Quadrangle Architects + aLL Design + Janet Rosenberg & Studio

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Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park Innovative Design CompetitionToronto, Ontario

Proposal to Waterfront Toronto

9 March 2015

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A horn boomed obscuring the view of the destination.

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The mist blinded my vision of the place I only imagined,

It is another place to go. A liberation from the humdrum,

A longing long in coming,

Yearning for the greener grass on the other side.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

No red sails in this sunset.

The home port hides within a blanket

NO BLUE YONDER awaiting the intrepid voyager

And yet –

AN UNKNOWN BEYOND THE ISLANDS

Where you can sail – sail away forever.

Imagination lies in the islands,

A YEARNING.

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IntroductionThe Legacy of Jack Layton

For Jack Layton, first as an academic, then as an activist, and finally as a politician, the Toronto Islands were the staging ground for his policies. It is where environmental advocacy met social justice for him, often in the form of action on behalf of Island residents. It was a fertile ground because since the late nineteenth century Toronto’s growth gave rise to a middle class that established the concept of leisure time; and it corresponds to the time for which the Islands became a haven, not only for the wealthy but for the common man, giving rise to the now-old saying that “the Island is not just for the Masseys but also for the masses”. The Islands were also for Layton a meaningful and “beloved” retreat since his university years. Both Olivia Chow and Layton as the young councillor often made reference to countless trips on their trademark tandem bicycle, riding from one end of the Islands to the other in the frame of mind that one can cover far greater ground this way, traveling faster as a team. That is why in 2013, on the second anniversary of his death, a bronze statue of Layton riding on a tandem bicycle was installed at the ferry docks when they were renamed in his honour.

The concept of culturally embedded knowledge and the historical approach to philosophy set the groundwork for the idea of freedom as something that is achieved through commitment to the community.

Layton pursued his doctorate in Toronto to study the work of political philosopher C. B. Macpherson. He came to understand himself as part of the intellectual tradition of Canadian Idealists, in the belief that human society has the potential to achieve liberty when people

work together to form a society in which equality imagines a liberty that enables us to build together common objectives that fulfill and even surpass our individual goals. The third of three pillars to this belief is the formulation of a philosophy of freedom that connects with the lives of immigrants for whom the Islands are precious as a retreat. The concept of culturally-embedded knowledge and the historical approach to philosophy set the groundwork for the idea of freedom as something that is achieved through a commitment to the community. Freedom for the idealists is achieved through the ethical life of our community. By participating in our society, engaging in dialogues with others about our proper ends and giving and receiving the recognition of others that we are free, we cultivate the elements that make us self-governing individuals, and hence truly free. A tweet sent on the day of his funeral reads “If everyone cared as much about Canada as Jack Layton did, we’d be a much better country. RIP.” The theme of “Jack’s got your back” describes not only his role on the tandem bike, but more importantly that the politics of a progressive, just society, works the same way. His lineage includes a great-granduncle, William Steeves, who was a Father of Confederation; and his great-grandfather, Philip E. Layton, who was a blind activist who founded the Montreal Association for the Blind.

The imperative supporting this competition of ideas seeks to promote outstanding park design and architecture and reflect the needs and aspirations of the park and ferry users, while also building upon the larger revitalization effort of the Central Waterfront and Queens Quay Boulevard towards the greater good of the public. Christopher Hume quotes Janet Rosenberg saying “You want to make the city look as though it’s loved . . . If we want a beautiful city, we have to stop thinking of things in isolation”. The competitor’s stated objectives challenge the abilities of a diverse and complementary

team of designers to avoid preconceptions in the process of shaping the energies – connections between movement and material, history and emotion - that are defined by the ferry terminal in its physical relationship with the city and the Toronto Islands at large as well as to modulate and connect with those defined by the waterfront in particular. Waves of transition in our society reflect on the waves of immigration and the transitions experienced for New Canadians in staking out new futures in this country. The combination of the ecology and the cultural significance of the Toronto Islands on life in Canada make for a strong contemporary statement for landscape architecture to be expressive not only of a biological ecology but what we may refer to as a “cultural ecology”. The metaphor of the beacon and light beam as key image for the ferry terminal then becomes

even stronger. As for early mariners, this guiding light is raised. In our vision, it takes the form of a horizontal datum - a bar building - that liberates the ground to privilege the panoramic view between Bay Street and the ferry ride.

We propose that the anticipation of the ferry begins at Bay Street with movement across a landform of refracting wavefronts, simulating not only the pattern, but the rise and fall experienced in the water at the shoreline. One should imagine the pattern as allowing for a gentle rise and fall in the topography, just as the fog horn of the ferry boat that announces to all travelers the signature pattern of sound waves in the call to board. At the same time, areas of more discrete separation in grade, and in the differentiation of materials, will identify

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locations of high traffic and those of rest and repose. The materials come to represent a shaping of the energies that define the integration of a ferry terminal and a park: the park as a ferry terminal, the terminal as a park. They combine to become an active park with the singular mission of making the voyage a positive experience. Under a tall canopy that makes a forest out of the Queens Quay streetscape, the view to the Islands is now at hand with the removal of the tunnel road and bulkhead. From here, a gradient in the placement of the trees transitions to coastal species as one approaches the “ecological” zone that mimics the coastal dune conditions of the Toronto Island beach. Intrinsic to the terminal, an elevated walkway takes one out across this shoreline buffer and above the water, enabling the waves from family members on the departure or arrival.

The materials come to represent a shaping of the energies that define the integration of a ferry terminal and a park: the park as a ferry terminal, the terminal as a park.

We have taken one step back to go many forward by re-introducing (from the era of the second terminal, 1918-1972, located at Bay and Queens Quay) the concept of a waiting room, conceived now as innovative and varied “street creatures” with heated areas for the winter months and conditioned in the summer, along with the bar (real and juice) in the elevated bar building, thereby making the waiting comfortable. A new more inconspicuous surface road, will benefit Island students with a drop-off area, while continuing to provide the condominium owners with the necessary means of egress beyond York Slip. Above all, the details in our proposal are for a ferry terminal and park that are united in meeting the imperative to make this design for the

twenty-first century one that works! One will sense a vibe that reflects the idealism Jack Layton saw in our society for democracy, education and intelligence, and fun.

The details in our proposal are for a ferry terminal and park that are united in meeting the imperative to make this design for the twenty-first century one that works!

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Big Moves and Required Design Elements / ArchitecturalThe Plan A Place for AllFlow Planning and Urban Design InitiativesConcept Plan for Phase One

Architectural DrawingsMaster planFerry Terminal and Service Building Plans- Ground, Second, Mezzanine and Terrace LevelsSections - Through Ferry Terminal and Service Building, Through Elevated Walkway and PoolBuilding Elevations

Big Moves and Required Design Elements / Landscape Integration of Materials with the Waterfront Toronto VisionWaves of Transition \ WavefrontsPlay SustainabilityLandscape Master PlanLandscape SectionsPlanting Plan

AppendicesUniversal AccessAdditional Landscape ElementsLighting Strategy StructuralArchitectural Outline Specification Landscape Outline SpecificationModel ProcessContributors

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A place to be.The park is the terminal.An attractor - FUN.Continuous walk by the water.Make the terminal visible.A place to wait.A place to sit.Removal of the tunnel to the car park.Opening up the eastern view and the view to the Island.

