landscape plan that reflects CFCC’s mission and values, showcases the possibilities for urban agriculture, and can host extensive community programming.
The author’s responsiblities for this project included developing a proposal presentation that addressed the client’s needs and organizational values; multiple site visits with both the architect and the client to review site inventory, analysis, and design ideas; developing a base survey, concept development and refined design development; researching materials and developing drawings for specialty features such as a woodfired pizza oven, and development of landscape drawings for submittals to the City of Toronto.
Team: VTLA Studio, Hilditch Architect, Odan-Detech Consulting Engineers
Anticipated completion Spring 2023
All images belong to VTLA Studio and were created by author.
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Community Food Centres Canada National Headquarters, Toronto
CFCC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
A plan render shows a meandering walkway leading to the front entrance, lined with trees and ample seating for community programming. A decorative fence divides the public realm from the private space, and allows for child-friendly programming along a busy street. The private space is suited to foodcentred programs with a covered outdoor kitchen bar, wood-fired oven, and urban agriculture showcase garden. Scale 1:350
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CFCC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Detailed site section elevations were developed as part of the SPA package. Above: longitudinal section A-A’. Below: latitudinal section B-B’. Scale 1:200
18 + 91.28 + BW91.62 1104 1675 6135 6680 3622 7212 152 1241 2628 31252 2376 2563 + 91.67 + BW91.61 + TW91.87 + +LP91.29 + HP91.34 1881 + TW92.28 + EXGRADEBW91.80 + 91.30 296 414 2657 2656 2565 2053 4913 1884 306 5294 3361 16736 + LP91.29 + EXGRADE91.95 + 91.32 + 91.33 + 91.36 VICTORIA TAYLOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MLA OALA 240 STERLING ROAD TORONTO M6R 2B9 +1 416 837 0344 VTLA.CA PROJECT: DRAWING: DATE: SCALE: DRAWN BY: VTLA ISSUED RECORD: No. YY MM DD Issued 1 4 8 CFCC - HQ 340 GERRARD ST. E, TORONTO SITE SECTIONS OCTOBER 2021 1:100 200622 FOR CLIENT REVIEW L5 THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR USED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING AND VERIFYING ALL LEVELS AND DIMENSIONS AND SHALL REPORT ANY DISCREPANCIES TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR OBTAIN CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO COMMENCING WORK. ALL MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ONTARIO BUILDING CODE LATEST EDITION AND ALL OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY ALL AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION. THESE DRAWINGS TO BE READ N CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OTHER CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS. ALL DIMENSIONS GIVEN IN MILLIMETRES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. 