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James Corner Field Operations

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Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration / Reconfiguration de l'autoroute Gardiner et du boulevard Lake Shore

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Axonometric Drawing

Pedestrian Bridge Crossing Typology

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Gateway Signage Typology

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"Ponte Vecchio" Typology

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Corridor Composition - Structures + Walls Keating

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Parliament Street Intersection and Crossing

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Don Valley Parkway Intersection

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Concrete Barrier to Vegetated Ribbon

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Obstructed Frontage to Continous Public Frontage

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Bay Street Intersection

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Don Valley Parkway

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Carlaw Avenue Intersection

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Sherbourne Street Intersection

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Sculpted Vegetal Rail Berm Escarpment

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Revides Keating Channel Precinct Massing

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Eastern Lake Shore Boulevard: Extend Neighborhoods to the Water

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Keating Precinct Detail

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITOR

Competitor	ARUP
	www.arup.com

	SCHOLLEN & Company Inc.
	www.schollenandcompany.com/

	James Corner Field Operations
	www.fieldoperations.net

	North-South Environmental
	www.nsenvironmental.com


Distinction	Finalist
Doc. level	50%

Description

Based on our understanding the existing context of the Gardiner Expressway/Lakeshore Boulevard Corridor, we see three primay challenges that must be resolved for the City of Toronto to take full advantage of its waterfront:

TRAFFIC VOLUME
The single, biggest hurdle to bringing the Gardiner Expressway down is the question of what to do with the volume of traffic that currently fills its lanes and those of Lake Shore Boulevard. While we can suggest the possible redistribution of some traffic volume locally, ultimately the critical mass of reduction in vehicular movements in this corridor must be the result of a regional approach to transportation and transit that discourages private vehicle usage in the downtown core and privileges alternative means of transportation. .

NORTH-SOUTH CROSSINGS
Everyone knows that Toronto has an amazing amenity in its waterfront. The problem is actually accessing it from the city's existing neighborhoods. At present, it is unclear how one should properly - and safely - navigate from areas like St. Lawrence, the Distillery District, Corktown, or Leslieville down to the waterfront. Clarifying these connections, and demarcating them in such a way that this movement is intuitive is essential to fully capitalizing the waterfront.

FROM BARRIER TO THRESHOLD
The Gardiner Expressway / Lake Shore Boulevard Corridor is not ever going to fully disappear. We can modify it and mitigate it, but ultimately this line will always be present within the fabric of downtown Toronto. We believe the key is transforming the transect of the roadway from that of a barrier that dissuades movement and occupancy of the waterfront, to an urban threshold that announces the gateway to the overall waterfront district.

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Jury Report

The design teams were given a detailed briefing which included information on existing conditions and concurrent studies before they began work. Half way through their assignment, design teams presented their work to technical and stakeholder committees for feedback.

Two design teams were assigned to three of following four options to be studied in the Environmental Assessment known as Alternative Solutions.

James Corner Field Operations were assign to "Remove" the elevated expressway and build a new boulevard.

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