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A Day in the Life Island Visitors

The terminal experience begins as soon as you cross Queens Quay Boulevard West.

You can buy your ticket from a Street Creature kiosk, get a cold drink or use the washrooms while you wait for the ferry in the park.

After enjoying the park, you can use the large ticketing and washroom facilities in the yard and then proceed through the secure zone onto the ferry.

Going to the island will become an adventure the moment you cross Queens Quay Boulevard West. You can buy your timed ticket or a cold drink at one of the “Street Creatures” scattered along the path leading to the terminal. Your wait in the sun is comfortable as you stand under one of the whimsical L’umbrellas that draw cool air down to the ground and provide light and shade. You will pass through the portal in the folded steel wall into the secure waiting area and board your ferry to island adventures!

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A Day in the Life Island ResidentsWhile Toronto Island living looks idyllic in the height of summer, it is a challenging lifestyle choice year round. Tied to the ferries for transportation to work, shopping or any other activity in the city, it is imperative that access to the docks, ticketing and waiting choices work for Island residents. There is a simple and direct route along the Yonge Street slip to a dedicated island residents’ lock-up area. Timed and online ticketing choices are available for islanders to buy monthly passes and bypass the summer crowds. You can wait for your ferry in the comfort of the terminal cafe with a view of your island home.

Your groceries secure in the lock-up, you head up to the elevated walkway and café/bar to wait for your boat while looking out over the harbour.

The ferry has left the terminal: you are now on your way home.

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Heading home from the city, you can ride your bike down the Yonge Street slip, away from the summer crowds, to the dedicated bike and cart lock-up beside the entry to the Ongiara ferry.

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A Day in the Life Island School StudentsThe Island Public/Natural Science School on Centre Island is one of the Toronto District School Board’s most unique learning environments. The school serves over 200 students across three programmes: day school students from the island and harbour residential communities; a nursery school and a ½ week residential natural science and outdoor education school offered to kids in the TDSB system city-wide. Getting to the island becomes part of the daily routine for harbour families and the adventure of the class trip to the Science School is a defining moment in every Toronto child’s memory. Accommodation for school buses is planned for Bay Street with a dedicated lay-by. Short term parking behind the high grass berms will allow drop-off for Harbourfront area famillies. A heated waiting area in the terminal area within one of the “Street Creatures” will start this exciting journey.

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The journey to the Natural Science school begins! You follow your class group and enter the park leading to the ferry docks.

You and your friends hang out in the cool play space while you wait for the boat.

You and your Dad have a hot chocolate in the cafe that is high up so you can watch the ferries come into the docks.

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A Day in the Life Ferry Terminal WorkforceThe right set of building and operational tools are needed for the job of moving 2,500 people an hour along with school groups, delivery services and emergency vehicles as well as bicycles smoothly from the city to the Islands. All of these users must be moved in all weather conditions. The terminal workforce needs to distribute tickets and information, provide an appropriate level of MARSEC security, operate and service the ferry boats and generally ensure that the terminal is a safe and efficient operation. The pinch point at the existing ticket booths is relieved by the distribution of automated ticketing choices in the park and online timed tickets. Workers arrive at the Yonge Street Slip with dedicated parking away from the active park. Vehicles are scanned at the foot of the slip at the security gate, easily supervised from the dedicated security office in the service building on the north side of the terminal enclosure. The service building has a ground floor mechanical service facilities and a second floor dedicated office, staff lounge, change room, storage and locker facilities. Crowds within the secure MARSEC zone are easily screened and monitored from cameras on the underside of the terminal building.

Service and delivery vehicles can use the dedicated spots on the Yonge Street Slip and head for the Service building

The machine shop and service facilities on the ground level allow for lots of easily accessed work space close to the docks with a view into the terminal yard.

Inside the MARSEC secure zone, under the bar buildings it is easy to oversee, screen and direct the public on and off of the ferries.

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A Day in the Life Condo ResidentsLiving on the waterfront is equally as idyllic as living on the island with that sense of connection to the harbour and the lake beyond. The residents of Harbour Square will want to enjoy the activity and added amenities such as the swimming pool, model boat and kayaking pond and the skating rink that the revitalized Harbour Square Park will bring to their doorstep. They also value their privacy and want to maintain easy access to and from their residence. A newly oriented road closer to the condominium separates public and private traffic at the property line. Non-residents are provided with a separate turn-around to direct them back to Bay Street, allowing the residents’ only to continue into Harbour Square’s private turn around.

You walk out the door straight into a park complete with activities for kids and families.

You can take advantage of all the new amenities that Harbour Square Park now offers like the swimming pool and calm kayaking pond on your doorstep.

You can go skating in the winter or paddle in the pool in the summer.

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Existing Pedestrian Flow Proposed Pedestrian FlowThe existing paved area is hemmed in by the hillock that covers the current road to the Harbour Square condominiums turn-around. The summer crowds are forced all the way back to the foot of Bay Street and around onto Queen’s Quay Boulevard West at peak times during the summer months.

The revitalized Harbour Square Park and Jack Layton Ferry Terminal will provide an abundance of choices for pedestrians. The dead end to continuous waterfront access that exists due to the ferry passenger enclosure will be opened up to allow for continuous flow all the way along the water’s edge from York to Yonge Quays, linking more to the city to its waterfront. The existing confined space for queuing will be opened up completely by the removal of the existing terminal structure a widened lane along Yonge Quay will provide enhanced exiting from ferries during peak periods. Pedestrians can flow freely into the park from Queens Quay all the way to the water.

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Proposed Pedestrian Flow Ferry Loading and UnloadingThe two streams of passengers waiting to leave and those arriving and disembarking will not mix through the control of the MARSEC secure areas below the Terminal building by means of a double sliding gate system. The timing of boat departures and arrivals can be synced to allow for maximum movement of people during peak summer periods. Boats arriving can discharge their passengers to the left or to the right. Passengers waiting inside the secure area can be screened by staff and by cameras mounted to the underside of the terminal building.

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Vehicular Flow Bicycle FlowCars and delivery trucks require dedicated routes into the ferry terminal and onto the ferries for a wide variety of delivery and servicing functions. Public and service vehicular traffic is limited to the dedicated road and parking on the Yonge Street Slip. The existing slip for the historic Trillium ferry is moved to the west to allow for a larger, more serviceable vehicle yard that will allow for full turning circles.

A shared pedestrian and bicycling pathway will meander east to west near the elevated walkway. The pedestrian only paths along the York Street Slip in the West Harbour Square park and around the boardwalk surrounding the new naturalized dunes and the splash pad/skating pond will keep the continuous waterfront access easily accessible for both pedestrian and cyclists. The importance of wayfinding signage that explains the use of paths to both groups will be an important component of the design. Storage facilities for bicycles will include the dedicated lock-up for island residents along with bike stations that will allow for stacked and oversized bike storage. Existing single bike lockers will be relocated to the short term parking zone in the west edge of the site, and on in the parking area on the Yonge Street Slip.