211001 FOR DISCUSSION ONLY SECTION S1 - S1' - VIEW WEST FROM SITE INTERIOR SECTION S2 - S2' - VIEW NORTH FROM SITE INTERIOR MAX 5% SLOPE FROM PROP LINE TO SIDEWALK FIRE HYDRANT MIN 0.5% SLOPE FOR FIRE LANE FROM PROP LINE TO DRAINAGE POINT WATER FOUNTAIN AND STAND PIPE FOR WATER ACCESS AT FOOD PREP AREA. TO BE INSET DIRECTLY INTO PAVERS PROP PIP CONC RET WALL TO MAINTAIN LEVEL TOP FACE. +TW 91.87MM TO MATCH ELEV OF WHERE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING MEETS GRADE. RET WALL TO WRAP AROUND SEATING AREA AS SHOWN IN PLAN. CUSTOM METAL SCREEN TO BE FASTENED DIRECTLY TO PIP CONC RET WALL (SCREEN DESIGN TBD) CUSTOM CURVED BENCH FOR PRIVATE SEATING. MIN HEIGHT, MAX HEIGHT TO ACCOMODATE 1.8% SLOPE ELEV AT ENTRY +91.67 AS PER ARCHITECTS DRAWINGS CUSTOM CURVED BENCH FOR PUBLIC SEATING. MIN HEIGHT 365MM, MAX HEIGHT 550MM TO ACCOMODATE 0.5% SLOPE CUSTOM WOOD-FIRED OVEN TO BE INSTALLED ON RAISED PIP CONC PAD. PAD MAX CROSS-SLOPE 0.8% FOR DRAINAGE ONLY ABOVE-GROUND TRANSFORMER AND BUFFER PLACEMENT AS PER TORONTO HYDRO GUIDELINES TRENCH DRAIN TO RETAIN WATER ONSITE AT BASE OF FENCE BARRIER EX TREES TO REMAIN AS PER ARBORIST REPORT. SEE L1 FOR MORE DETAIL SHRUB AND PERENNIAL UNDERSTORY PLANTING EX TREE CUSTOM WOOD-FIRED OVEN TO BE INSTALLED ON RAISED PIP CONC PAD. PAD MAX CROSS-SLOPE 0.8% FOR DRAINAGE ONLY PLANTED AREA TO BERM UP TO EX GRADE AT BOTTOM OF EX CONC RET WALL. ASPHALT BETWEEN PROP LINE AND EX CONC RET WALL TO BE RETAINED EX ABOVE-GUIDELINE HEIGHT C/L FENCE TO BE RETAINED NEW CANOPY AND COVERED SEATING AREA PLANTED AREA TO BERM UP TO EX GRADE AT BOTTOM OF EX CONC RET WALL. FILL BETWEEN PROP LINE AND EX CONC RET WALL TO BE RETAINED EX ABOVE-GUIDELINE HEIGHT C/L FENCE TO BE RETAINED NEW METAL ARBOUR WITH CUSTOM LIGHTING DETAIL FOR COVERED SEATING AREA. FINAL DESIGN TBD. OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND FOOD PREP STATION WITH H2O + ELECTRICITY CONNECTION. PORTION OF COUNTER TO BE 30" FOR ACCESSIBLE SURFACE PREFABRICATED DINING FURNITURE (DESIGN TBD) PERMEABLE PAVER SURFACE HARD-PACKED GRAVEL SURFACE CEDAR HEDGE PROP LINE SIDEWALK GERRARD ST EAST TRANSFORMER AND TRANSFORMER BUFFER ZONE PUBLIC SEATING 2.5% SLOPE TO DRAIN 3.5% SLOPE TO DRAIN PRIVATE GATHERING SPACE ALCOVE 1.8% SLOPE TO DRAIN 5% SLOPE TO SIDEWALK WOOD-FIRED OVEN END OF FIRE LANE 0.8% PACKED GRAVEL SLOPE 0.8% PAVED SLOPE TO CENTRE 0.8% PAVED SLOPE TO CENTRE PROP LINE PROP LINE NATIVE TREES + PERENNIAL UNDERSTORY WOOD-FIRED OVEN PRIVATE GATHERING SPACE ARBOUR + OUTDOOR KITCHEN CEDAR HEDGE + 91.28 + BW91.62 1104 1675 6135 6680 3622 7212 152 1241 2628 31252 2376 2563 + 91.67 + BW91.61 + TW91.87 + +LP91.29 + HP91.34 1881 + TW92.28 + EXGRADEBW91.80 + 91.30 296 414 2657 2656 2565 2053 4913 1884 306 5294 3361 16736 + LP91.29 + EXGRADE91.95 + 91.32 + 91.33 + 91.36 VICTORIA TAYLOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MLA OALA 240 STERLING ROAD TORONTO M6R 2B9 +1 416 837 0344 VTLA.CA PROJECT: DRAWING: DATE: SCALE: DRAWN BY: VTLA ISSUED RECORD: No. YY MM DD Issued 1 4 8 CFCC - HQ 340 GERRARD ST. E, TORONTO SITE SECTIONS OCTOBER 2021 1:100 200622 FOR CLIENT REVIEW L5 THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR USED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING AND VERIFYING ALL LEVELS AND DIMENSIONS AND SHALL REPORT ANY DISCREPANCIES TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR OBTAIN CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO COMMENCING WORK. ALL MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ONTARIO BUILDING CODE LATEST EDITION AND ALL OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY ALL AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION. THESE DRAWINGS TO BE READ N CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OTHER CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS. ALL DIMENSIONS GIVEN IN MILLIMETRES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. 