Two groups of BA Architectural Studies students represented the University of Toronto in a day long student Design Charrette held at this year’s IIDEX/ NeoCon Canada Exposition. The theme of the Charrette was Tomorrow Today, and groups were required to create constructions using materials found on the site of the Expo.

The team comprised of Paul Trussler, Debra Pogorelsky, Ema Graci, Minnie Chan, Edith Yu, Annie Wang and Amelia Roblin won the competition and a cash prize of $2,000.00 for their entry entitled ‘Reduction’. The design emphasized simple frames or threshold forms connected using string.  The other University of Toronto team of David Zhai , Maegan Magathan, Ariel Shepherd, Len Angelici and Bora Baboci created a flexible modular cocoon structure with available cardboard and packing materials.

Posted October 14, 2008; Revised October 22, 2008