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Bicycle Flow Emergency ServicesEmergency services need to get to their patient, any way possible and as fast as possible. The design of the park, surfaces and routes will allow emergency vehicles to access all parts of the park from east to west and from north to south. The continuous access along the boardwalk will accommodate any type of water craft.

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Planning and Urban Design Initiatives

Queens Quay RevitalizationQueens Quay is undergoing a transformation which alters where the streetcar tracks and roadway run and upgrades paving materials from asphalt and concrete to granite.

Extension and Upgrade of Martin Goodman Cycling TrailThe Martin Goodman Cycling Trail is being extended along Queens Quay East to connect with the Lower Don Recreation Trail.

Removal of York Street Off Ramp and Revitalization of Park2013 Environmental Assessment recommends eliminating the circular off ramp and replacing it with a T-intersection at York Street along with revitalization of park space.

Lower Yonge Design GuidelinesUrban Design Guidelines which outline how the foot of Yonge and adjoining LCBO lands are to be developed in the future.

Westin Conference Centre Public ArtApplication of large mural to the west facade of the Westin Conference Centre is planned for spring 2015.

Removal of Captain John’sShip is to be removed and dismantled in 2015.

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Harbourfront Streetcar (faded = below grade)

East Bayfront LRT (planned, unfunded)

Martin Goodman Trail

PATH Network

Public Art Installation

Lower Yonge Urban Design Guideline Boundary

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16 York32 Storeys

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Ice Condominiums57 + 67 Storeys

ResidentialInfinity Condominiums35 + 16 Storeys

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Concept Plan for Phase One

An initial programme to be implemented as soon as this first summer following the competition proposes a joint effort with Waterfront Toronto in introducing “pop-up” elements that presage the future constructed amenities. The anticipated Phase One budget of $500,000 can be leveraged to greater success in collaboration with the advertising program of Waterfront Toronto. Festive banners, socks in the wind, a couple of ‘street creature’ for tickets and refreshments in the park can add color and fun, as well as introducing the competition results and things to come for everyone who uses the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park. These elements will draw attention to the park and terminal alike, and as mobile components, can be moved and redeployed within the area s the master plan is executed over time.


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Master Plan with Road at Harbour Square Condominiums

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Building Elevations

North Terminal Elevation

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Integration Of Materials With The Waterfront Toronto Vision

The design integrates the vision set in the design by West 8 and DTAH in Toronto’s Downtown Waterfront Strategic Plan. Its purpose, as we have come to appreciate in the implementation, is to overcome the existing visual incongruity and create a sense of inter-connectedness and identity. The urban promenade with maple leaf pattern is paired with an allée of trees while the waterfront is expressed with a boardwalk. The

wavefront pattern introduces an iconographic motif that, in characterizing the energies of movement through the park and ferry terminal, integrate in material and form with the granite cobble-like stones that define the implementation of the maple leaf pattern: the darker gray defining the pattern together with the lighter gray defining the field become the colors of the wavefronts.

Continuous Waterfront Access

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Waves of Transition \ Wavefronts

We are inspired by this visual pattern created by artist Bridget Riley in the 1960s. Her philosophy that “For me nature is not a landscape, but rather the dynamism of visual forces - an event rather than an appearance” is integral to ours in addressing the shaping of energies of circulation in a park and ferry terminal. At the same time, as a pattern-generating engine, the Op-art movement

as it was called, fostered the wide adoption of these by society into all aspects of design - from the pattern on paper to clothing and objects. This process of commodification removed any assignment of royalties from the art, creating a universalist application and public ownership.

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Sustainability

Naturalized EdgeThe ferry terminal and park were among the first re-developments of the waterfront following its de-industrialization, making for a historic turning point in the public’s access to the water. Initially part of a planned 85-million dollar waterfront project started in 1964 it was completed in the early 1970s at the cost of 250 million dollars that also saw the Bay Street shipping slip filled-in. The naturalized edge of the cove is a more recent intervention and has been well received by the public as an approach to softening the engineered shoreline. This can serve, as we propose, as the model for the addition of a similar new pedestrian boardwalk along the western aspect of the Yonge Slip. Our design for the dune beach with grasses and sand will significantly increase the reference to the south shore of the Islands. At the same time, the op-art pattern introduces not only a metaphor to the rhythm of wave fronts, but also introduces a novel device for shaping the sand areas into sand bars and dune habitats for vegetation through an analogy to natural processes albeit abstract and static. Likewise for the Islands as the historic re-shaping of the Islands has been put to a stop, its form is also intended to extend into perpetuity.

Ecology - Water StrategyThe City of Toronto’s Aquatic Habitat Restoration Strategy is an initiative to ensure that waterfront revitalization incorporates improvements to aquatic habitats as an integral part of creating a more liveable and sustainable waterfront as part of the “Living City”.

Given that a steep dock wall is necessary for ferries to come and go, recommendations of the strategy for vertical seawalls are most appropriate, emphasizing improved submergent vegetation and forage, and softening the dock wall by including a mixture of submerged stone aggregates, log cribs, and other less overpowering materials than concrete.

With regards to the cove at Harbour Square West, reefs deployed using quarried stone could be useful, as well as a gradient of lowland riparian and submergent vegetation along a graded slope to the degree that it wouldn’t interfere with the sailing and kayaking planned for this area. Floating reefs – platforms with a sloped side that emulates near-shore vegetation anchored in the bay – can also be considered in this area. These measures would provide the habitat for fish communities, recognizing that such protected nearshore environments are essential. The Aquatic Restoration Strategy also emphasizes the importance of implementing the Wet Weather Flow Master Plan in order to control storm water on site, reduce impervious surfaces,

improve water quality through vegetation filter strips and bioswales, and other soft and pervious material. Stormwater management will include guidelines to prevent the discharge into the lake of road salts and other methods to safeguard the general public. The development of the design will coordinate with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to implement scientific rigour in the use of best tools, techniques, and appropriate design of experimental habitat management projects.

The introduction of this new habitat for science will provide an educational complement for the Island school whose focus is the natural sciences.

Recent installation of a riparian edge at Harbour Square Park West by RSA

Manitou Beach on the Islands

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Current planter conditions at the ferry terminal

Raised tree planters limit permeability to their confines

New tree planting on the waterfront with permeable ground

Tree HealthThe goal of the science of planting trees is promoting rapid root growth to reduce the water stress imposed by the limited root system. A likely high water table means low oxygen content in the soil, exacerbating deficiencies in planting and maintenance. At the same time, tree roots promote rainwater infiltration through the soil and are capable of holding significant amounts of water. Tree canopies also reduce storm water runoff by absorbing and collecting rainfall on leaves and branches – a 60-foot crown translates to 700 gallons held back and percolating across the branches and leaves.