211001 FOR DISCUSSION ONLY SECTION S1 - S1' - VIEW WEST FROM SITE INTERIOR SECTION S2 - S2' - VIEW NORTH FROM SITE INTERIOR MAX 5% SLOPE FROM PROP LINE TO SIDEWALK FIRE HYDRANT MIN 0.5% SLOPE FOR FIRE LANE FROM PROP LINE TO DRAINAGE POINT WATER FOUNTAIN AND STAND PIPE FOR WATER ACCESS AT FOOD PREP AREA. TO BE INSET DIRECTLY INTO PAVERS PROP PIP CONC RET WALL TO MAINTAIN LEVEL TOP FACE. +TW 91.87MM TO MATCH ELEV OF WHERE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING MEETS GRADE. RET WALL TO WRAP AROUND SEATING AREA AS SHOWN IN PLAN. CUSTOM METAL SCREEN TO BE FASTENED DIRECTLY TO PIP CONC RET WALL (SCREEN DESIGN TBD) CUSTOM CURVED BENCH FOR PRIVATE SEATING. MIN HEIGHT, MAX HEIGHT TO ACCOMODATE 1.8% SLOPE ELEV AT ENTRY +91.67 AS PER ARCHITECTS DRAWINGS CUSTOM CURVED BENCH FOR PUBLIC SEATING. MIN HEIGHT 365MM, MAX HEIGHT 550MM TO ACCOMODATE 0.5% SLOPE CUSTOM WOOD-FIRED OVEN TO BE INSTALLED ON RAISED PIP CONC PAD. PAD MAX CROSS-SLOPE 0.8% FOR DRAINAGE ONLY ABOVE-GROUND TRANSFORMER AND BUFFER PLACEMENT AS PER TORONTO HYDRO GUIDELINES TRENCH DRAIN TO RETAIN WATER ONSITE AT BASE OF FENCE BARRIER EX TREES TO REMAIN AS PER ARBORIST REPORT. SEE L1 FOR MORE DETAIL SHRUB AND PERENNIAL UNDERSTORY PLANTING EX TREE CUSTOM WOOD-FIRED OVEN TO BE INSTALLED ON RAISED PIP CONC PAD. PAD MAX CROSS-SLOPE 0.8% FOR DRAINAGE ONLY PLANTED AREA TO BERM UP TO EX GRADE AT BOTTOM OF EX CONC RET WALL. ASPHALT BETWEEN PROP LINE AND EX CONC RET WALL TO BE RETAINED EX ABOVE-GUIDELINE HEIGHT C/L FENCE TO BE RETAINED NEW CANOPY AND COVERED SEATING AREA PLANTED AREA TO BERM UP TO EX GRADE AT BOTTOM OF EX CONC RET WALL. FILL BETWEEN PROP LINE AND EX CONC RET WALL TO BE RETAINED EX ABOVE-GUIDELINE HEIGHT C/L FENCE TO BE RETAINED NEW METAL ARBOUR WITH CUSTOM LIGHTING DETAIL FOR COVERED SEATING AREA. FINAL DESIGN TBD. OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND FOOD PREP STATION WITH H2O + ELECTRICITY CONNECTION. PORTION OF COUNTER TO BE 30" FOR ACCESSIBLE SURFACE PREFABRICATED DINING FURNITURE (DESIGN TBD) PERMEABLE PAVER SURFACE HARD-PACKED GRAVEL SURFACE CEDAR HEDGE PROP LINE SIDEWALK GERRARD ST EAST TRANSFORMER AND TRANSFORMER BUFFER ZONE PUBLIC SEATING 2.5% SLOPE TO DRAIN 3.5% SLOPE TO DRAIN PRIVATE GATHERING SPACE ALCOVE 1.8% SLOPE TO DRAIN 5% SLOPE TO SIDEWALK WOOD-FIRED OVEN END OF FIRE LANE 0.8% PACKED GRAVEL SLOPE 0.8% PAVED SLOPE TO CENTRE 0.8% PAVED SLOPE TO CENTRE PROP LINE PROP LINE NATIVE TREES + PERENNIAL UNDERSTORY WOOD-FIRED OVEN PRIVATE GATHERING SPACE ARBOUR + OUTDOOR KITCHEN CEDAR HEDGE
CFCC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
The author developed a 3D model of the proposed design in Rhino 3D to help the client and team understanding massing and site organization. Images of the model also assist in CFCC’s fundraising efforts and allow the team to develop quick collage renders.
