Projects and Publications

Putting the Park Back in Parkdale

Alissa North

Putting the Park Back in Parkdale is a publication by Professor Alissa North, with a Foreword by Canadian Architect Editor Ian Chodikoff, documenting student work created in North's Option Studio held in 2008 at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty. The studio examined the community of Parkdale in Toronto's west end to understand, and then adeptly adjust its systems, through strategic injection of landscape and architectural elements.

University of Toronto Master of Landscape Architecture: Year One

Alissa North

This publication documents student work created in the first semester studio and lecture course from 2004 to 2007 at the University of Toronto in the Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Edited by Professor Alissa North.

ISBN 978-0-557-20387-1
136 Colour Pages

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Tower Renewal Guidelines

Ted Kesik

Ted Kesik and Ivan Saleff, Principal Researchers
Robert Wright and Graeme Stewart, Co-Researchers
Jan Kroman, Nick Swerdfeger and Scott Waugh, Research Associates
Anne Miller, InDesign Editor

The Juggernaut, Toronto

Pina Petricone
Project Date: 
06/02/2009 - 03:32

The Juggernaut offices were inspired by the client’s desire for a space that would reflect their own creative work. Because controlled light is an integral aspect of The Juggernaut’s working environment, it became a thematic element, shaping all aspects of the design.

Cyclorama, 2009 Toronto ID Show

Pina Petricone
Project Date: 
06/02/2009 - 03:29

Crystal Clear Exhibit, Interior Design Show, Toronto, 2009

Osteria Ciceri e Tria, Toronto

Pina Petricone
Project Date: 
06/02/2009 - 03:27

Based on the model of the Italian, family-run tavern, the Osteria Ciceri e Tria promises a perpetual “dinner party” where the menu changes daily, according to the food in season and the ‘whim’ of the host.

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

Pina Petricone
Project Date: 
06/02/2009 - 03:25

Trinity College’s new Centre for Ethics attests to the three intellectual pillars (foundations of ethics; ethics in action; and, ethics in translation) upon which this think tank rests. The question of “ethics in translation” sets this centre apart from its predecessors at Princeton and Harvard, inseparable from its multicultural context, and is the ethos that most challenged our design approach.

Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition “Forest Succession”

Peter North
Project Date: 
01/01/2009 (All day)

This master plan proposal for the multi-phased regeneration, restoration and renewal of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is based on a detailed understanding of the site's geographic location, geomorphic characteristics, diverse ecologies, and historic significance and is managed by principles of natural forest succession.

The Verdant Walk

Peter North
Project Date: 
01/01/2009 (All day)

The Verdant Walk is a public art installation that stands in view of Marshall Fredericks' beloved Fountain of Eternal Life on downtown Cleveland's historic Mall B, the grand civic space resulting from plans laid out by Daniel Burnham and associates in the City Beautiful era.

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