Of the 249 trees identified in the arborist report within the district bounded by Queen’s Quay and the Yonge & York Slips, 165 trees are located within the primary competition area. The report makes comprehensive observations on the health of the trees and recommendations on the selection of species for future planting and re-planting. Based on these, we identify 50 trees within the primary site that are candidates for preservation – an assessment of ‘Fair’ to tree integrity, canopy structure, or canopy vitality, a ‘High’ priority designation for addressing an arboreal prescription, a poor prognosis in the comments, or its identification as one of the five species to be excluded from future planting [Ash species, Austrian pine, Linden, Norway maple, and Siberian Elm] – were the criteria used.

Of these 50 trees, however, 11 are located on the overburden/roof of the tunnel (to be dismantled), and 5 (Linden) are located on the Yonge Slip (to be replaced by 15 trees of the West 8 allée species). Our net preservation number comes to 13 trees. These consist of the grouping of Honeylocust trees (8) near the hotel, and the Maples (4) and one Oak (1) on the southern water’s edge. Yet, we introduce 55 trees – for a total of 68 trees within Harbour

Square Park – exceeding the number of healthy trees identified in the report. We have selected four species with distinct characteristic, to increase the diversity and give visual identity to the concept of a coastal transition of zones: Elm at the park’s entry from Bay Street, Honeylocust in the lawn landforms, Birch along the east-west axis with Harbour Square West, and the existing Oak and Maples in our dunes water’s edge. There is also the potential for 32 trees in an allée formation at Harbour Square West that can preserve the 7 of 14 Red Oak and European Alder that are recommended for keeping.

Durability Of The LandscapeOur landscape plan for Harbour Square Park is highly designed to accommodate large numbers of queuing passengers and day trippers to the park – most often in the summer. The planting plan also provides for the resident locals a quieter, more subdued season where the needs may have more to do with wind screening, visual interest through varied forms, bark types and colour. In addition, we emulate or signify some of the more iconic native communities by selecting one or two highlight species to be planted en masse as needed, or along a gradient of less to greater screening, height or density. The goal has been to represent zones as “waves of transition” between the urban and coastal within the threshold that a ferry terminal and associated park can illustrate.

Ecology brings a new paradigm to landscape architecture as inspiration for the aesthetic challenge, while also allowing for the insertion of resilience in the face of coastal and climatic challenges. It provides for the opportunity for landscapes to learn. Moreover, the shape of energy is an essential act in architectural and landscape design. The material characteristics that create these inform their edge and the transition between materials. Understanding the importance of giving shape to design through materials might appear so fundamental as to not require clarification. Yet this is precisely what has been evading the designer as it pertains to working with circulation, movement, or what we can more broadly refer to as energy.

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Wind ProtectionTree canopy provides the most successful protection from winds at ground level. Winter benefits are reduced, yet the structural canopy does provide a more comfortable environment below than above the tree cover. Architectural devices in the design will supplement through active means, such as the proposed heat output in the street creatures during winter (and cooling in the heat of summer). A moveable screen is proposed for the skating area along the boardwalk for the winter months.

Economic, Social, And Ecological Sustainability: “Cultural Ecology”Once again, ecology brings a new paradigm to landscape architecture as inspiration for the aesthetic challenge, while also allowing for the insertion of resilience in the face of coastal and climatic challenges. Sustainability must be practiced taking into consideration all three of its components: the economic, social, and ecological. They must be thought of as an ecosystem: factors that affect the biological have contributing effects on the social as well as cost. This holistic consideration and the cultural significance of the Toronto Islands on life in Canada make for a strong contemporary statement for landscape architecture to be expressive not only of a biological ecology but what we have earlier referred to as a “cultural ecology”. At the same time, factors that improve the social – such as a softened water’s edge that favors the ecological – will have economic benefits.

The species of trees and grasses chosen represent various assemblages common to Toronto’s natural heritage areas around the shoreline and throughout the city (Toronto Islands, Tommy Thompson Park, Don River Valley, High Park). At the same time, in order to bring shape to energy, we have selected principally in the Birch a tree that offers variable gradient along with understory species are used as visual accents, to direct movement onsite, and delineate between programmed areas. The Birch is a fast-growing, short-lived, and easily replaced tree pioneer species, particularly in areas of heavy use for ease of replacement and the need to maintain a high-transparency in conjunction with the visual interest of its trunk and its comfort in being planted tightly in order to provide clusters with a large grouping, all the while planted in areas of permeable paving.

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The design respects the vision set in Toronto’s Downtown Waterfront Strategic Plan by recognizing within its obligation to establish order and coherence the provision for an expanded experience. It is perhaps a re-interpretation of a “floating” system, referring to the Floating Waterfront as one of the Strategic Plan’s three systems – along with the Primary Waterfront and the Urban Waterfront. We have added metaphor to the

design of a landscape that alludes to the voyage in its reference to the experience of water as the medium and matter between Toronto proper and the Islands. As mentioned earlier, the wavefront pattern will become a motif that achieves universal recognition not only in its origin in art but in its allusion to the hope and freedom that are essential to the tides of immigration that have made Toronto reknown for its multi-cultural population.

Site Program

1. Waterfront Tree Allée2. Swimming Pool3. Elevated Walkway4. Boardwalk/Promenade5. Dunes/Beaches6. Water Play/Rink

7. Play Landforms 8. Access Road & Parking9. ‘Jack’s Got Your Back’ Statue10. Shaded Walkway & Kiosks11. Washrooms/Tickets/Services 12. Waiting Area

13. Bar & Mezzanine 14. Access Road & Storage15. Suspended Boardwalk

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Perspective towards the Islands [from Mid-Term Package]

Perspective towards the Dunes [fro Mid-Term Package]

Perspective towards the entry at Queen’s Quay & Bay [from Mid-Term Package]

Foremost in our design as a team is to open the view of the lake and the Islands at the foot of Bay Street by removing the road tunnel and passarel. A series of berms along the western edge create a visual and sound buffer that separates the conforming road from the play areas, benefitting the condominium residents and parents of Island school children. The canopy of the street trees along Queen’s Quay will set a datum (12-ft / 3.7-m) which continues into the park, allowing for an openness that creates a horizontal panorama that brings the park as a forecourt to the experience of the voyage, all within this first view. Elms at the entry area surrounding the Jack Layton statue will create the sense of a monumental outdoor room necessary for this key meeting point. Our landscape will accommodate large numbers of queuing passengers and day trippers to the park – most often in the summer by bringing many of the formerly centralized amenities out into the park itself. As mentioned earlier, the concept of a waiting room is now conceived as innovative and varied “street creatures” with heated areas for the winter months and conditioned in the summer, along with the bar (real and juice) in the elevated bar building and ground elements of the ferry terminal, thereby making the waiting comfortable.

Referring once again to the shaping of energy, the waveforms (at a maximum 5% slope in softscape areas) provide optimum drainage zones along the low axes of both the softscape and hardscape areas, and the introduction of sand in the beach dunes will prevent runoff from entering the lake. At the same time, tree roots promote rainwater infiltration through the soil and are capable of holding significant amounts of water, especially with the species of trees chosen, which represent various assemblages common to Toronto’s natural heritage areas around the shoreline and throughout the city.