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In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy built up within it due to its motion. Building upon this idea, our installation shows how the motion of just two individuals could build up, expand, and multiply kinetic energy to create a spectacular wave of colour.
Visitors are invited to play on a seesaw, but will be surprised at how a familiar activity can have such unfamiliar and exciting results. As the seesaw moves up and down, a wave of kinetic energy radiates from pink to blue as the aluminum planks oscillate from the motion created by the users. The fantastic displays of colour and movement created by kinetic energy allows each participant to “make waves” in their own way.
This project is a winner of the 2019 edition of the Festival International de Jardins de Metis (The Metis Gardens International Design Festival) at the Reford Gardens, Quebec.
Team: Thevishka Kanishkan, Reesha Morar, Cornel Campbell, Anton Skorishchenko, and Ted Kesick
Completed June 2019
All images shown belong to author and the Festival International de Jardins de Metis
Making Waves, Grands-Métis
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MAKING WAVES
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Above: an aerial view of the completed installation reveals a vibrant colour gradient. Below: The installation in action - the seesaw twists and turns a rubber belt, making the colourful metal pieces ripple and wave outwards.
Pop-up parks are temporary parks that transform derelict lots into vibrant, usable spaces the whole community can enjoy.
YK Pop-Up Park had semi-permanent landscaped areas and public installations created by Yellowknifers. Located in Yellowknife’s downtown core, the space was an abandoned lot between two nightclubs. Challenges included potential vandalism and mitigating displacement of the vulnerable, street-involved users of the site.
A city-wide pop-up park Ideas Competition was run for the month of June 2018, and 5 winners built their financed installations in July. The project was featured prominently in local and regional news media, including CBC North, and elected officials celebrated the launch of the park with a ceremonial tree-planting.
As part of a commitment to social equity, individuals experiencing homelessness and addiction were hired through the Common Ground program to help install site elements, fostering a sense of ownership and pride in the public space. The author acted as design lead and project manager.
Team: Ecology North, City of Yellowknife, Common Ground Yellowknife
Completed August 2018
All images shown belong to author..
YK Pop-Up Park, Yellowknife
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Above: A large art installation by a local artist, made from old telephone poles, becomes a play area. Below: The circle pad is made entirely from salvaged wood and pallets, and a mural on an existing storage container by Behchokǫ̀ artist James Wedzin celebrates the Indigenous languages of the region.
Located in Yellowknife’s Old Town in Canada’s Northwest Territories, LINE is a landscape architecture intervention that combines Indigenous worldviews of cyclical time, the tradition of storytelling as navigation, and the ways in which Yellowknifers move through the landscape to create a powerful metaphor for the ways in which time, space, and landscape were traditionally perceived: as living.
Old Town is the historic heart of Yellowknife, a city where more than a quarter of the population identify as “Aboriginal”. Increasing tourism and resource exploration has led to rapid demographic change, and it is essential that this heritage landscape, and the traditions that have shaped it, are not lost.
This project provides a critique of current heritage place-making and planning methods in Old Town, gives rise to a new and unconventional way of interpreting Yellowknife’s heritage as living, and uses human memories as a qualitative methodology and base for landscape practice. It pushes Canadian landscape architects to consider, in our work, how the highly experiential processes of storytelling and experience could be prioritized over mapping or plans, particularly in regards to heritage and Indigenous landscapes.
Thesis Project 2019 Advisor: Liat Margolis
All images shown belong to author.
LINE: Celebrating Yellowknife’s Living Heritage
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Wiíliídeh (Yellowknife River): Yamozha broke a beaver dam blocking the flow of the river with his snow shovel, which became a giant spruce tree at the mouth of the river.
Kweti̧ni̧’ah (Bear Rock): Yamoria beavers that were terrorizing tacked their hides to the hillside, scars today.
CULTURAL CONTEXT
From left: Traditional Knowledge mapping projects by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation document an oral culture. Traditional stories describing physical landscape markers are used for navigation in cyclical human migrations over the treeline in the NWT. These markers are ongoing sacred sites.
