The Daniels Faculty, the City of Markham, and Industrial Arts presents an exhibit titled “Interactive Thresholds”, an exploration of the architectural threshold as a behavioral and technological interface.

Designed and built by Daniels undergraduate students and faculty of the 2025 Design Build course social/technological, “Interactive Thresholds” showcases the resulting projects. This exhibit examines doors and thresholds, through a series of three architectural installations, examining how we move through space, how we are seen, and the social and perceptual relationships between technology, the body, and the built environment. Using various fabrication methods and physical computing (arduino/electronics), the installations are responsive to visitors and passersby.

This open house is co-produced and co-presented by the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, City of Markham Public Art, and Industrial Arts.

Teaching Team: Humbi Song (Instructor), Sadi Wali (TA), Jason Lee (RA) 

Students: Dora Calista, Emma Chen, Megan Fezi, Kyra Holzscherer, Naomi Huang, Eda Sarac Sarac, Kyla Tang, Sling Velasquez Lanza, Zhihuan Xu, Claire Yuen 

Special Thanks: Yan Wu, Karen Law, Andrea Carson Barker, and Daniels Applied Technologies