The planting plan also provides a quieter, more subdued season where the needs may have more to do with wind screening, visual interest through varied forms, bark types and colour. Our design for the dune beach with grasses and sand will significantly increase the reference to the south shore of the Islands, shown earlier in a photo of Manitou Beach. It will also complement and add to the success of beach areas introduced first at HtO Park and later at Sugar Beach. At the same time, the waveform pattern introduces not only a metaphor to the rhythm of wave fronts, but also introduces a novel device for shaping the sand areas into sand bars and dune habitats for vegetation – as well as wheelchair accessibility – through an analogy to natural processes albeit abstract and static.

A new surface road, inconspicuous in sharing the same materials as the park proper, will benefit Island students with a parking and drop-off area, while providing the condominium owners with the necessary second means of egress beyond York Slip. Passage through the park to the terminal will offer varied and interesting routes, all providing the measure of ‘desire lines’, yet co-existing, overlapping, and different.

Intrinsic to the terminal, an elevated walkway (18-ft / 5.7-m) will take one out across the shoreline buffer and out above the water – perhaps the strongest east-west desire line requested in the competition brief – enabling the waves from family members on the departure or arrival. The design makes this timely reconsideration of the ferry terminal and its place in Harbour Square Park a major act in the connectivity of Toronto’s waterfront. In the axis created with Old City Hall by Bay Street (seen in our rendering), the park also makes this political link.


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We have selected four tree species with distinct characteristics, to increase the diversity and give visual identity to the concept of a coastal transition of zones: Elm (Morton Glossy cultivar) at the park’s entry from Bay Street, Honeylocust in the lawn landforms (to supplement existing trees), Birch along the east-west

axis with Harbour Square West, and the existing Oak and Maples in the dunes water’s edge. We introduce 68 new trees within Harbour Square Park, exceeding in number of healthy trees identified (50) in the arborist report. Of these, 9 are Elm, 33 are Birch, and 3 are Honeylocust trees. The designated allée tree for the

streetscape is the London Plane tree. Comfort is seasonal and is the subject of the appropriate dose of sun, shadow, and shade. We define shadow as the environment below tree cover, which comes with the pleasant breezes and dappled light - and protection from the wind - created by branch and leaf structure. Whereas

shadow is associated with the positive enjoyment of the park, shade as created by buildings in the summer is sometimes seen as welcome yet not as much in the winter.


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Morton Glossy Elm, also known as Triumph™ (Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’), is very cold-hardy. A number of elms are available that can resist the pathogen that causes the devastating Dutch elm disease. Since the disease first began mowing down American elms in the 1930’s, scientists and breeders have been developing alternatives. Most of these trees are hybrids that cross various species of American, Asian and European elms. It grows to 50 to 60-ft high and 40 to 50-ft wide in an upright-to-oval form. Branches begin to arch as the tree matures. It is also resistant to elm yellows, with good resistance to elm leaf beetle. It is easily transplanted, quick to establish, and regain rapid growth. It is adaptable to most soil types, unless excessively wet. Its foliage is large, lustrous, and dark green in summer, yellow in the fall.

Birches often form even-aged stands on light, well-drained, particularly acidic soils. Birches are generally lowland species. They are regarded as pioneer species, rapidly colonizing open ground especially in secondary successional sequences following a disturbance or fire.

The gray birch (Betula populifia) is a small tree that lives for about 50 years. Unlike other birch trees, the bark of the gray birch doesn’t peel off easily. The bark is dark reddish brown when the tree is younger, and turns into a chalky white colour when older. Its leaves are a triangle shape with a long pointy tip and are 4 to 7 centimetres long. Gray birches usually grow in a clump, with the tree trunks curved and leaning outwards. Its branches are skinny and can bend into an ‘S’ shape when older. Size: 12 metres tall, trunk 15 centimetres in diameter. Moisture: Can tolerate any moisture level. Shade: Needs full sun. Soil: Prefers sandy and gravelly soil, but can grow in many types of soil.

The white birch (Betula papyrifera) is found everywhere in Ontario except for along the shore of Hudson Bay. It is a medium-sized tree up to 25-m tall. The trunk is covered in thin smooth white bark which peels off in large sheets. Buds, leaves and seeds from the white birch are a great source of food for birds and animals. Leaves from the white birch tree are egg-shaped or triangular in shape and are 5 to 10-cm long, dull green on top and lighter green and slightly hairy underneath. Size: 25-m tall, trunk is 60-cm in diameter. Moisture: Can tolerate a variety of moisture levels. Shade: Intolerant – needs full sun. Soil: Can tolerate a variety of soils.

Grasses

Ammophila is a genus consisting of two or three very similar species of grasses. Common names for these grasses include Marram Grass, Bent Grass, and Beachgrass. These grasses are found almost exclusively on the first line of coastal sand dunes. Their extensive systems of creeping underground stems or rhizomes allow them to thrive under conditions of shifting sands and high winds, and to help stabilize and prevent coastal erosion. A. breviligulata (American Marram Grass or American Beachgrass) is native to coasts of eastern North America, including the shores of the Great Lakes.

Elymus psammophilus is a species of grass known by the common names Thickspike wheatgrass and Streamside wheatgrass. It is native to North America, and this sub-species occurs in the Great Lakesregion. This grass produces hollow, erect stems up to 1.3-m / 4.3-ft tall. It grows from a dense network of roots and rhizomes thickly intertwined to form a sod. The leaves are up to 25-cm / 9.8-in long and 0.5-cm / 0.20-in wide and are flat or slightly rolled at the edges. In dry, hot weather the leaves roll completely into cylindrical shapes.

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The inflorescence is a narrow, compact spike at the top of the stem, measuring up to 22-cm / 8.7-in long. Each spikelet may have 2 to 11 flowers. The plant reproduces often by seed but in some areas, particularly in sandy substrates, it reproduces vegetatively by sprouting from its rhizome. New plants sprout from a soil seed bank, the seeds surviving in the soil for 3 to 4 years on average. The plant thrives under irrigation or in areas with 200-500 millimeters (8-20 inches) of annual precipitation. This grass is common and dominant in a number of habitat types in all stages of ecological succession. It thrives in sandy lakeshores and sand dunes, and a wide variety of grassland and prairie ecosystems. Though it rarely forms large monotypic stands, small pure stands of the species are common. It is highly drought-resistant. Its ability to form thick sod makes it good for erosion control, and the sod is so dense that many weeds are unable to invade stands of it.