Somba K’e (Yellowknife) on Great Slave Lake, YKDFN
Lac de Gras, Yellowknives Dene First Nation
Great Slave Lake, YKDFN
Sahtúdé (Great Bear Lake)
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Tucho (Great Slave Lake)
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Yamoria skinned 3 giant terrorizing the people and hillside, visible as landslide today.
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Diagram at right: Annual migrations were based on cycles of animal movement, resource availability, and seasonal change. This gave rise to the idea of cyclical time in Dene culture.
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CULTURAL CONTEXT: A CYCLICAL WAY OF LIFE
Research and analysis of the Dene way of life shows a focus on seasons, cycles, and annual migrations. Stories, based in memory and passed down from generations, are used as tools to navigate the landscape and, over time, are converted to knowledge by moving through the land. In Indigenous worldviews, time is cyclical and repetitive; a story is a line that connects present to past. A cyclical time scale approach presents a culturally-sensitive opportunity to understand, interpret, and celebrate Yellowknife’s living heritage.
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Linear time: Western worldview
YELLOWKNIFE BAY
Scale: 1:15,000
UNDERSTANDING LANDSCAPE HERITAGE THROUGH NDIGENOUS VS. WESTERN LENS
Left: In a Western worldview, time is linear and indicated by progression. Yellowknife’s Intercultural Heritage and Placemaking Plan (2018) proposes that historic plaques be used to celebrate the rich history of Old Town. A review of existing plaques reveals a design that offers only brief glimpses of time on a post- colonial linear scale, removing the viewer from the iconic, rocky landscape. A Western view of landscape is of a continuous surface to see across, preferably aerially, through a map, or from up high, through a singular lens or experience. Right: In an Indigenous worldview, a landscape is seen as a meshwork of interconnected paths, each created by memory, rooted in experience, and passed down in story.
McMeekan Causeway plaque
Latham Island plaque
Peace River Flats plaque
The Rock plaque
The Rock
McAvoy Rock
Niven Hill
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GREAT SLAVE LAKE
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PROPOSAL: A CYCLICAL METAPHOR TO CELEBRATE LIVING HERITAGE LINE rejects the western perspectives of time, space, and landscape typically used in heritage planning practices. It is a metaphor for the transmission of traditional knowledge, using storytelling, memory, and ideas of cyclical time to create a meaningful experience of Old Town’s physical landscape and living heritage. It allows the visitor to engage with previous occupants of the landscape through a simple, semi-permanent painted line on the three major rock formations in Old Town: McAvoy Rock, The Rock, and Niven Hill.
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PERSPECTIVE: YEAR 1, MCAVOY ROCK
Using their memory, a local leaves a path in the snow. McAvoy Rd. Franklin Ave. 0 2.5 5 7.5 12.5m
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This path is visible to future visitors for years to come, a physical marker of memory that ties visitor to the past.
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POST-PROPOSAL HERITAGE ANALYSIS
The greater implication of this project for the field of landscape architecture is to question how we, in our practice, meaningfully engage with Indigenous worldviews; perceptions of time, space, and permanence; and living heritage of a place.
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Graphics samples
PHOTOREALISTIC RENDER
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Adobe Photoshop. Proposal for SeaWeed: Cannabis Co-op in Freshwater, Newfoundland
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Adobe Illustrator. Proposal for SeaWeed: Cannabis Co-op in Freshwater, Newfoundland
York Street SP3 SE Queens Quay W. SP1 SP2 0.00 + 1 2 + 0.02 7% + 4.71 + 4.15 + 5.79 + 6.63 + 7.70 1 3 4 5 6 7 2 6.5% 24m N 0 6 12 RENDERED PLAN
AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop. Proposal for the (now demolished) Gardiner Expressway York St. off ramp.
GEOPROCESSING ANALYSIS
ArcGIS Pro, Adobe Illustrator. Hydrological analysis of the Don River Watershed in Toronto using ArcGIS Pro reveals headwater locations that are protected by substantial vegetative cover, and therefore could be targeted for photoremediation efforts.
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Rhino 3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, various 3D print and CNC softward for communications purposes. From top left, left to right: 3D printed site model, CNC milled topo model, wood section detail model, hand-made section model, laser-cut topo model.
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