Elymus canadensis is a species of wild rye known by the common name Canada Wild rye. This grass is native to much of North America, being most abundant in the central plains and Great Plains. It grows in a number of ecosystems, including riparian woodlands, many types of forest, lakeside sand dunes, and tallgrass prairie. It is a perennial bunch grass reaching heights of one to one and a half meters. It grows from a small rhizome, forms a shallow, fine root network, and is a facultative mycotroph, receiving about 25% of its nutrients on average from symbiotic mycorrhizae. Its stems are hollow and tough at maturity and bear rough, flat leaves reaching 20 to 30-cm in length. The inflorescence is a nodding spike up to 25-cm long containing 5 to 20 spikelets. Each spikelet is one or two centimeters long, not counting the sharp, hard, curling awn which may exceed three centimeters in length.

Leymus arenarius is known as ‘Blue Dune’ lyme grass, and is grown for its display of exceptionally beautiful steel-blue foliage. It is a spreading grass that is best contained, or use as a groundcover in a large area. Arching tan spikes appear in summer. It is very drought tolerant. This bright-blue, cool season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks 8-12 inches above the foliage. It can be found in sand dunes as well as in rich soil. Blue Lyme Grass spreads by rhizomes, so it can be used as a tall ground cover, on hillsides, and for controlling soil erosion. It prefers dry, sunny locations.

Panicum virgatum, commonly known as Switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. It is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie. Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growing to 1–3 m tall. The flowers are produced in a well-developed panicle often up to 60 cm in length with numerous seeds, which are 1–6 mm long and 1–2 mm broad. The fruits are developed from a two-flowered spikelet. Only the upper floret of each spikelet is fertile; the lower floret is sterile or staminate.


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The Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park will be a welcoming adventure and experience available to all individuals regardless of age or ability.

Through the careful consideration and implementation of universal design principles, the park and terminal are an inclusive environment. The featured ground pattern of undulating waves that greet and guide visitors upon arrival and clearly define Harbour Square Park. Firm, stable and level surfaces intermingle throughout play landforms and dunes providing access to all the improved amenities that are designed to meet the needs of all individuals.

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Inclusive Pools | Best Practice and OBC - Regent Park Aquatic Centre Key Features: Accessible Path of Travel into PoolSource: MJMA

Accessible Lockers | Best Practice for Enhanced Amenities - Accessible Lockers PanAm Aquatic Centre Source: Quadrangle Architects Accessibility PDC Team, Designed NORR Architects

Accessible Service Counters | Best Practice for Enhanced Amenities - Accessible Counter HeightsSource: QAL Accessibility PDC Team, Designed NORR Architects

Inclusive Pools | Best Practice and OBC - Regent Park Aquatic Centre Key Features: Accessible Path of Travel into PoolSource: MJMA

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The spacious accessible paths of travel and smooth transitions between level surfaces start from the main entry and lead from accessible parking spaces and passenger drop off zones to accessible facilities such as universal washrooms, accessible changes rooms, accessible service counters and ultimately straight to the water’s edge.

In the dunes, there would be variation in widths, all of which are accessible on the ground plane. The intent of the design is to bring accessibility into all areas of the park while making accessibility seamless with the poetic wave design intent. Playful benches interwoven throughout the site provide numerous resting areas throughout the park. The strategic use of significant colour contrast facilitate wayfinding and locating key elements, such as bottle filling stations, service counters and wagon lock-up stations.

The suspended boardwalk and mezzanine are accessible and provide another opportunity to engage with the waterfront. The curvilinear floor plan and accessible path of travel lead visitors from the east and west ends of the site while providing an elevated and open view of the water and the Toronto Islands. The sculptural wave-like guard rail on the boardwalk integrates transparent materials at varying heights to allow individuals using a mobility device, those of shorter stature and children to also enjoy the view of Lake Ontario.

The new outdoor swimming pool will be one of the most inclusive pools in the city. Designed to highest levels of accessibility, the accessible path of travel throughout the site will connect to the accessible change rooms and directly to a ramp into the pool. Significant colour contrasting along the edge of the pool will clearly demarcate the pool edge while adding to the dynamic energy of the site.

By implementing the seven principles of universal design at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park, the site inherently creates an inclusive and welcoming environment. The enhanced accessible amenities and new attractions are seamlessly integrated together to provide a memorable experience and adventure for all to enjoy.

Exterior Paths of Travel - Safe Routes | Best Practice and AODA Design of Public Spaces PanAm Aquatic CentreKey Features: Safe accessible paths of travel are clearly demarcatedSource: Quadrangle Architects Accessibility PDC Team, Designed NORR Architects

Universal Washrooms | Best Practice for Enhanced Amenities Source: Quadrangle Architects- ONroute Service Centres

Universal Washrooms | Best Practice for Enhanced Amenities - QAL Offices Key Features: Elongated power door operator, accessible lavatoriesSource: Quadrangle Architects

Universal Change Rooms | Best Practice for Universal Change Rooms - Thunder Bay Canada Games Complex Source: MJMA

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Harbour Square WestAs stated in the section on tree health (2.6.3), there is also the potential for 32 trees in an allée formation that can preserve the seven of fourtenn Red Oak and European Alder that are recommended for preservation. There are online references to the need for maintaining the Sundial Folly. The Sundial Folly was intended to allow one to contemplate Toronto’s relationship to three fundamental natural elements: lake, sky and woods on Toronto Islands. Four large iconic objects were part of the winning competition design (1995) by John Fung and Paul Figueiredo. All were to be large enough to be visible from space, and each intended to show particular relationships between city form and nature, and to help strengthen the city’s relationship with the water. The city may wish to complete the design.

As stated in the sections on the conditions of the dockwalls and York Slip a boardwalk to improve pedestrian traffic and the replanting of new street trees along the eastern aspect of York Slip will accomplish a necessary update along the York Slip and make the connection with Harbour Square West Park and points east.

Water activities of different kinds are introduced to the cove at Harbour Square West. Ideally, swimming in the lake should be part of the experience of the waterfront experience. Other venues west and east are significant distances away: Sunnyside and

Rouge Beaches, respectively. In our design, the swimming area is inserted into the lake, with the message that in the future it may be integral with it. At first, it may require the concept excluding lake water – as with a floating barge. Yet, a proposal for a pool in New York City’s East River is being developed that utilizes a biological filter similar to the household “Brita” with river water being cleansed by the pool walls and bottom. The now more sheltered cove becomes available for model boating as well as small watercraft such as kayak and canoe. There is, however, a far greater danger to the lake from contamination by the pool water, and the cleaning must occur in both directions.

At the same time, great potential exists for aquatic fish restoration. Reefs deployed using quarried stone can be useful, as well as a gradient of lowland riparian and submergent vegetation along a graded slope to the degree that it wouldn’t interfere with the sailing and kayaking planned for this area. Floating reefs - platforms with a sloped side that emulates near-shore vegetation anchored in the bay - can also be considered in this area. The Aquatic Restoration Strategy emphasizes the importance of implementing the Wet Weather Flow Master Plan, which means controlling storm water on site, reducing impervious surfaces, improving water quality through vegetation filter strips and bioswales, and other soft and pervious material.

York SlipAll thirteen trees lining the road at York Slip are Green Ash – which is the most common tree species in this district (18%). Three are symptomatic of EAB and another suffered previous limb failures. All have been scheduled for re-inspection later in 2015. A suggestion to improve the pedestrian experience is to introduce the tree species to be determined for the allée, but in a single line on each side of the access road.

The Sundial in its pastoral setting

Curiosity draws attention at the Sundial Folly

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DockwallWe have interpreted from the report that the existing dockwall is structurally sound for the portion at Harbor Square Park – Harbour dockwall H5 spans from the York Slip to the ferry terminal. Soil analysis is warranted to add to the soil profile in order to create a healthier growing environment for the trees. The existing trees have shown constricted growth, not only due to initial planting (root girdling), maintenance (mulch volcanos, absent monitoring of branch structure) but perhaps due to the composition of the fill. As mentioned earlier, the goal of the science of planting trees is promoting rapid root growth to reduce the water stress imposed by the limited root system.

The concrete cope beam along the northern face of the Yonge Slip is reported to be in poor condition and is considered as a high priority due to the fact that a cantilever structural steel canopy utilized by heavy pedestrian traffic is connected to the deteriorating concrete structure. The rubber tire fenders and timber rubbing strip are in disrepair. Our proposal to add a lower boardwalk similar to the new walkway at Harbour Square West would not affected by the north face of the slip.

The dockwall at the York Slip has been upgraded recently, yet the wood crib structure (90 years old) requires expensive remediation or monitoring. Our proposal to upgrade the sidewalk and street trees on the eastern aspect of the slip – to replant the street trees and to replace the concrete and stone walkway with a boardwalk to match the new section along the western edge of the Sundial Folly walkway - may be influenced by the need for this repair.

Yonge SlipAlong the Yonge Slip we propose a naturalized edge similar to the one at the Harbour Square West cove, which as mentioned earlier is a more recent intervention and has been well received by the public Here at Yonge Slip, it will serve as an added pedestrian outflow from the ferry terminal, adding to its capacity to provide quick and safe egress.

New StepThe Trillium slip is proposed to be removed and westernmost slip enlarged to accommodate the required fifth slip. This is done to avoid cross-over of pedestrians and vehicles at the east end and to shift the Terminal westward, adding to its increased visibility from the park and the Bary Street axis.

Typical dockwall along the waterfront

Ferry terminal docking characteristics and dockwall

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Jack Layton Ferry Terminal: Lighting Narrative

A fundamental and overarching philosophy for the lighting strategy is to enhance the human experience for all visitors arriving and departing through the terminal as well as the employees. The lighting strategy must embrace the design, activities and programming of the new terminal while also respecting the scale of all the design elements within the site.

The new ferry terminal must create a sense of arrival that differentiates it from the surrounding buildings and streetscape. This will be achieved through the new design and landscape architecture on the site, and through the deployment of a lighting strategy that utilizes thoughtful design interventions to enhance the overall experience for all users.

The lighting design program will not only be based on the technical requirements normally required to provide general lighting, but we will sensitively integrate lighting fixtures into the landscape, buildings and features. This will be created through the use of different lighting directions and light qualities to produce varied light intensities and hierarchies, generating spaces for social interaction while also supporting intuitive wayfinding and improved pedestrian traffic flow.

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• By incorporating a “smart palette” of materials into the project, the light fixtures will be selected to illuminate the spaces based on function and to generate illumination through the clever reflection of light on the different surfaces and materials

• The lighting will not appear to be an “obvious added layer” imposed on the design elements and structures, but rather it will appear that the lighting is generated organically from the architectural and landscape detailing, millwork and structures.

• The overriding concept will be the creation of different lighting moods or “luminous ecosystems” that share the same fabric and visual language of each space. Each ecosystem will be treated differently, but will be linked together as “islands of continuity” throughout the whole site, ensuring continuity of the design language and to support the programming strategy.

• The lighting design will ensure the project incorporates the latest technologies to reduce life cycle costs, improve sustainability, and both facilitate easy maintenance and security. The lighting levels and type of illumination will be selected to match the functional use throughout every season of the year.

Light Quality:

Due to the multi-functional and compact nature of the terminal there will be a requirement to differentiate each space through light quality.

• We will incorporate proper color temperature and colour rendering levels to elevate the human activities in the space, animate the environment at night to create a completely different nighttime ambiance. The concept of nightscape, or “ mise en lumière” is the art of bringing life to nighttime through the expression of a narrative which supports evening and nighttime activities, in contrast to the illumination natural daytime lighting provides.

• Within the challenges of providing proper technical

lighting levels of illumination, good lighting design has to be timeless, memorable and a sensory experience that adapts to the activities, seasonal changes and landscape.

• Our strategy will push the limits of normal lighting conventions; there will be no lamp posts with harsh and glaring light qualities, rather all the light posts will be equipped with directional projectors to highlight important design features, enhance wayfinding and generate an ambience that reflects the activities and season.

• Through the innovative use of integrated lighting within the ticket kiosks, we will effectively generate exterior lighting from within the buildings to establish luminous activity hubs and a call to action.

• The large trees will become dynamic animated lanterns in the evening in direct relationship with other natural living elements on the site.

• The use of small and medium size bollards in selected circulation areas will enhance the organic flow created within the landscape becoming visual beacons that will also enhance wayfinding and nighttime safety. Lighting calculations will be undertaken to meet all safety and security standards.

• The boardwalks would be equipped with a custom bollard that would consist of metal fins that will provide illumination from the center to create an impression of floating blades of light along the pathways without obstructing the view of the lake.

The Spine:

The spine will construct a luminous lifeline, linking the entire site together through the thoughtful integration of the lighting into its underside, creating a warm and inviting glow throughout the site. This lighting will be dynamic and programmable to create a variety of subtle lighting effects, animating the pathway based on current environmental data, weather, season, holiday activities etc…

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Elevated Boardwalk

The elevated walkway is a structural steel frame with a repetitive grid and a series of simple elements to create a feature promenade. The walkway structure for the undulating sides and curved soffit can easily be profiled with a series of steel ribs. Each rib can be laser cut from steel plate to the required shape and then two plates welded together via continuous spacer plates at the top and bottom to create a stronger built up box. The steel ribs cantilever up at the sides to provide support for the wood slat finish and are tied together with a continuous circular HSS that serves as the top rail for the guard. The bottom of the rib follows the curve of the soffit and provides regular framing for attaching the wood finish. Similarly the top of the rib can be flat in the middle portion to support the walkway deck. All of the steel framing within the wood enclosure and hidden to view will be galvanized for corrosion protection. Additional small framing is required around the viewports threw the wood slats.

These ribs are held by steel beams that span between the steel columns and provide the support of the walkway deck. The steel beams will be moment connected at the ends to the steel columns to form a portal frame – this provides the overall lateral stability of the walkway due to wind loading. The steel columns below are tapered steel pipes that are tilted – the sloping nature of the columns also serves to resist the across wind loads. The base of the sloped steel column will feature a tapered shoe and pinned connection. The steel columns will have a rich zinc primer and exterior grade epoxy paint for a durable finish.

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Terminal buildings

Buildings for the ticketing/washrooms and bar/terrace will also be framed in structural steel. Structural steel provides the advantage of larger column spacings (clear spans), smaller column sizes, off site fabrication, quick erection time and a lighter weight system that reduces foundation sizing/requirements.

The suspended floors of the bar and terrace levels are concrete topping on composite steel deck on steel beams. Shear studs are welded to the top of steel beam so that they act compositely with the concrete topping and reduce the weight and depth of the steel beams. The structural steel floor framing and steel deck are sprayed to provide fire protection. At high level within the bar space, mezzanines are hung with steel rods (intumescent painted) to the steel framing at the terrace level. Above the terrace, circular steel columns slope in 2 directions to a protective canopy with a steel/wood deck. A combination of the sloping steel columns and moment connecting the steel beams to the steel columns will provide lateral stability. The use of moment frames will provide open space at the bar and terrace levels plus unobstructed views out to the lake. At the ticketing and washroom building, steel bracing is hidden within fixed wall locations. Additional HSS wind posts/girts are added as a back up structure to the feature exterior walls. The exterior steel columns below the level 2 bar will be fire protected, insulated and protected by an exterior cladding finish.

Foundations

The ferry terminal is an area that was backfilled in the past to create the docks and as such we recommend drilled foundations down to the bedrock (about 10 metres down) – this will be established via a geotechnical investigation. There are 2 main drilled foundation options: caissons and micropiles with reinforced concrete caps. A single caisson at each steel column location where column loads are high – these caissons will cantilever out of the rock to resist the horizontal loads (wind on building). Micropiles grouped together is the second option and they can be moment framed with the cap to resist horizontal loads. Size of drilling machinery and access combined with construction cost/schedule and the geotechnical investigation will determine the ultimate foundation solution. Grade beams can cantilever out to support the walkway columns adjacent to the ferry dock edge and bring the load back to a drilled foundation further in board. Foundation walls with a minimum of 1200mm depth will support perimeter cladding at grade and provide frost protection – they will also act as beams that span to the drilled foundations to limit differential settlement.

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1. Weathered Steel exterior with folded cut-outs2. Steel Support Structure3. Cast-in-place concrete walls and floor slabs4. Marine grade plywood doors and hollow metal frames

Elevated Walkway:5. Laminated time structure with ship-lapped boarding to exterior on tapered timber columns (thinning)

Waiting / Warming and Play Pods in Ferry Yard:6. Waiting / Warming / Cooling Pod in steel structure with corten steel exteriors, integrated wood seating and raised wood floors with ramped entrance with in-floor heating coils and air conditioning7. Play Pod in geodesic light-weight aluminum space frame with stretched heavy-weight brightly coloured canvas for summer or permanent structure in steel frame with aluminum powder coat panels

Elevators and Stairs:8. Exterior grade glass and steel elevators9. Open pan steel stairs with marine grade plywood stair treads

Island Resident Lock-up10. Powder-coat steel coloured building closed on three sides with architectural mesh front. Rolling steel doors on embedded tracks keyed to electronic strike system for residents dedicated use.11. Bike station cubbies on two levels for bicycles and parking cubbies for wagons.Fencing for MARSEC secure zone:12. Cold-rolled steel posts in varying diameters to create a random rhythm over the length of the secure zone

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Street Creatures:14. Summer Ticket Booths in bronze over elevated wood frame 15. Tea and Coffee bar in patinated green copper over elevated wood frame16. Heated trees in polished stainless steel 17. Fruit and drink stalls in wood18. Skirt in vitreous enamel steel / multi-coloured architectural fabric19. Giant Umbrellas in steel carbon fibre structure with Teflon top 20. L’umbrellas in steel structure with green copper wind collector top cap with an ETFE patterned skin and steel framing. L’umbrellas also contain integrated LED lights.

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Landscape Outline Specification - Paving / Hard

1. Wave Pattern Paving: light and dark granite split faced cobble set on a granular base to match Waterfront Toronto specification at Queens Quay and Sugar Beach.

2. Maple Leaf Mosaic Pattern: split faced granite cobble set on granular base and soil cells to match Queens Quay Improvements details and specifications.

3. Access driveway paving: granite cobble paving or permeable unit paving, and a granular base, colour(s) to match granite cobble.

4. Boardwalk: hardwood decking to match Water’s Edge Promenade details and specifications. (Ipe or approved alternate).

5. Toe Rail, Galvanized steel tubing to match Water’s Edge Promenade details and specifications.

6. Access Drive Bollards: stainless steel to match Queens Quay Improvements specification. Retractable bollards at access points (if required).

7. Urban Beach: light brown/white beach sand to match Sugar Beach specification.

8. Splash Pad / Skating pond: concrete basin with integrated refrigeration, surface applied nonslip coating to match wave pattern colours. Programmed vertical water jets with LED lighting are made of stainless steel and are integrated within the rink slab. Linear diffusers / trench drains maintain a thin film of water. (similar to Sherbourne Park).

9. Wave Benches: custom benches - Ipe with steel frame.10. Soil Cells (For trees in Paving): Silva Cells to match

Waterfront Promenade details and specifications.11. Tree Grate / Surround: Standard Waterfront Toronto

Promenade details and specifications.12. Floating Swimming Pool:

a. Concrete pool shell with light coloured cementitious interior finish (Marbelite or approved alternative). b. Concrete steps down to water to have a non-slip light sandblasted finish. c. Water (UV) Filtration system to clean and recycle water. Option: filter lake for use in pool. d. Anchored to lake bottom with a metal structure. e. Wood Deck and Bridges: Hardwood Decking (Ipe) on a concrete and steel substructure.

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Planting Plan, section 3.4.4.18. Landforms: Geo-grid reinforced turf with integrated irrigation.

(optionally Synthetic Turf).19. Lawn: Drought tolerant turf. Alternate: synthetic turf lawn to

match Canada Square.20. Lighting: Integrated LED lighting into landscape elements to

maintain low level ambient lighting.21. Light Standards along walkways: multi-head light standards with

wooden poles as per Sugar Beach Specification.22. Other Elements: Folding Beach Chairs.23. Bike Rings.24. Trash/Recycling Cans.

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Contributors

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Contributors

Quadrangle ArchitectsCaroline RobbieTed ShoreHarim LabuschagneShamir PanchalTerri FlinnNigel Terpstra

aLL Design Will AlsopAlice LabourelSara SampieriTim Thornton

Janet Rosenberg + StudioJanet RosenbergRaphael JustewiczGlenn HermanWayne SwantonStephanie Cheng

Office of Adrian Phiffer | The Flat Side of DesignAdrian PhifferDimitri Karopoulos

Peter McCann Architectural Models Inc.Josh CoulasJennie KooRobert ZmyslowskiDeedra HattonBogdan SobolewskiGhaemibad ShahabaldinBrandon Dalmer

LightemotionFrancois Roupinian

Read Jones Christoffersen Chris FebbraroTibor KokaiJohn KooymansBrent Lodge

Special Advisor / Cycling StrategyYvonne Bambrick

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